How Will Lightning Rod At Dollywood Run With A Lift Hill? | Animation
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If you didn't know, Dollywood recently announced earlier today that Lightning Rod at Dollywood will be getting a new high-speed lift hill for the 2023 season. The last day to ride will be October 30th, so make sure you get to Dollywood to ride it with the launch before it closes!
Source: x.com/Dollywood/status/170161...
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I love how they’re calling it a “sped up chain lift” when it’s almost slower than a cable lift
@stephenboshears4832
10 ай бұрын
Idk Millennium Force’s cable lift currently operates at 9mph and opened at 13.4mph so it’s pretty comparable.
@lastone032085
10 ай бұрын
SkyRush cable lift can top 20mph
@ineptdrip
9 ай бұрын
@@lastone032085 yes, but it also has a lot of issues on the computer side
@doublerunners9058
6 ай бұрын
This video is wrong the chairlift Dollywood stared would operated at 30 mph so it would be somewhat like the launch
@pokemonfanwsbgalt8574
6 ай бұрын
@@lastone032085flying aces:😂
I feel like a simple fix to reliability issues, would easily have to be a tire drive launch, sort of like the one on The Incredible Hulk at Universal Orlando.
@GoudLoodje
10 ай бұрын
Exactly this
@BlackJack973
10 ай бұрын
“Simple fix” 😂 I love how roller coaster enthusiasts think the whole world is roller coaster tycoon.
@S.J.C._Entertainment
10 ай бұрын
@@BlackJack973I feel like a tire drive would probably be easier then a chain lift.
@HayFatwithSurf
10 ай бұрын
@@BlackJack973 Lol, what else do we do when not at a park?
@nesmanmain0001
10 ай бұрын
The issue with this would be rain. Tire drives cannot function reliably in the rain, so you would need an and enclosed lift. They could just add an anti rollback device and not run it in the rain (with a tire drive lift/launch).
I’m still a little disappointed that they’re removing the launch. Pretty sure changing the wood support structure under the launch to steel would’ve been the ticket to keeping the LSM launch reliable….
@yungzen2425
10 ай бұрын
I still don’t know why they didn’t do this
@BlackJack973
10 ай бұрын
Converstion to a chain is FAR more reasonable than replacing a 200ft wooden structure with a steel one.
@First-Drop-Studios
10 ай бұрын
@@BlackJack973it’s not a 200 foot structure. It’s 200 feet tall.
@heliotropeskies5918
4 ай бұрын
honestly the reliability may have been better if they just outsourced to a more renowned company to make the launch. b&m, premier, vekoma, mack, even intamin nowadays make reliable lsm launches. idk how true this is but i heard the launch was designed and manufactured by a company thats primarily known for making brakes which just seems like an odd move. as long as the lift does go as fast as they say it's honestly probably going to be a good move though. they have big bear to have a large scale launch coaster in their lineup, everything after the drop will be more or less the same, and reliability will hopefully be notably improved.
Ride will still be great, I just hope the chain is quiet or they play hot rod sounds over it, just so the feeling of the ride going up is still exciting and themed
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214
7 ай бұрын
I get this.
I don't see why they can't just get a lift system like Tornado's. That thing flies up the lift hill.
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
I think it’s because tornados train weighs way less than an rmc train, but a double chain lift could work
@typicaluser4116
10 ай бұрын
@@NY.Coasters The double lift chain is basically the ARB system on that ride.
It will then be called _Ning Rod_
I've gone from preferring Thunderhead over Lightning Rod to preferring Thunderhead over Lightning Rod. Meanwhile Lightning Rod's quad down is probably better than any individual part of Thunderhead.
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
You said you prefer thunderhead over lightning rod twice?? I still think lrod is better because the airtime is just insane and I love woodies
@Sokobansolver
10 ай бұрын
@@NY.Coasters If they replaced all of it with Ibox I think they'd be tied. LR was a tad rough which kinda feels worse with the kind of restraints it has while TH wasn't as rough and felt longer. Also kinda wonder if how long I waited for LR might have somehow tainted it.
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
@Sokobansolver maybe, I got very lucky and went on lightning rod during a rain day and was able to get over twenty rides, in the morning I thought thunderhead was better but at night I thought lrod was better
Launch team
Cool video idea!
@xtremeentertainmenttv9664
10 ай бұрын
It’s actually happening
@Liight
10 ай бұрын
@@xtremeentertainmenttv9664 I know I meant like it was a cool idea to make it in nl2
Well… at least the quad down still looks fun 😅
Magnum xl200 lift speed replacement? ☠
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
Sad that this is actually happening😭
Sad that they are getting rid of the launch 😞
I personally think the first hill after the launch, will just become the drop off the lift
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214
9 ай бұрын
I get it.
@ScootamonCoasters
9 ай бұрын
@@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214 yeh, they would just make the lift longer and taller to make up for the speed
I say use a cable. There is no such thing as a high speed chain. Yes 13mph is fast. But not fast enough to get the train at the speed it was when new or even after several changes to it. Use a cable launch. Thatll at least bring it up to 15-17 maybe even 20mph. Which is more inline to its current pace.
according to dollywood once you reach the top you’ll be going the same speed as the launch did so i don’t really know how that works unless it’s a cable lift but yeah
@stevek1672
9 ай бұрын
With the current launch, the train slows down a fair bit once it gets near the top.
@CarolinaCycloneJames
6 ай бұрын
Well they are using current launch speeds. It used to fly over the hill during its first and 2nd year of operation. I'm pretty sure it was around 35ish or faster cresting the hill in the first year. And now it kinda crawls over it.
@CarolinaCycloneJames
6 ай бұрын
@@stevek1672yes. The launch used to cover almost the entire hill. I knew it hit 45mph. But I think during its 1st and 2nd year it was around 35mph going over the crest. I think it now hits around 20mph or so going over the crest with the current launch (well I mean 2023)
@stevek1672
5 ай бұрын
@@CarolinaCycloneJames Interesting.
So basically the same as when the launch was slowed down
I still do not understand why they chose not to reinforce the supports at the bottom of the launch with steel to make the lsm's more reliable. Or they could have switched it over to a drive tyre launch
So basically the same just with a chainlift?
@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214
5 ай бұрын
Yeah.
The ride experience will stay the same except we will be missing it’s epic launch
This lift hill will be very “Boeing” Now as it’s slowed down
@alaeriia01
10 ай бұрын
As opposed to the Airbus system that it uses now.
@n9go
6 ай бұрын
@@alaeriia01 have they considered a bombarider approach
No. The announcement just says that it is going to CREST the lift at 13 MPH. It may simulate the launch and go fast upward then go a lot slower at the top.
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
Unless its a catch car, it would be impossible to simulate a launch, the fastest I see it going is like skyrush speed, but that will still be very hard because they're using a "chain lift" not a catch car.
Also why does it say Animation?
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
Because they haven’t made an official animation of what the ride will look like with a lift hill.
@HayFatwithSurf
10 ай бұрын
@@NY.Coasters But this isn't an animation, this is NL2
@NY.Coasters
10 ай бұрын
@@HayFatwithSurf I guess iron gwazis,storm chaser, and bobcat all werent animations just because they were nl2
@HayFatwithSurf
10 ай бұрын
@@NY.Coasters NL2 isn't an animation tho !
13 mph is faster then what it does now. So im not complaining tbh
@jacobemry1018
10 ай бұрын
i think it was 45mph
@SeaWorldOrlandoandmore
10 ай бұрын
@@jacobemry1018 I meant when it crests the top of the dolly. It slows down a lot from the launch to the very top.
@jacobemry1018
10 ай бұрын
@@SeaWorldOrlandoandmore oh yeah that's true
@stephenboshears4832
10 ай бұрын
@@SeaWorldOrlandoandmoreit depends on the cycle, I’m pretty sure that the launch has a “fast” setting that clears the top at 13 mph and a slower setting that just barely makes it over the top. The difference between those two is the quad down pulls -1g on the slow setting and -1.3g on the fast one
i think it’ll have a chain lift on the second climb up
@Yikes_its_Psychs
10 ай бұрын
Why? Dollywood said "high speed chain lift". To me that means the speed of the lift hill will be the same speed as the current Lightning Rod when it crests the lift hill. So it will be the same speed it is now, when it crests the second hill into the main drop.