Chiller's Zero G Rolls removed

Website · by **EagleFan344** on April 19th, 2007, 5:59 pm

I was on rcdb today, and while browsing the Batman & Robin Chiller page, noticed at the bottom:

During the 2006/2007 off-season, the Zero-G Roll's were removed from The Chiller and replaced with small hills.

Anyway this really sucks because I thought the Zero G was the best part of Robin: The Chiller...

by **rct2wizard360** on April 19th, 2007, 6:08 pm

Everyone over at gadv.com is saying that this new hump gives some good airtime.

by **SFaddiction84** on April 19th, 2007, 6:16 pm

Whats going on lately? Ive noticed alot of old rides removing loops, twists, zero g's! like why all the sudden do they feel they need to remove these?

Website · by **EagleFan344** on April 19th, 2007, 6:23 pm

The Zero G's probably caused too much stress on part of the ride...so they took them out to make the ride last longer.

Same reason trims are installed.

by **FParker185** on April 19th, 2007, 10:49 pm

Chiller had the 0G rolls removed cause if the second set of LIM's didnt fire it had a habit of valleying partially inverted in the 0 G.

by **demon boy** on April 20th, 2007, 6:53 am

Oh, yeah that could be a problem. So, now wold they valley on the air time hump, or at the bottom of the top hat and cobra roll?

by **RVD420** on April 20th, 2007, 11:17 am

The way its sloped, I think it would just go back down....

by **FRD714** on April 20th, 2007, 1:17 pm

rct2wizard360 wrote:Everyone over at gadv.com is saying that this new hump gives some good airtime.

Yep must be pretty sweet.

by **Trailblazer Tony** on April 20th, 2007, 4:20 pm

FParker185 wrote:Chiller had the 0G rolls removed cause if the second set of LIM's didnt fire it had a habit of valleying partially inverted in the 0 G.

Sure, it's a loss of a loop, but it never seizes to amazing me that a change like this has such meaning and use. It could be just me, but this intelligent thinking is pretty cool to hear. I prefer airtime over inversions anyways so more power to them!

Website · by **EagleFan344** on April 20th, 2007, 4:36 pm

rct2wizard360 wrote:Everyone over at gadv.com is saying that this new hump gives some good airtime.

From what I read, most people said it didnt give much at all. Everyone did say it was better going backwards though.

by **FParker185** on April 21st, 2007, 5:09 pm

yeah, I heard the same thing, took out the star of the ride for some of the most mediocre coaster track around. But oh well, needed to be done I guess.

by **DejaVu2001** on April 21st, 2007, 5:50 pm

Track is now in place on the Batman side.

http://www.gadv.com/forums/index.php?sh ... start=1470

by **zjohn1988** on April 21st, 2007, 6:25 pm

hopefully both sides will run all season.

by **Sedir** on April 22nd, 2007, 10:00 pm

Did the zero-g have any effect on the accident that happened, or are they just taking it out for the heck of it?

by **FParker185** on September 21st, 2007, 7:57 pm

well, Chiller is in the process of being demolished. I rode only the Batman side but that was back during OTSR's only decent part of the ride was the heartline, so in it's current form, the world is not loosing much.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v382/ ... iller2.png

by **Cryptkeeper** on September 21st, 2007, 8:04 pm

One unreliable Six Flags coaster down, ...and perhaps a few more to go :?:

by **rcoaster** on September 21st, 2007, 8:28 pm

^ On the website it says that the ride is temporarily closed, but Im not sure if they'll really close it. They are taking down the "humps" now. Maybe they are replacing them or something.... who knows for sure. I hope they don't remove it!
I got this infor from gadv.com. I thought it was a funny forum because all they do is ask for newer coasters. They sorta sound spolied there...... :roll:

UPDATE: They are taking the ride down carefully, according to some people and construction guys. It is being taken down, but slowly and carefully. I hope they might consider giving that ride to us because that wouldn't be a bad idea would it? [/i]

by **FParker185** on September 21st, 2007, 8:47 pm

yes, yes it would.

-worst...idea....ever!-

by **Trailblazer Tony** on September 21st, 2007, 9:55 pm

Hmmm, well, it didn't really have that good of a year. It's kind of a sad way to end it's cycle as a ride, but oh well. Has anyone here ridden this? was it good?

by **rcoaster** on September 21st, 2007, 10:31 pm

FParker185 wrote:yes, yes it would.

-worst...idea....ever!-

Just trying to bring up some points... but I haven't been on it so I really can't say what kind of idea it is. It'll be cheaper for Six Flags, instead of buying a new coaster but then there are the maint. costs... so I don't know. Oh well....

by **FParker185** on September 22nd, 2007, 12:07 am

yeah, I rode the Batman side back in 01 while it still had the horsecollars, only decent part of the ride was the heartline, rest was distinctly lackluster.

only one side ever opened this year and that was for a very short period of time before it went down again, I'm guessing SF decided the problems with the ride werent worth the cost of upkeep, and rather than another super costly mod, just cut the losses right now and give up.

by **cycamps** on September 23rd, 2007, 8:19 pm

This sorta goes with changing rides, but were Demon's loops made by Arrow? It seems like every other Arrow loop has a different structure.

by **cycamps** on September 23rd, 2007, 8:48 pm

I noticed that the corkscrews look the same as others, yet the loops are different.

by **FParker185** on September 23rd, 2007, 10:58 pm

loops were specially made to reuse as much of the foundation as possible from the bunny hops.

by **cycamps** on September 24th, 2007, 4:36 pm

So that's why they don't look the same as others?

Chiller's Zero G Rolls removed

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