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Are there any recent examples (since the classifications of "hyper" and"giga" became common) of new coaster construction stopping just a few feet short of 300? This is what I don't get... why wouldn't they add the extra 5 or 3 or whatever feet to reach 300? Especially since we already have a 200+ foot hyper in Diamondback?
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Wouldn't it be from the ground level at the station? Extreme example for illustrative purposes... pic related wouldn't be considered a 200 foot lift hill. The only way to have a standardized way to compare coaster lift hills would be from the station ground to lift hill peak.
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1035.9 - 750 = 285.9 feet Yes, that's a fixed thing... the height from the station track to the lift hill track peak. "The station could be 100 ft off the ground" You're missing the fact that they aren't just plopping down a station onto the ground at the exact sea-level the ground is currently at. They will be digging down some. However far they dig down for the station foundation/construction will give us the true lift hill height (ground to lift hill peak). So, the lift hill height will be 285.9 feet + however much they reduce the current sea-level height of the station ground during construction.
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So the lift hill track is confirmed 286 feet tall from station to peak? 295-286 = station track 9 feet off the ground... something isn't adding up, is it? Looks like the track is around 17 feet of the ground assuming standard size doors (80 inches tall). They will obviously be doing doing some grading and evacuation etc. for the station to take that ground a little below the station sea-level elevation shown on the plans. 286+17 = 303 foot lift hill. I don't think you can simply calculate from the sea-level station ground numbers to the sea-level lift hill height as, like I said, they will be evacuating the land for the station by a bit, maybe a few feet. It makes zero sense that they would invest millions into this project and leave it at a 295 etc. foot tall lift hill instead of going ahead and making it an even 300 (or more) for marketing purposes.
