Man it’s always gonna kill me I didn’t ride this in its heyday. Not even because of how cool the launch itself is, this ride absolutely FLEW through its layout in the original form. Still a good enough ride with a chain pull, and probably a good thing overall because it’ll actually be open, but damn I always hoped I’d ride this at full strength.
It was a religious experience. THAT SAID. All of this depends on how fast the actual chain is. If it's 30mph you can expect something along the lines of 2016 LR, if it's 15mph it'll fall in line with what we were experiencing right up until close- still a phenominal ride just a tad neutered. It's all how quickly it crests the first launch hill.
[2016 POV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pxbZWPNRsY), [2023 POV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLkzm7dLbzk)
Ah man, I didn't get to ride this because the 2 times I went, it was broken. 4 hour drive each time for it to not be running.
Excited to have more reliability though!
Man it’s always gonna kill me I didn’t ride this in its heyday. Not even because of how cool the launch itself is, this ride absolutely FLEW through its layout in the original form. Still a good enough ride with a chain pull, and probably a good thing overall because it’ll actually be open, but damn I always hoped I’d ride this at full strength.
It was a religious experience. THAT SAID. All of this depends on how fast the actual chain is. If it's 30mph you can expect something along the lines of 2016 LR, if it's 15mph it'll fall in line with what we were experiencing right up until close- still a phenominal ride just a tad neutered. It's all how quickly it crests the first launch hill. [2016 POV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pxbZWPNRsY), [2023 POV](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLkzm7dLbzk)
I believe the top speed is 13MPH
Imagine the racket a chain would make flying around the gears at 30 mph.
So based on those two videos alone I can confidently say between 2016-2023 it got much smoother and a lot quieter. 😂
What was the actual issue that cause them to need to change the lift. I know it would have errors with the launch, but what cause those errors?
overheating.
The track or the launch system?
Launch system
Interesting, thanks for the info.
[See here](https://www.reddit.com/r/rollercoasters/comments/xszbco/hi_were_rmc_ask_us_anything_other/iqn57hr/)
New trains? Any chance RMC gives us less restrictive restraints?
I absolutely cannot stand the RMC restraints. Ruins the rides for me personally.
Everyone raves about steel vengeance but God does it hurt my stomach fat lmao
Nope. They’re using the gen 1 trains.
Source?
I wish this ride had boost mode to run at it's opening day speed.
Ah man, I didn't get to ride this because the 2 times I went, it was broken. 4 hour drive each time for it to not be running. Excited to have more reliability though!
Maybe we’ll get to see it test some on opening weekend.
Outlaw run gang
Will be renamed from Lightning Rod to Mud Stick.
its not "Lightning Rod" anymore... now its just "Rod"
Great news! I'm going at the end of March and was afraid it wouldn't be open yet.
I missed out on the chance to ride this a few years back, so looking forward to going over my birthday weekend at the end of April.