I have contacted Gerstlauer so am hoping for a response soon. Although yes I could do that, I would rather not risk the explanation of some of my sources in my thesis defense.
The reason I ask is because I am writing a thesis in which I am modelling a roller coaster train, therefore any citations on a single car train type is required in order to make a valid assumption (one with evidence). If there are any that contain useable sources (unless I can cite your passed...
p.s. I like these parts of an RMC, offer great airtime, only use a lap bar for inversions, wave turn make fantastic use of lateral gs to feel like vertical gs. And you've got to love a zero g stall.
1) I think the vast majority of rides in the UK are built for the sake of pleasing the GP e.g. the Smiler with all the inversions but not much force, big one but few airtime moments, the swarm to be the first UK wing coaster, quite a few rides by Vekoma and Zamperla at flamingo land, ultimate at...
If they were to do any RMC hybrid or steel topped track it would be something like wicked cyclone, the UK coaster demographic consists of mostly compact layouts.
I like the big one drop because of the steep twist at the start, it gives good ejector airtime in the back seat. Some people I think prefer straight down drops but ill do either.
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