Tripsdrill | Hals-Über-Kopf & Volldampf | Vekoma STC & Family Boomerang Coaster
- Thread starter peep
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Oh boy, well strap in.
Liseberg | Helix | Mack Megacoaster
^ I can answer those! 1 - what attracted you to use Mack for Helix? Was it a previous installation or knowledge of what they could potentially create? They were very impressed after riding Blue Fire ,and they wanted the same technology for their new ride. They liked how smooth it was, how...
Coaster Hipster
Giga Poster
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
NO VESTS. 
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Don't wanna get my hopes though cause they might install them after. I did hear in an interview with Benjamin Bloemendaal that the vests, although standard, were optional on their coasters and a park could choose to just have lap bars if they so wish.
?Don't wanna get my hopes though cause they might install them after. I did hear in an interview with Benjamin Bloemendaal that the vests, although standard, were optional on their coasters and a park could choose to just have lap bars if they so wish.
Peet
Giga Poster
These are the trains for the boomerang, right?
Zek_Teh_Kek
Hyper Poster
Is it just me, or do the trains look like they may have a swinging mechanism/system? Especially compared to the ones they put on the older SLCs.
Source: https://coasterforce.com/forums/threads/summer-17-creds-in-poland-part-2-legendia.41285/ from @Coaster Hipster
CrashCoaster
CF Legend
^They are like the SFC trains, which also have a swinging mechanism.
Bluegamesful
Roller Poster
I seem to remember you told me a year ago, that swinging trains with inversions wouldn’t be possible when I said, the trains for Tayto will be like the SFC trains.
They are similar to the SFC trains, a bit bigger with different restraints and all, I also love the theming they will get.
Dar
Hyper Poster
They're just the standard lateral stabilisers, they used them on the SLCs too
See batman, from RCDB
And Titánide at Terra Mítica
One of the NL2 devs mentioned in an interview that Vekoma knew what was making SLCs rough but couldn't do anything to address it, or something similar. I think it might have been this coupling system. So maybe they tried the one stick per seat to stiffen the system up but it wasn't cost effective or something, so they went back to the drawing board to improve the flexible coupling for just one stick per row.
See batman, from RCDB
And Titánide at Terra Mítica
One of the NL2 devs mentioned in an interview that Vekoma knew what was making SLCs rough but couldn't do anything to address it, or something similar. I think it might have been this coupling system. So maybe they tried the one stick per seat to stiffen the system up but it wasn't cost effective or something, so they went back to the drawing board to improve the flexible coupling for just one stick per row.
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Bluegamesful
Roller Poster
It will dampen and swing slightly, not as much as the SFCs, but still.
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Rupert
Mega Poster
The roll over the boomerang station looks great, and love that they’ve gone for a glass roof there too:
There’s a reasonable chance that if timings work out, the boomerang train could rush out of its station at the same time the STC enters the zero-G, giving an incredible near-miss (if ive got the direction of travel right).
There’s a reasonable chance that if timings work out, the boomerang train could rush out of its station at the same time the STC enters the zero-G, giving an incredible near-miss (if ive got the direction of travel right).
Howie
Donkey in a hat
That drone footage of Über Kopf is Über cool, love it. ?
Should be a really solid coaster, very curious to try it out. Quite a big year for new-gen Vekomas in Germany, what with other contraption at Phantasialand opening too. Wouldn't it be funny if this - this fairly standard STC, that's sprung up in less than a year, at lil' old Tripsdrill, turns out to be the better coaster! ?
I agree about the colours. There's something about the chunky track and supports on the suspended coaster that doesn't appeal to me either.
I'm really interested to see how it rides though.
That drone footage was great!
MouseAT
Hyper Poster
Once they've got all of the themeing and landscaping done around the area, I'm sure it'll look far better and make a lot more sense. This is Tripsdrill that we're talking about - they tend not to do this stuff by half measures.
Oh and that zero G roll over the glass station roof? That's utter brilliance. I can't wait to see how that looks in person.
Boodangy
Mega Poster
Remind's me of Tornado's (At Särkänniemi) barrel roll through/above the station except not brutalist.
Coaster Hipster
Giga Poster
A fair bit amount of track is up:
Source: Coasterfriends.de
Source: Coasterfriends.de