viking86

There was a small article about that 'custom slc' in First Drop magazine a while ago. Its not built by Vekoma, but by a company that has copied Vekoma's track and trains down to the smallest detail. Their trackshaping looks just 'wrong' though.

http://www.rcdb.com/ig1646.htm?picture=21 To me there seems to be more lateral support to the riders than on the 'normal' Intamin coastertrains so I find it hard to belive that he fell out if he rode like he should.

I wont be able to make it to Tusenfryd in June. I'll be busy finishing school and stuff at that time

Just made it through the entire Blackpool update and it was awesome as always. Very funny Yngve "Cant wait to meet Greg and Andy again in April so I can hang out with people that have been in a TPR update. Im sooooo cool!" Oestbye

Considering that he was an employee, Im guessing that he thought he knew the ride well enough and did something stupid. Still sad though....

For all of you who loves Lego rides, check out this site www.legorides.webmasterplanet.co.uk His latest rides have been rather dissappointing, but many of his rides are truly amazing!!

Looking good! I thought Slammer at Thorpe Park was awesome!

Only hands free sets are allowed in Norway.

Hehe it turns out that the woman, who was from Norway, gave a false statement to the police. The four guys had videotaped the entire act, and it showed that she volunteered to have sex with them. They also found a small amount of drugs on the woman.

Remember that this is a very old drawing. Vekoma has improved alot over the last years, and Im sure they could make a coaster like this fairly comfortable now.

Because the train is so wide, the supports connecting to the ground has to be quite far away from the track when the track is inverted. This puts alot of stress on the horizontal supports and from what I have heard the 4D trains are also very heavy.

I found the link to the onride video of the second alpine coaster we rode on the trip http://www.hochserles.at/index.html?/soromovie.php

Great update again! That video was really funny! Yngve "gonna meet Greg & Andy at Tusenfryd in April" Oestbye

It would be alot easier to help you if you told us excactly what the problem is. I also belive that theres a tutorial in the game on how to make pools and stuff.

This picture should answer your last question http://www.rcdb.com/ig1056.htm?picture=4 If you dont get the answers you need here, I would suggest heading over to www.themeparkdenmark.dk and ask in the forums there

Man what an awesome view from the hotel room. Is it hard driving on the 'wrong' side of the road? Yngve "hope you have fun" Oestbye

It seems like most of the woodies with trim brakes were built in the late 80's/early 90's. There might be more, but the only post-95 woodie with trim brakes that I can think about is Stampida (97), which has trim brakes on the first drop.

It can definately be done, but it would probably be very uncomfortable.

Balder does not have any trim brakes and it doesnt need any. The negative G-forces are very strong, but at the same time the airtime is very gentle. The transitions are very smooth so youre gently pushed up into the lapbar. Because of this, Balder is not a very intense coaster in my opinion.

We didnt use the manual brakes at all, but there is a braking mechanism built into the cars so there is a maximum speed. The first alpine coaster braked automatically in the turns when the speed was high enough. I think the cars tilted slightly causing some rubber parts or something to rub against the track. I have no idea how it worked on the second alpine coaster as there were many long, straight and steep pieces of track. I wonde how fast it would go if there hadnt been any brakes at all

Day 4: This day we went into the Austrian Alps to ride some crazy alpine coasters. The first one was the longest, 3500 meters long and with a height difference of over 500 meters. Very good, smooth ride with insane lateral G-forces through the turns. Very scary when theres only a seatbelt holding you in the car. The other one was a surprise! This one was totally different. It was running on a single pipe. Not quite as long or fast as the other one, but way steeper and a bit rougher. I'll let the pictures do most of the talking. I'll end this update with a picture from the top of the crazy single-pipe alpine coaster. The mountains were once again stunning! The picture is a bit blurry, but you get the idea of what the cars looks like. We didnt have much time thereso I only got a few pics. Heres the other alpine coaster. Not as long or fast as the other one, but WAY steeper. You cant see it in my pictures, but the height of the bridge was insane. Another awesome mountain picture... On the way to the next alpine coaster we stopped by the second tallest bridge in Europe. Were all alive! Time to say goodbye to Imster Bergbahn. The laterals through the turns (I think there were 60-70 of them) were insane. It started to rain a little bit before our last ride. It went so fast I thought I was going to die (okay maybe not, but it was still scary) The humid air made the ride even faster. Its the "magical levitating alpine coaster car" We made it to the bottom, my fingers were freezing and were on the way up to the top again ECC-members getting ready to ride. Check out the wet back on the right side of the picture. Thats from the skilift we took to the top. Okay so here we are 2100 meters above sea level and the top of that mountain is all the way up there in the sky. It looked even more amazing to see for real. 15 minutes after we started we are on the top. First rider of the day! Check out that amazing view! Going up... Me and Phil on the way up. Still a long way to the top and its already starting to get colder... Here we go into the woods. Okay, here we go. Look at the helix storage for the cars. There was one on the top aswell to keep capacity up. Looking up at the worlds longest alpine coaster. You couldnt see much from the bottom. There was a lift just for the alpine coaster cars. Here you can see the car about to disengage the track. Kids having fun while waiting for the alpine coaster to open. Heres the awesome view from our hotel room in Innsbruck early in the morning.

My dad hit a car in the rear just a few months ago. I was in the backseat. We were coming up a hill and got blinded by the sunlight and didnt see that the car in front of us had stopped. It wasnt a big crash, but the repair costs were still 50.000 NOK (about $7500) on our 98' Peugeot 406. My dads car insurance covered that though.

You dont need extreme G-forces to black out as long as its sustained G's. And 10 G's would not kill you. People are often exposed to far bigger G-forces when they are in a car crash, just to mention an example. Like I have said earlier, in theory a launch shouldnt make you black-out because the blood doesnt flow away from your head like it does when you experience positive G-forces.

I have video clips of all of you. You and Don arent getting that much air in my video clips, but Olof is flying off the slide and landing at the bottom of the slide. Its a miracly no one got hurt that day

Thunderlooper doesnt use LIMs, it has a weight drop launch system. It shouldnt be possible to black out on a launch either. Blackouts are caused by the blood going from your head and down into your legs. During a launch you are pressed back in your seat, not down, and therefore it shouldnt be possible to experience a blackout during a launch. The only launched coaster I have ridden is Kanonen, which uses a hydraulic launch system, and I thought it was very intense. Short, but intense.