
viking86
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Goldrush Junction
viking86 replied to Reality15's topic in Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness
Looks very good, but you should bank the upwards turn after the cobra roll -
What is it that everyone hates about SLC's?
viking86 replied to martinb's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I always enjoy a coaster that throws you around a bit, but only if it has lapbars. I really enjoyed Tizona @ Terra Mitica when I rode it in 03 because of the uber-soft padding around my head, but Blue Tornado @ Gardaland wasnt that enjoyable. Harder padding and overall a rougher ride. The only smooth part was the extra helix. Yngve "Imagine how awesome a smooth SLC would have been" Oestbye -
Photo TR: Flamingoland Zoo & Construction
viking86 replied to Shockwave's topic in Photo Trip Report Archive
Great pictures! These guys must be really dangerous since they got the fence from Jurassic Park -
Whats The Weather Like Where You Live?
viking86 replied to RtherBOnACoaster's topic in Random, Random, Random
5 degrees celcius, wet and dark -
Intamin Lapbars
viking86 replied to coasterguy618's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Pretty much the same as the Intamin lapbars on steel coasters. http://www.rcdb.com/ig1243.htm?picture=12 -
Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
viking86 replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Damn that is one funky shaped element -
China Construction
viking86 replied to Gutterflower's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Its a HUSS Giant Frisbee. The Intamin Gyro Swings are smaller and wider at the top. And yeah, that park looks amazing!! -
China Construction
viking86 replied to Gutterflower's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Wow! The speed through the turn after the loop on the rocket coaster must be insane! -
Tusenfryd Discussion Thread
viking86 replied to Shadowforce's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
There havent been any updates since the pull-through test in December. Im not sure if those pics have been posted here yet though. You can find them here http://www.nojespark.net/tusspeedmonstercon/index.php -
Hows that possible? Does the train hit the brakes with the last car first?? Okay just had to say that. Anyway, I havent been on Nemesis but Ive ridden Batman la Fuga (which many people says its faster than your average B:TR) and I cant image how great a ride more intense than that one would be, with trenches, tunnels and hidden inversions. Nemesis is definately one of the coasters I want to ride most. And for those who thinks there are too many Batman-clones: All over the world there are 12 clones (+ the original). In my opinion there arent too many. 8 in the USA, 1 in Canada, 1 in Europe and 3 in Asia. If you havent noticed, the world is HUGE and I wouldnt consider 13 identical rides spread out all over the world to be too many. Not when were talking about such great rides. The SLC's and Boomerangs is a different story though....
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Great pictures! Many pictures from interesting angles there.
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Magnum and Millennium Force
viking86 replied to JulieWent's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
No its built by Arrow Dynamics. Wild Thing @ Valleyfair was the first Morgan hyper and it opened 7 years after Magnum. -
Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
viking86 replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Its impossible to make a 4D coaster with proper heartlining because the trains are so wide. And you cant 'heartline' the center of the track because if you did that the track wouldnt be heartlined -
I speak Norwegian perfectly (doh), I consider my English to be very good for a Norwegian and I can understand some German.
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Fuji-Q Highlands Discussion Thread
viking86 replied to Ed's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
If you look at the track connectors on the support structure you will see that the track has to be inverted. -
A new amusement park!
viking86 replied to ArrowHater's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
I heard about that park a while ago. Sounds interesting as there were some rumors about a possible wooden coaster. Their website definately needs a new graphics designer though -
Look...a Vekoma being demolished
viking86 replied to BDG's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
While it probably was a crappy ride, its (almost) always sad to see a coaster being demolished. Walibi World Belgium should get the Schwarzkopf Looping Star from Bobbejaanland and put where Tornado stood. -
StarFlyer takes riders for a twirl
viking86 replied to ParkTrips's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
The one at Prater Park had a seatbelt. And yes, it was freakin amazing. One of my favorite non-coaster rides -
2 New Vekoma Coaster Concepts
viking86 replied to Noobitizer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
You cant forget that B&M improved the flying coaster. Anyways even if B&M stole the flying coaster, Vekoma stoll the inverted coaster and just made it suck. Yeah youre right! My point was just that it sounded like some people here meant that Vekoma has stolen all of their ideas from other companies, and other companies like B&M and Intamin has never done any of that. -
2 New Vekoma Coaster Concepts
viking86 replied to Noobitizer's topic in Theme Parks, Roller Coasters, & Donkeys!
Hehe, did you really expect more from Vekoma? Their niche is taking proven designs and creating their own version, price it affordably, then cloning it to high hell. For example: B&M Inverted > SLC Arrow Suspended > Swinging Turns FOF > RnRC Dont forget that B&M "stole" the flying coaster concept from Vekoma -
Funzones Cascade Kingdom [RCT2]
viking86 replied to Homer's topic in Roller Coaster Games, Models, and Other Randomness
Yeah that was my thought too. It looks like its gonna collapse.