Sorry for not posting in a long time. But i got the pictures working, and i will post the other coasters at some point of next week! But are you ready to meet the first coaster built in the park?.. Meet the parks brand new B&M inverted coaster! Are you brave enough to fly like a eagle through the forests when you are feeling the wind in your face, with your wings almost hitting the trees and rocks coming in front of you?.. If you are, take a ride on Fliegenden Adler! Only at Blue Valley! But i am gonna post some statistics and facts about the B&M coaster:
Basic test results:
Excitement: 6.27 (high)
Intensity: 5.65 (high)
Nausea: 4.77 (medium)
Speed results:
Max speed: 65.53 km/h
Average speed: 26.47 km/h
Ride time: 0:55
Ride length: 439.17 m
Force results:
Max positive vertical g's: 3.07 g
Max negative vertical g's: -1.03 g
Max lateral g's: 0.84 g
Drop results:
Total airtime: 0:05
Drops: 4
Highest drop height: 19.92 m
Number of inversions: 2
You must be at least 140 cm to ride,
not suitable to people with heart, back, or neck trouble or are pregnant.
Cool facts about the coasters name:
The name "Fliegenden Adler" is German and means "The flying eagle" on English.
At the time it was built, the name was changed many times. it was planned to be called The Blue Eagle, then Blue Eagle, then The Eagle, and then the final name: Fliegenden Adler.
Planning & building:
1993 Has started and the year has changed only a few weeks ago, and the park is about to be built. Two coasters are still being planned and designed, but a Vekoma Boomerang is about to be built when the parking lot, entrance, main path, and some flat rides are installed! The original plans were to build a Vekoma MK-1200 Double Loop Corkscrew, but the plans quickly changed when Bolliger & Mabillard introduced their inverted coaster. Alton Towers were about to build Nemesis, and we thought: Why not build one to our park too? And that is where we got our idea of Fliegenden Adler and started designing the layout! We designed many layouts but they were not what we really wanted. Something compact but still one of the best rides ever at the time. It was designed to have yellow supports and blue track but was changed to white because the yellow ones would not look good because the other rides and buildings were white and blue. Many other names were also planned before it got it’s name it has now as i already said. But now when i really think, that MK-1200 coaster could have made the park look awful if we would have built it where our invert stands at! I am glad to have our Fliegenden Adler in our park!
- James Jackson, Blue Valley's Owner
Fliegenden Adler! Probably The Best B&M Inverted Ever!