PKI Jizzman Posted September 1, 2011 Share Posted September 1, 2011 Awww..what a cute little B&M! If Kings Island got something like this...I'd cream myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 ^Like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixi Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 The tunnel is covered : I repeat that there will be a lake with water effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geauga Dog Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Awww..what a cute little B&M! If Kings Island got something like this...I'd cream myself. I second that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixi Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 The Egyptian theming is confirmed : New panoramic trains ? Source : http://www.ameworld.net/forum/parc-asterix-nouveaute-2012-inverted-coaster-b-m-t19918-page-580.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 New panoramic trains ? It doesn't look like it - it looks like wind is making the tarp look fat in certain areas. Here's to hoping for the vest-style restraints from now on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jjune4991 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 So that's where Montu's wheel covers went! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Actually its not pano'ramic trains. Thats the way B&M ships the trains..the wheel covers are under the black wrapping, they did that with Talon and a few other rides like Silver Bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 Like this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFireCoaster Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 New extraordinary photos ( frome the crane ) : Are the images not working for anyone else or is it just me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olov Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 The potionmagix.fr forum is shut down for the moment and so are all the pictures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFireCoaster Posted September 7, 2011 Share Posted September 7, 2011 In case anyone is dying to see the photos now (like I was ) here's a link to the layout of the ride from the crane (I'm guessing these are the same photos posted earlier) which are posted less than halfway down the page. http://www.ameworld.net/forum/parc-asterix-nouveaute-2012-inverted-coaster-b-m-t19918-page-580.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guill06 Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 POTIONMAGIX is closed! "Hello everyone, after a short break which was to be temporary, the site does not reopen for personal reasons. You will have at least seen the complete assembly of the inverted coaster. I thank you participated in the adventure POTIONMAGIX all these years. Enjoy your visit the park in 2012! Pano. " (google trad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted September 8, 2011 Share Posted September 8, 2011 Nooo! Their updates were epic! Tons of photos every single day! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterLuv Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 just seen the completed track layout pics. this thing looks great. i loved the some what stretched out layout at the begining and then the compactness at the end. I love coasters that actually LOOK like they cover some distance instead of being wound up in and out of itself and compacted in a little space. I love the big gap of space between part 1 and part 2 of the coaster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schotcher Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 I'm so glad my parents decided to go to France next year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Here's to hoping for the vest-style restraints from now on. The harness release mechanism on that train tells me not... Is it just me, or is there storage for 3 trains...and there isn't a block brake on the ride. I'm not too sure how it could run 3 trains smoothly. That would be like putting 3 trains on Batman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCT-Maker Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 In fact, there will be 4 zones: station, lift, final brakes AND somethong like a transport zone between the brakes and the station. So there will 1 train in the station, 1 on the lift/track and 1 between final brakes and station. Oh and aparently the coaster is now testing but there's nobody to confirm it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 In fact, there will be 4 zones: station, lift, final brakes AND somethong like a transport zone between the brakes and the station. So there will 1 train in the station, 1 on the lift/track and 1 between final brakes and station. Oh and aparently the coaster is now testing but there's nobody to confirm it A block is specified as a piece of track where you can stop the train. This applies to stations, lifts and brakes, so unless the ride has two brake segments at the end, it'll only have 3 blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Based on this image, looks like 4 blocks: Station, Lift, Main Brake/Transfer, Station Approach. I will say though that the Main Brake/Transfer looks abnormally long so not sure if that's 2 blocks or not. I honestly don't think so though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 B&M hasn't built a coaster yet with just three blocks. All of the coasters they've built have four blocks to run two trains, and five blocks to run 3 (Notable exception being the flyers with three trains, which have only four blocks but has a spur station) Without a midcourse brake run, the block system on a B&M should look like this... 1.Lift 2.Main Brake (divided into two sections 'Safety Brake/Service Brake) 3.Transfer(Waiing block/Station approach) 4.Station Just add "Midcourse Brake" as No. 2 if running three trains. So if this ride will run three trains with no midcourse, I would make an educated guess that a block will be place between the main brake and the transfer block, which in all honesty seems more detremental to capacity than to save it. Besides, they could just have three trains for a two train ride as an extra (Boomerang and Montezooma's at Knott's both have two trains) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 B&M hasn't built a coaster yet with just three blocks. All of the coasters they've built have four blocks to run two trains, and five blocks to run 3 (Notable exception being the flyers with three trains, which have only four blocks but has a spur station) This little guy has 6 blocks I believe, as well as this guy......... But yes you are correct that B&M in most cases have either 4 or 5 blocks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolliger&Mabillard Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 ^^Correct, it could, but Every B&M that runs three trains have five blocks (except for the flyers) ^I'm pretty sure Lep Zed only has 5 blocks, and Hollywood Dream is in that same exception with the flyers, because though the station can house two trains simutaneously, it still is only one block in the programming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 Looking at the POV looks like 6 but you could be right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterlover420 Posted September 15, 2011 Share Posted September 15, 2011 So if this ride will run three trains with no midcourse, I would make an educated guess that a block will be place between the main brake and the transfer block, which in all honesty seems more detremental to capacity than to save it. Besides, they could just have three trains for a two train ride as an extra (Boomerang and Montezooma's at Knott's both have two trains) That's what I was thinking, since Main looks quite long with the Transfer after it and then an extra block after Transfer, or so it appears. In that case, I would guess that the third train is only to make sure there is a train in the station once a train is dispatched and another one is moving through Transfer. I wouldn't imagine B&M to design a block setup like that. The ride seems just about as long as any Batman, which to me means lots of stacking...well I hope not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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