BDG Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 The company unveiled a new type of inverted train this week, featuring the following chassis: And lapbars ! Next year, the first roller coaster will be equiped with the new trains. The seats itself - suitable for both small children and large adults - could be used on regular trains as well. And for inverting (aka looping) rides, an additional "vest-like" shoulder restraint is in development. I suppose this will be similar to their Flying Dutchman restraints. More pics at rides.nl
SLUSHIE Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Oh dang that is awsome. I must provide a much smoother ride since it doesn't have OTSR.
Shockwave Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 OMG!! There's hope for SLCs! That lapbar concept does look pretty nice. While there are a few tolerable SLCs out there, there's a lot which really need all the help they can get.
FLIPDUDE Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Oh man! A lap bar SLC! I'd LOVE if they upgraded the local SLC with those trains! It would scare the crpa out of people and there will be no lines! And it should be so much fun! ...too bad our SLC is one of the only properly-working, smooth SLCs, so I doubt it'll be getting an upgrade soon.
ufx Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 I was the one that wrote the article and visited Vekoma. These trains are not for existing coasters like SLC's but mostly for the new coasters Vekoma will built. The type you see here is for a suspended family coaster. But the seats are also usable for normal (c.q. not suspended) coasters and when the coaster has inversions they add very comfortable belts. But this system is not yet finished
kraxleRIDAH Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 SFMM's Ninja would easily be one of my top 5 at the park if it had trains like these. No pesky OTSR and floorless coaches!
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! (six flags theme music comes on) *Does the Mr. six dance*
IceDragon Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 if only The Vampire at CwoA were a Vekoma, the ride would be much much much more comfortable!!! no head baning!!! im thinking: would there be a chance for an arrow ride to have this?
Hurricane Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Our SLC could benifit from those trains lol... cause some days it's good, some days it has issues lol. It always seems to be when i'm there
richo Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Vekoma have been using spring-loaded guide wheels for several years now. Unless they've added much-needed shock absorbers to the trains (plus dozens of other improvements that need to be made) I wouldn't be holding my breath for B&M smoothness just yet.
BDG Posted October 5, 2006 Author Posted October 5, 2006 Vekoma have been using spring-loaded guide wheels for several years now. Unless they've added much-needed shock absorbers to the trains (plus dozens of other improvements that need to be made) I wouldn't be holding my breath for B&M smoothness just yet. I haven't seen any Vekoma with spring-loaded guide wheels before. They've used rubber blocks on some newer models though, but springs ? Not that I know of.
viking86 Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Vekoma built smooth coasters back in 94' http://www.rcdb.com/id1094.htm
de ja vu Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 those look like nice trains. what coasters will they be used on
IOA Freak Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 I think those will be mostly on Inverted Coasters and maybe some normal coasters too. They do look really cool and safe aswell. Can't wait till they come out.
Calvin Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 What? Vekoma actually has a good idea? Get out! I like the new lap bar inverted trains.
mr_teisco_delrey Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Smooth Vekomas? The end is near .... The Cubs will have to win the World Series first. Smooth Vekomas would be the fourth horseman of the Apocolypse
snuggles Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 I think this would make for tighter curving ability
RCfanatic Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Awsome! I can't wait to see these trains put to use! Hopefully they will work and really smoothen up new Vekoma's, i love how Vekoma has been coming up with cool concepts the last few years (Motorbike, Inverted Family - with these cool new cars,...).
ECZenith Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Oh please SFNE! Can we get these for Mind Eraser?!
coasterfreak101 Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 These look really confortable! Now, my question is, would they be able to function when place ABOVE the track (floorless)?
pvcoasterguy Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 Wow... I'm impressed! Seriously though, Vekoma has some great layouts for their coasters. For example, their layout for the SLC is great! Tight, compact, cool... but the downfall of Vekoma's cool designs is the roughness of their coasters. If this resolves that problem, I think Vekoma could become more prominent in the industry and build more than clones.
thomas2 Posted October 5, 2006 Posted October 5, 2006 I really hope these new trains will be the standard trains on future SLC's; or replace the existing trains. Lol they should make GIB's with these trains, that is bound to be scary
Ccron10 Posted October 6, 2006 Posted October 6, 2006 The cars kind of remind me of the Mountain Glider's cars coming in 2007 to Six Flags Belgium execpt with 2 across seating. I wonder which parks will get this model.
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