Chance Morgan Builds First Unicoaster Ride

[Airtime&Gravity]

Here is a strange, but cool, new ride from the people over at Chance Morgan. The ride looks pretty cool, and hopefully some start to show up soon.

 

The first Unicoaster is finished and final testing has started at the Chance Rides factory in Wichita, Kansas. This fascinating new ride features eight rotating arms with two passenger vehicles on each arm. This ride uniquely allows each vehicle’s passengers to control their own spin, both in forward or backward direction. This passenger interactivity gives the riders a completely different experience each time they ride.

 

 

Co-creator Bill Kitchen said, “We were looking for a way to reinvent the roller coaster but on a smaller footprint. The Unicoaster gives riders all of the thrills of a looping inverted roller coaster at a fraction of the space and price.”

 

For more information about the Unicoaster visit Chance Morgan at the IAAPA Expo in Las Vegas, booth # 3033.

 

Additional details on Chance Morgan products can be found at: www.chancemorgan.com.

 

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[FlyingScooter]

I'd ride it!

[CoasterPrince]

It looks like a Huss Booster.

[VGplay]

Looks like a modern version of Knoebel's Looper.

[astroworldfan1]

Squirrel Cages 2.0, eh Elissa?

[jjune4991]

interesting ride. Hopefully these can get around so I can ride it!

[The Alex]

So cool!

 

I'd buy one.

[christianscoasters]

So THAT'S what the inside of that building looks like! I always drive by it ... It's kinda cool living in the same city where some rides are made

[odene497]

This looks really fun, but I think it seems dumb to consider it as something that will "give riders the thrills of a looping inverted coaster."

[some sort of coaster dude]

This looks really fun, but I think it seems dumb to consider it as something that will "give riders the thrills of a looping inverted coaster."

 

unicoaster is a coaster where those seats are on a track and you might be able to control their flipping with a lever ( ? )

 

the man who invented it invented sky diving tunnels anyone can just jump into that he wants to send to fair parks, but when i describe it that way its of total exceptional safety rather than something as wacky (long words!)

 

http://www.unicoaster.com/

 

( " SkyVenture is a state-of-the-art skydiving wind tunnel designed for the general public. SkyVenture completely immerses visitors in the world of high adventure skydiving, without ever having to pack a parachute, pull a ripcord, or jump out of a perfectly good airplane. No experience is necessary. Virtually anyone can fly." )

[the other thing he designed aside from skycoasters!)

[odene497]

^Okay...

 

But this ride is still pretty much a Rock 'n Roll, like at Knoebel's, which I'm just trying to say, doesn't feel like a roller coaster.

[Skramp]

Concept reminds me alot of the Flight Commander rides from KI and such. You had a joystick that could control altitude and spin. Hopefully no one gets drunk and falls out of these.

[jray21]

My wife will love it, I will probably throw up unless I have my patch!

[Josh Linn]

Looks like a modern version of Knoebel's Looper.

 

This was my first reaction. Looks pretty cool though.

[Anac0nda]

This type of ride isn't a new idea. Check this out: www.ridesplus.com/8427.html Scroll down to the Loopster.

 

What's with all the hype, when this has already been invented years ago.

[LcHg5265]

This ride moves much faster than the, "looper" and has varying heights.

 

You can see some video from the ride in its prototype stage here: http://www.youtube.com/user/ChanceRides#p/u/11/PCbd7WUXmYs

 

I wonder if it is still called, "Downforce" or if the name has actually changed to, "Unicoaster."

[DBJ]

Looks like a good ride, especially after seeing the videos. It's a good twist on spinning flat rides, and perfect for parks with tight spaces/budgets. But, I think for them to capture the looping coaster feeling, the scale would have to be much larger to allow for much greater variations in height.

[noyzz]

 

But this ride is still pretty much a Rock 'n Roll, like at Knoebel's, which I'm just trying to say, doesn't feel like a roller coaster.

 

Agreed^ The Rock n' Roll only flips in the one spot then has the free motion to keep going though. I guess they are thinking about the flip action.

[jamesdillaman]

Yeah, it looks pretty fun, but nothing like a looping coaster really, more like a controllable Chaos in feeling I'd imagine...

 

-James Dillaman

[John Peck]

It looks overly complex and heavy.

 

If they can build that 24 or 32 passenger 1-trailer portable model then we may see a few, but that 16-passenger one wont be very popular.

[tanthonyam]

Looks like they were influenced by X-2.

[the ghost]

^ How? Just cause it flips? X2 is not rider controlled.

 

The real question is how fast this thing goes. From here is looks like knoebells looper, but if it runs some kind of program with the arm dropping cars and things like that it could feel somwwhat like a coaster. I cant imagine the gp beeing very excited about something like this, though. If some one had not told me this was a coaster concept I would have just thought this was a flat ride concept.

[dmaxsba2408]

Don't care what they want to call it or what influenced it, it just looks like FUN to me!

[HerBlackWings]

I'd like it better if the riders were opposing each other and vying for control of the foot-pedal...leading to sexual tension. Maybe.

[Imhotep]

I think this was built so they can test the action of the seats while the ride is in motion, since this was originally designed to be on a track as an actual coaster. However if not, then I'm sure this will be the more affordable flat ride version.