exmouse Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 The Chinese park Knights Valley has already announced the GCIi woodie. But today Maure Sohne announced they are to supply the Chinese park with 2 new coasters. First up is a standard Sky Loop. Although it will be built slightly differently to account for the regions seismic and typhoon conditions. This will open in late 2010 Technical data SkyLoop Track length: approx. 150 m (490 ft) Base area: 55 x 6,5 m (180 x 21 ft) (without station) Max. height (center of tracks): 46.20 m (152 ft) (World´s highest inversion) Overall height: 52 m (170 ft) Cars: 2 x 6-seater X-Car, coupled to 1 tandem Ride Time: approx. 60 s (without boarding and deboarding) Capacity: approx. 550 pph Max. speed: approx. 105 km/h (65mph) G-forces: min = -1 g; max = 5 g Inversions: 2 The second coaster to open in Feb 2010 is a LSM launched coaster that fires riders to 70kmph in 2 seconds. The track features a special loop, Immelmaan Turn, Camelback, Half Cuban Eight and Heartline roll. Technical data Launch Coaster Track length: 316 m (1036 ft) Height: 15 m (50 ft) Base area: 50 x 50 m (164 x 164 ft) Speed vmax: 70 km/h (44 mph) Capacity: 650 pph Cars: 2 x 6-seater X-Car Launch: amax: 10 m/s2 (1 g) Connected load: 125 kVA LSM Layout Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelinwood Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 All this stuff is great , but is it marketed to the locals, or do they want to increase tourism? If not, do you think that It will be more of a goal in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted March 4, 2010 Share Posted March 4, 2010 (edited) The second coaster is a clone of Formule X. http://rcdb.com/3602.htm?p=0 Check the layout vs the second one. Its a great little coaster and apparently TPR on the trips riding it have loved it. Edited March 6, 2010 by DarkStitch626 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Formule X was a GREAT "little" coaster! IMO probably the biggest "surprise hit" of the Europe 2008 trip. Here are more photos of it: http://www.themeparkreview.com/parks/photo.php?pageid=378&linkid=6804&pageno=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkStitch626 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Thanks for the great coaster pics as always Robb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ^ Give most of the credit to Hanno for those! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calicoasters Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 The layout does seem a little different after the last over banked curve. The Formule X model shows a small bump before turning into the break run, where this other model does not. My Bump, My bump, my lovely lady bump... Check it out! I don't seem to have a bump... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillerman1 Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 Formule X was awesome! Dare I ask what a Half Cuban Eight might entail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themeparkologist Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ^^They're only renderings, so can't be certain...might be identical in real life...might be slightly tweaked due to uncontrollable conditions and/or preference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFreak Posted March 5, 2010 Share Posted March 5, 2010 ^^^If you go look at real pictures of the ride instead of the concept art (like this one all the way to the left) or a POV on youtube, it looks to indeed be a clone as that bump is not (nearly as?) present on the real ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exmouse Posted March 5, 2010 Author Share Posted March 5, 2010 Thought I recognised the layout. Formule X was great. I really loved the rolling launch. As Robb says a surprise hit given its statistics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
usctrojansrock11 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 Totally not fair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterfrk49 Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 RCDB does list this new coaster as a Maurer Sohne XL 1000 model, the same exact model as Formule X. Duane over at RCDB is usually pretty accurate, so I am not going to argue against it. Sounds like Knights Valley should turn out to be a sweet little park. 3 coasters announced so far that all seem exciting. Plus, I have to imagine that these two Maurer Sohne coasters are a heck of lot cheaper to build compared to a typical B&M or Intamin steel coaster. Smaller footprint and certainly less actual steel involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmereStars Posted March 6, 2010 Share Posted March 6, 2010 I think its great! I've been on Formule X several times and it really is a fun coaster! I hope a lot of "small" parks will get on of these.. although it is better to have different lay-outs. I"m not always a fan of cloning the hell out of a coaster. It takes the uniqueness out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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