deathbydinn Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Ya know that crazy figure 8 loop on RCT3 Hyper coaster? The one you look at and think, man the game designers must have been really stupid. Well they weren't. Someone tried to make it happen: The story of the figure-8-loop coaster is a bit strange. It was not designed by Schwarzkopf. This mistake appears often in books or on websites. This causes maybe in the fact, that the model looked really like a Schwarzkopf coaster!!! The concept was designed by a german showmen, Mister Pötzsch - he owns the patents for the two figure-8 elements, the standing eight and the laydown eight. It was calculated by Werner Stengel but wasn't built due to the high forces. A model of the ride has been displayed at some trade fairs at the Zierer booth. Zierer has no own track fabrication for tubular rails, so I think that maybe BHS was planned to produce it. But Anton Schwarzkopf worked some time for BHS as a consultant http://schwarzkopf.coaster.net/faqHF.htm There was once a picture of it on a site called Coaster Globe. The link is now broken and the site is now simply a blog..which hasn't posted in a year. So after everyone in the chat room looked all over for the photo of it we came up...with nothing. If you have any more info about this and of course pictures of the model please post it here! The model has been to IAAPA, there must be photos of it somewhere. If you have anything please post it. Thanks.
AJClarke0912 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 *And before you try contacting CoasterGlobe...I already did. So yeah.
themeparkman25 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) delete Edited January 20, 2011 by themeparkman25
mcjaco Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I am 99% sure that there were no models of anything at the Zierer booth at this last year's IAAPA. I looked through all my pictures and this is the picture of their booth. Sorry guys! I had no idea you went to IAAPA.
andyuk200523 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 There were photos of the Figure 8 Loop in the Anton Schwarzkopf issue of First Drop, I will try and find my copy (it was a few years ago now, so might take some digging!) and scan in the photos, it certainly looked mental though!!! EDIT* After some digging....I have nothing better to do on my day off!!! I present to you, the most insane inversion ever.....
themeparkman25 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) delete... Edited January 20, 2011 by themeparkman25
kumba830 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 (edited) Wow... I have a whole new level of respect for Anton now! Is that also what looks like a figure-8 shaped pair of dive loops? Edited June 16, 2010 by kumba830
Spoon Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 After a little bit of digging, I found the patent: http://www.mediafire.com/?4jgm0ywmtdd It's all in German, but the drawings are definitely pretty interesting.
Mr. Starr Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Is that also what looks like a figure-8 shaped pair of dive loops? Yeah, those look nice!
deathbydinn Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Those dive loops look sweet! if only this could have been made
Chris Benvenuto Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 ^ With those inversions being designed, it brings the possibility one day of some coaster being the most epic coaster ever made. And plus, if anyone could build a crazy design like that and MAKE it rideable. It would've been Anton himself.
davisal771 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 ^ I agree. Who knows what kind of inversions we will come up with? Just playing around in NoLimits creating inversions is eye opening at the possibilities of new inversions.
Jew Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Matt-I went to IAAPA last year as an Ambassador and will be going again this November, again as an Ambassador. The ambassador program is a program for college kids to get a hands on experience with the industry...and meet people! My avatar is of the hyper train in front of the B&M booth as well. Pretty sure that was sarcasm...
CorkscrewFoley Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 It's too bad Anton wasn't ever able to get the prototype going, I know it can be done in RCT, but we're talking actually reality...
deathbydinn Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 I think in a way this could be done. The bottom loop has already been made on HRRR, so all thats left is to add the second loop. To keep it from being too forceful the first half loop could be powered with tires like this- and the second half of the loop could have trims on it. It wouldn't be as thrilling but it would be less forceful and the GP would eat it up.
deathbydinn Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Katapult at Mirabilandia. Its been closed since 2006 though.
RollingRunner Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 Now how sick and twisty would that 8-Loop be in reality? This element just BEGS to be re-done in NL! But I do wonder why this loop was made for the Arrow/Morgan hypercoaster track in Rct3.
deathbydinn Posted June 16, 2010 Author Posted June 16, 2010 Can someone post a picture for us non-RCTers? [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=Movie0082_ygeq[/coastertube] Shot0083.bmp
kumba830 Posted June 16, 2010 Posted June 16, 2010 I find if kind of funny how the loop goes the wrong way in RCT3. [it doesn't cross over like they show in the game]
coasterguy4 Posted June 17, 2010 Posted June 17, 2010 Can someone post a picture for us non-RCTers? [coastertube]http://www.themeparkreview.com/coastertube/play.php?vid=Movie0082_ygeq[/coastertube] This needs to get made!
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