KingRCT3 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Tires means faster motion, means less time lost on the brakes, means more capacity, I guess.
MagnumFreak25 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Wing riders trains are pretty heavy so that makes sense. I don't know what the point of having them on the lift is though.
DJeXeL Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 Drive tires/pinch wheels on the brake run makes sense so empty trains don't sit on the brake run for extended periods of time.
rcjp Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 ^I just thought it was weird that there were some on the bit before the transfer as it's a bit inclined which means the trains gets moving fairly quickly.
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted February 18, 2015 Posted February 18, 2015 But Tires make them move even faster! LOL. As for why where are tires on the top of this lift...I can't imagine.
PVA62 Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Could it just be as a safety precaution? If the train some how became unhooked from the chain and instead of just sitting up on top, the tires could give the train the push it might need. Just a thought.
BDG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Media day today... ^ Olaf Vugts, the park's "Imagineering Director". photos: Edited February 19, 2015 by BDG
Illegal_Alien Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 And for all #Baron1898 tweets: https://twitter.com/hashtag/baron1898?src=hash
BDG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 And here's the layout... drop --> Immelmann --> zero-G --> helix --> bunny hop
Illegal_Alien Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 A model of the whole coaster: + Coastervideo:
BDG Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 More model pictures: And a new making of video:
Illegal_Alien Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (edited) Fun fact: its the second Multi-inverse coaster in the Efteling after 34 years. (First one beeing the Python from 1981) also huge a$$ layout picture thingy: http://documenten.eftelist.nl/data/dive/BirdviewBaron1898.jpg Thanks to Eftelist.nl Edited February 21, 2015 by robbalvey
tarheel1231 Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 As short as it is, I think this is my favorite dive coaster layout.
Heth Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 It looks like quite a fun layout. It appears to be almost the same as Gardaland's upcoming Dive Coaster, just in a different order.
RCT3Bross Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 Just conformation of what we already knew the lay-out would be, seems like a fun ride and can't wait for it to open.
Nrthwnd Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I love attraction/coaster models. Looks great, by the way.
Illegal_Alien Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 (in dutch) Some more closeups of the trackpieces. Vijfzintuigen.nl
Nrthwnd Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 This is definitely one of the best presentations I have ever seen on video, of any coaster debuting in a park. And in the tunnel, too. That was great to see. And I want one of those orange 'vests', LOL!
DJeXeL Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I love how they did the presentation inside the tunnel! Very cool.
TPDave Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I just love the look of the theming this one, the track really suits the style they're going for. I'm not convinced that the ride will be that thrilling but it'll certainly look the part!!
Werner Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 ^You are welcome to come and try it this summer! Think it looks great! Seems very Efteling to me, looked at the tower this past weekend. It sounds low but 30m looks high enough...
TPDave Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 ^ I hope I could take you up on that offer but I doubt i'll make it work this year! And with the tunnel it should give a nice oblivion-like effect
larrygator Posted February 19, 2015 Posted February 19, 2015 I just love the look of the theming this one, the track really suits the style they're going for. I'm not convinced that the ride will be that thrilling but it'll certainly look the part!! I agree.
Marwin Posted February 20, 2015 Posted February 20, 2015 (edited) Photoshoot of the press conference today at Efteling: Best regards Marwin Edited February 20, 2015 by robbalvey
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