gerstlaueringvar Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 Why are so many manufacturers copying Premier Rides' new track?! Get something straight here - no one copied anyone. The track is designed for the ride, regardless of what manufacturer makes it. There aren't any "honor codes" that I know of, unless there's a patent involved. But, if you REALLY want to get technical - Premier's track uses a square cross-sectioned tie in the shape of a hollowed-out triangle. Intamin's track uses tubes that start wide and get narrow as they approach the running rail, and the rails are connected by tubes, creating the tie. Maurer's track in that application is two-rail for the most of the layout, and the only reason why it looks like Premier's track is because they used a spine for the top hat, loop and corkscrew - probably so they didn't have to support it as much - and needed some way to connect the rails to the spine. Again, I'm filing this one under things that really "don't matter", especially considering that Intamin still uses the box/triangle track that they've always used (EDIT: Did you even see the other coaster in this park?!?) I didn't know what was the correct word to type so I just said copying. And, yes I did check out the other coaster, and I know they still use the skeleton track. I'm just talking about the new track and why so many manufacturers are using the design. But at least B&M are keeping their box-track! Can I say B&M copied Intamin's track?
larrygator Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 Why are so many manufacturers copying Premier Rides' new track?! Get something straight here - no one copied anyone. AJ - no reason to get nitpicky with our foreign members about their choose of words. Copying is the proper term to use. Stealing implies illegal activity, copying does not.
gisco Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 That little Intamin looks terrifying close to the wall! You better don't put up your hands I thought that too. Probably not as close as it looks but should give you a nice sense of speed being so close to the wall.
3Mutts Posted December 26, 2013 Posted December 26, 2013 Why are so many manufacturers copying Premier Rides' new track?! Get something straight here - no one copied anyone. The track is designed for the ride, regardless of what manufacturer makes it. There aren't any "honor codes" that I know of, unless there's a patent involved. But, if you REALLY want to get technical - Premier's track uses a square cross-sectioned tie in the shape of a hollowed-out triangle. Intamin's track uses tubes that start wide and get narrow as they approach the running rail, and the rails are connected by tubes, creating the tie. Maurer's track in that application is two-rail for the most of the layout, and the only reason why it looks like Premier's track is because they used a spine for the top hat, loop and corkscrew - probably so they didn't have to support it as much - and needed some way to connect the rails to the spine. Again, I'm filing this one under things that really "don't matter", especially considering that Intamin still uses the box/triangle track that they've always used (EDIT: Did you even see the other coaster in this park?!?) I didn't know what was the correct word to type so I just said copying. And, yes I did check out the other coaster, and I know they still use the skeleton track. I'm just talking about the new track and why so many manufacturers are using the design. But at least B&M are keeping their box-track! Can I say B&M copied Intamin's track? Well no since Walter and Claude worked on all Intamins with that track style when they worked for Giovanni, you can say B&M stole Giovanni's track design.
Nrthwnd Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 ^ Heh heh, that last photo looks like its a themed setup for a Toboggan ride! One of these, yes? (o;
_koppen Posted December 29, 2013 Author Posted December 29, 2013 I love the look of that Frisbee! Hopefully they will go through with the theming from the concept art! Source
rctneil Posted December 29, 2013 Posted December 29, 2013 Those two coasters look really nice. A return trip to China might just be in the works!
_koppen Posted January 6, 2014 Author Posted January 6, 2014 Here's two more photos of the frisbee. It has the same paint job as the one in Bonbonland, hopefully this one won't fade as quickly. This is the new 40-people version from HUSS, so the ring is smaller than on the rest of the HUSS frisbees in the world. Here's some more angeles on the Maurer coaster. Hopefully this new Maurer ride doesn't have the same issues as the one in Bayern Park. They come relatively cheap, and looks awesome, so it would be nice to see a few more of them sold. Source
Noporian Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 Why does the frisbee look so much smaller than other huss giant frisbees?
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 6, 2014 Posted January 6, 2014 That supports are just... SO weird! The Frisbee looks odd as well, hope it will be more intense than those Giant Frisbees. Can't wait to see it start testing. I'm really curious to see how X-Train looks like in real life.
Vonni Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Is this the Park that's going to have the GIB, or am I thinking of somewhere else?
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 So...um...where's the Intamin frisbee? I know that I shouldn't judge something new before it opens, but did found Intamin's frisbee a lot better than Huss Frisbee. Does anyone know how Intamin space shot is compare with S&S space shot?
AusCoasterFan Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 Is this the Park that's going to have the GIB, or am I thinking of somewhere else? No, that's being built in Sochi, Russia
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 More photos! From what I have heard, the park will open around 250 days later. So they actually planned to skip the summer?? I can never understang the logic of a lot Chinese parks' grand opening are during Winter and Fall.
Garet Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 More photos! From what I have heard, the park will open around 250 days later. So they actually planned to skip the summer?? I can never understang the logic of a lot Chinese parks' grand opening are during Winter and Fall. Quieter periods for staff to get used to operations and sort out any kinks, work out how to spread crowds etc before the busy period prehaps?
Zem Posted January 8, 2014 Posted January 8, 2014 I'm not a big fan of the solid yellow color scheme on the Maurer Söhne coaster.
A.J. Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Why does the frisbee look so much smaller than other huss giant frisbees? This is the new 40-people version from HUSS, so the ring is smaller than on the rest of the HUSS frisbees in the world.
Noporian Posted January 9, 2014 Posted January 9, 2014 Why does the frisbee look so much smaller than other huss giant frisbees? This is the new 40-people version from HUSS, so the ring is smaller than on the rest of the HUSS frisbees in the world.
DBru Posted January 17, 2014 Posted January 17, 2014 That loop looks kind of Schwarzkopf-y to me. I love it.
gerstlaueringvar Posted January 22, 2014 Posted January 22, 2014 (edited) Weirdest color scheme in this planet anyone? Photo from park's official Weibo(Chinese knock-off Twitter&Facebook) page. Edited January 22, 2014 by gerstlaueringvar
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