New lighted coaster wheels.

[thrillrider]

Found this on YouTube...

 

 

Uremet( manufacturer of coaster Wheels) has introduced light up wheels. Pretty cool, check it out.

[joelwee]

Those lighted wheels have been on Tatsu since Fright Fest last year. They looked really cool flying through the pitch darkness.

 

 

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[KI Kidd]

Those look pretty awesome! I can think of a few riders that would look really good at night with those (Dragster!).

[coasterbill]

Those look pretty awesome! I can think of a few riders that would look really good at night with those (Dragster!).

Agreed, they would make the station, unload station and brake run look sick while maintenance is replacing brake fins on the launch track.

[A.J.]

Agreed, they would make the station, unload station and brake run look sick while maintenance is replacing brake fins on the launch track.

Ooof. That one hurt.

[Intamin_coyote]

These look awesome!

 

Throw in some underglow lights and you very well may be able to consider these coasters as righteously 'pimped'.

 

(PS. And I mean this in a good way )

[coasterlvr]

i'm indifferent to them but i do like the drone shots of Tatsu.

[Yubstep101]

I feel like coasters where the wheels are above the riders (such as Tatsu) would benefit greatly from these. I think Montu, Batman: The Ride (particularly the SFGAm one) and Nemesis would be perfect for these.

[Canobie Coaster]

^ Only thing with the inverts is that the B&M ones tend to have wheel covers but I guess you could run them without the covers?

[grsupercity]

Coasters that interact with the midways seem like a good fit. Picture cedar points Corkscrew during halloweekends at night screaming over the midway with light up wheels

[thrillseeker4552]

Yeah I've seen those on Tatsu in person several times since they were installed. They look great. Although in terms of that video, I was more impressed with some of those cool drone shots of Tatsu! There were some angles in there you never get to see!

[Yubstep101]

^ Only thing with the inverts is that the B&M ones tend to have wheel covers but I guess you could run them without the covers?

 

Actually, you do have a good point. I forgot that they do have wheel covers. Come to think of it, something like Fury 325 would benefit greatly from them.

[palmerleeberry]

That is sooooo cool! Imagine them on a dark coaster ride.

[JG-77]

^ Only thing with the inverts is that the B&M ones tend to have wheel covers but I guess you could run them without the covers?

Batman @ SFGAm was running without the covers when I was there last summer, but IDK if that's normal

[thrillrider]

I love the way it lights up the structure as the train passes.

[DoinItForTheFame]

Amazing!!! I would love to see them on a coaster like Millennium Force!!

[sdcfan88]

That would look really cool with Orange & Yellow LED's on the wheels of Wildfire at SDC. Considering that coasters 20th anniversary at the park is coming up, it would be a cool little way to commemorate it.

[Pedrinho]

I'm not sure about this. The right colour on the right coaster may look good. But I also like the pitch blackness of some rides (Magnum, Millennium Force, GeForce) at night, which would be destroyed by the lights.

[jedimaster1227]

Uremet has been teasing this wheel tech at IAAPA for years so it is neat to finally see it in use... I'm curious to see if parks will add them to existing coasters or simply get them for new coasters where lighting is of importance. Hollywood Dream in Universal Studios Japan seems like a great candidate where this could be add to the train's existing lighting.

[yay101]

I think it's really cool but it might not be necessary for a lot of rides. For instance any ride where the wheels are covered obviously should not get them. But I don't think the park would invest in that for a ride like that to begin with. It would be great for Intamin coasters. I think to complement it though, and this is just my opinion, but the trains with the wheels should also be lit up so it isn't just the wheels, if that makes sense.

[thrillrider]

I wonder if they are cost effective? I'm sure the lifespan of the wheels is not too long. Or they could possibly just clip on.

 

Either way, I would love to see them on some coasters soon.

[SoCalJasonland]

If the lighted wheel concept fails because the wheels wear out too soon, you could just put LEDs on the sides of the coaster trains and use induction chargers above or underneath the trains in the station to recharge them. The wheel covers or anything else on the trains could be lit and not need to modify the wheels. LEDs can follow a chase pattern if you want them to appear to rotate or move, so the wheel rotation is unnecessary for movement.

[coasterbill]

Before the Six Flags corporation invests in light-up wheels for Tatsu how about they invest in round wheels for Nitro?

 

... it's a joke, I'm 99% sure they didn't pay a dime for those Tatsu wheels.