TOP 5 B&M INVERTED COASTERS

[Sunfire]

1. Top Gun (PGA)

2.

 

I've only ridden one. But Top Gun defenitely Kicks A$$!.

[kraxleRIDAH]

I haven't ridden that many:

 

1. Raptor

2. Silver Bullet

3. Batman The Ride (Magic Mountain)

4. Top Gun (Great America)

[natatomic]

1. Montu

2. Dueling Dragons

3. Top Gun (Carowinds)

4. Alpengeist

5. Talon

[Axman]

1. DD Fire

2. DD Ice

3. Great Bear

4. Talon

5. Silver Bullet

 

Raptor was good, but a bit shakey near the end. Top Gun at GA is really good, but it just isn't long enough. SFOG and SFMM's Batmans were fun, but I'm not a fan of the Gotham City theme, and they're the shortest of the inverts I've been on..

Telling from this picture, Phaethon would have to be my most saugt-after invert, closely followed by Nemesis and Black Mamba.

[coasterbilly]

^agreed with the saught out invert. Here is mine:

 

1. Alpengeist

2. Montu

3. Top Gun: The Jet Coaster

4. Talon

5. Raptor

[sam06pr]

1) Montu- BGA

2) Raptor- CP

3) Dueling Dragons fire- IOA

4) Batman clones

5) Dueling Dragons ice

[brossa]

I just know the european ones...

 

1. Nemesis

2. Katun

3. Black Mamba

4. Batman La Fuga

5. Nemesis Inferno

[thomas2]

I only rode 4 B&M's yet so here's my top 4:

 

Silver Star

Superman - La Atraccion de Acero

Batman - La Fuga

Black Mamba

[Groteslurf]

My favorite B&M inverts :

 

1. Nemesis

2. Katun

3. Ice

4. Fire

5. Black Mamba

6. Batman La Fuga

7. Nemesis Inferno

[Team Thriller]

1.) Alpengeist

2.) Black Mumba

3.) Top Gun

4.) Batman: The Ride

5.) N/A

[almightyfire]

I guess I am not an enthusiats like I thought but I dont know who made coasters but from the list i have seen on here Alphegeist is the best.

[Chris Benvenuto]

1. Black Mamba @ Phantasialand

2. Raptor @ Cedar Point

3. Great Bear @ Hersheypark

 

 

Hopefully in 1-2 years I can go back to IOA and WDW and ride Dragons and the credits I missed for being a wuss when I was 11.

[coasterman7]

My favorite is Raptor.

 

My top 5-

 

1. Raptor

2. Dueling Dragons-Fire

3. DD-Ice

4. Batman (SFoG)

5. DejaVu (SFoG)

[matteocrepaldi]

^ DeajVu is not a B&M!

[texcoaster]

[1] Nemesis

[2] Great White (Sea World TX - slightly smaller BTR clone)

[3] Alpengeist

[4] Talon

[5] Raptor

[Nosferatu]

1. Nemesis

2. Katun

3. Nemesis Inferno

4. Silver Bullet

 

Those are the four I've tried The two first where great, while the last was kind of meh..

[kraken613]

[1] Nemesis

[2] Great White (Sea World TX - slightly smaller BTR clone)

[3] Alpengeist

[4] Talon

[5] Raptor

 

All batman clones are the same other than some are mirrored. None are smaller.

[texcoaster]

[1] Nemesis

[2] Great White (Sea World TX - slightly smaller BTR clone)

[3] Alpengeist

[4] Talon

[5] Raptor

 

All batman clones are the same other than some are mirrored. None are smaller.

 

Stick with stuff you know before you make a fool of yourself.

 

At the Great White media day, it was mentioned that the coaster was "shrunk" in all respects to get it into the area they had.

 

A quick check of the rcdb confirms it:

 

BTR standard model: 2700' long

BTR mirror image model: 2693' long

Great White: 2562' long

 

Since GW is not a mirror-image model, that makes it 138' shorter than a standard version. Its inversions are slightly tighter, a bit closer together, and the g-forces feel a little stronger.

[almightyfire]

Go head TEX. You know ur stuff.

[kraken613]

Actully look at RCDB its 3 feet taller than most Batmans and 8 feet taller than the shortest. Its drop is 81 feet instead of 80. It has a ride time of 2:00 same as the others so I bet that track is lost in the brakes/station.

[yankees15]

I have only been on four but here they are:

 

1. Talon - Dorney Park

2. Alpengeist - Busch Gardens Europe

3. Batman: The Ride - Six Flags Great Adventure

4. Great Bear - Hersheypark

[LingLing13]

Hmm really tough one:

 

1. Nemesis

2. Montu

3. Dueling Dragons: Ice

4. Dueling Dragons: Fire

5. Nemesis Inferno

[texcoaster]

Actully look at RCDB its 3 feet taller than most Batmans and 8 feet taller than the shortest. Its drop is 81 feet instead of 80. It has a ride time of 2:00 same as the others so I bet that track is lost in the brakes/station.

 

Ride time is not a good indicator, as it can vary wildly depending on the weight of the train, the grease packing in the wheels, rain, etc...

 

As for the rest, go back and notice that I said that at the media day it was stated that the ride had been SHRUNK in all respects to fit the space. This is what was announced. Claude was there and did not dispute this.

 

We can go on and on over this, and this could get ugly, and neither of us is likely to change our minds.

 

The bottom line, however, is that I am going on information that was released OFFICIALLY, I was there in person to hear it when it was released, and the guy who designed it was right there, and even rode it with us several times.

 

'nuff said.

[SpartanTS]

1. Top Gun @ Carowinds

2. Montu @ BGA

3. Raptor @ CP

4. Ice Dragon @ IOA

5. Batman clones

[deano]

For me....

 

1. Montu

2. Dragons, ice

3. Talon

4. Alpengeist

5. Raptor

 

This should be a poll, i'd be interested to see a tally of everyones top 5.