rollercoasterbuff Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 if anyone saw supercoasters tonight...you saw this awsome thing! http://www.technovelgy.com/ct/Science-Fiction-News.asp?NewsNum=268 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbalvey Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Isn't AMEC the people who made the new Space Mountain track or something like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster1 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Yup .. with design of track by Vekoma Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted May 30, 2006 Author Share Posted May 30, 2006 ohh man!! sooo...since the track is designed by vekoma...plus the movement of the car...how much head bang will there be!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollermonkey Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I've been wondering. How does the robot arm get power while the coaster body is moving around on the track? Is it a powered vehicle? Or does it have battery storage and the thing can fly along the track powered only by gravity? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canobie Fan Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 They had that set up at IAAPA. A robo coaster arm on a coaster track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spookbaby Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I saw the computer graphic for the robocoaster on the show "Supercoasters" on National Geographic last night... don't know how I feel about it... interesting concept but looks uncomfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterAddiction7 Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I've been wondering. How does the robot arm get power while the coaster body is moving around on the track? Is it a powered vehicle? Or does it have battery storage and the thing can fly along the track powered only by gravity? Maybe it is like X, it has a second rail that controls the cars rotation and flips! Maybe the ties have a certain mechanical fixture to flip and/or rotate the seats. Who knows beside the designers! Looks very fun ... and uncomfortable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sabo Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 I believe there was a report on this ride at one of the IAAPA shows and the Amusement Business article (report). I'm trying to look for the link on the A-B site, but it appears difficult now that the site and A-B are going out of business after 112 yrs. There was also an article on it from Amusement Today, but I haven't found the specific date/issue as of yet. I believe the ride is powered by a battery pack mounted on the rear portion of the chassis and somehow re-energized by the wheels as it moves along the track. From the ride point of view, I think I seen it enclosed in a dark-ride format (similar to DK @ BGE & Spiderman @ IOA) and the ride goes through various scenes and the robot arm motion goes up and down as it transverses the track. It sounds rather boring, but I believe the special effects and the motion of the arm provides limitless possibilities in movement/motion to create an interesting sensation similar to a motion simulator on a r-c track. I'll post the A-B link as soon as I can find the report. Anyone in Europe can confirm the ride was supposed to be going into a park in England in '08? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefitness Posted May 30, 2006 Share Posted May 30, 2006 Supercoasters was awesome. It helped me understand the scientific part of rollercoasters a little more. As for the Robocoaster im sure it will be a different experience and might be the new genaration of darkrides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 that would be a REALLY cool dark ride! screens everywhere!! on the floor, the walls...the CEILING! upside down!! woah!! that would just be cool!! but as for how its powered....maybe...just maybe...there is a rail in the middle that acts an electrical circuit!?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I've been wondering. How does the robot arm get power while the coaster body is moving around on the track? Is it a powered vehicle? Or does it have battery storage and the thing can fly along the track powered only by gravity? It could work like X with something along the rails. Maybe, just a theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DATman Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 ^But how could that control spinning, lifting the arm up and down, and rotation of seats? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xxhershey818xX Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I dont know if they actually made that ride I WOULD ride it but probly only 2-5 times cause it looks kind of painful! also supercoasters was Awsome last night! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sabo Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I think I found the Amusement Today issue describing the ride from an IAAPA report. My scanner is down and cannot post any pics. Does anyone else subscribe to the newsletter and post pics? I still haven't found the article/link from Amusement Business regarding an in-depth coverage on the ride possibilities and so on. I thought I save the article somewhere, but it may be on my other computer. I think it also explained how the coaster-assembly (robo-arm) was energized. I'll still keep looking..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShoubraStreet74 Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 Wouldn't the rider capacity really suck on something like this? I mean, each train is made up of only 4 seats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Sabo Posted May 31, 2006 Share Posted May 31, 2006 I think the ride capacity was stated around 1100-1200pph. I'll provide more info when I can confirm that..lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterbuff Posted May 31, 2006 Author Share Posted May 31, 2006 im sure a coaster like this would run like the spiderman ride at IOA of like a wild mouse coaster. just mainly cause of the rider capacity. and as they alwayse say...if they build it, we will come! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummyjohn Posted June 1, 2006 Share Posted June 1, 2006 Ok I haven't watched Supercoasters yet (it's still sitting in my TiVo depository, along with the Fresh Prince and Futurama) but doesn't Disney have something like this in Downtown Disney at W.D.W? I coulda sworn I heard something like this. As for power, maybe it's a third rail concept like the subways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Posted July 14, 2006 Share Posted July 14, 2006 This ride was created by KUKA, and if it's anything like their other robots, it uses electricity to turn and hydraulics to move up and down. I recently learned how to operate/control a KUKA robot where I work, and let me tell you, it's amazing how far technology has come. To anyone who's been on one of these (I know Mt. Olympus has one), what was the experience like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okinawaboy11 Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 Wouldn't the rider capacity really suck on something like this? I mean, each train is made up of only 4 seats. Well, look at wild mouses. They only sit 4 people. And they get up to 900 pph. Which is semi-good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaos Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 I've been on the robocoaster at Legoland on all the levels except 1. There's no headbanging at all. It's amazing how smooth it is. The ride was even more disorienting than X. When they finally build one of those on a track, it will be one of the best darkrides ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollercoasterdan Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 ^X was disorienting?^ Anyways, i also went on the robocoaster at legoland (levels two and five) and it was one of the craziest things I've been on, the only headbanging on the arms is caused by stopping a little quickly (I just put my hands on the top of the restraint to create no room for my head to move). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nannerdw Posted July 15, 2006 Share Posted July 15, 2006 If you ride 2 different programs on a track-guided Robocoaster, does it count as 2 credits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mummyjohn Posted July 29, 2006 Share Posted July 29, 2006 ^X was disorienting?^ You're joking, right? That was one of the most confused moments of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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