Star Flyers

[verticalzero]

I am going back to "Plopsaland" in Belgium in a few weeks time as the Park installed a "Star Flyer" for the 2006 season.

 

I don't know how high it is, looks over 100ft though

 

I wondered if someone can tell me what they are like to ride.

 

I don't mind riding "Chair-O-Planes".

 

Do "Star Flyers" produce more force as they spin faster...?

 

Does the "Up n Down" bit feel like a Drop Tower..?

 

What's your view on them..?

 

A Park in Germany is getting one which is over 260ft high for the 2007 season.

 

Will a "Star Flyer" top 300ft soon...?

 

Can you add your pictures of "Star Flyers" to this Post.

[Meteornotes]

If you enjoy the swing ride at parks, you should enjoy the starflyer, as it's just like that, only much taller. The up/down movement is slow and smooth, and nothing like a drop tower (I'm thinking a starflyer moving at that speed would be dangerous!).

 

We rode the one at Hansa Park in Germany last year, and I really liked it, even if it was a bit strange to be that high up in the air in a normal chair swing...

 

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[viking86]

Its a fast, but very relaxing ride at the same time (unless you suffer from acrophobia). Its a really great feeling once youre used to being all the way up there. I dont know how tall the one at Plopsaland is, but the others I have seen are in the 200 ft range.

 

Another great thing about the Starflyers is that they dont have the nauseating (for me) wave movements that the regular chairshwings have.

[Simon Baynham]

Rode the one at Prater (Vienna, Austria) the other week. Star Flyers are great. Make sure you ride one at night/dusk, the ride becomes really quite scary. The phrase "A chain is only as strong as its weakest link" has never been more appropriate!

 

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Simon Baynham (UK)

[Canobie Fan]

I rode the one at Prater in 04.

The ride looks better then it is. Once you get over the fact that its tell.. Its JUST a flying-swing

My friend would only rode ONE of the parks coasters (Super 8 Bahn or whatever) Rode the starflyer with me.. And she loved it.

[Guy T. Koepp]

I can't wait to ride one of these things somewhere, anywhere.

[Dark Vampire]

A short clip from someone of my coaster club:

http://users.skynet.be/fun-park/SpringFlyer.MOV

[Jew]

Personally I find them to be the most f*cked up ride I have been on so far.

 

Something about being 200ft in the air (or whatever the Hansa Park one is) and only secured by a standard chairswing lapbar thing+standard chairswing chains is just a wee bit unsettling...