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Strange Roller Coasters

S&S really should be banned from creating anything other than Screamin' Swings tbh!

It's for the greater good! ;)
 
josht said:
DiogoJ42 said:
Alastair said:
You have to wonder who at S&S comes up with these things.
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And what they were smoking at the time.
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Got to be true, just had look at other coasters S&S design.
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It's like they took over Arrow, and decided to only keep the worst of their inspiration instead of the genius.

Strange, strange company S&S.
 
Just spotted this weird take on a motorbike coaster:

Schaefer's Motorbike Coaster

But there are also innovative developments in smaller dimensions: Peter Schäfer of German P. Schäfer amusement technology presented the prototype of his motorbike concept, a design he holds a two years old intellectual property right for. Peter Schäfer joined the booth of his American partners Martin & Vleminckx, responsible for the erection of Top Thrill Dragster or the new Kingda Ka.

Unlike at the known train concept of the Dutch coaster specialists of Vekoma two riders take their seats behind each other on a high speed machine - the motorbike is the vehicle at the same time. Testing the mock-up already promises a genuine and very intense race feeling: The riders nearly lie on the huge motorcycle. This special riding position guarantees high speeds of 100 kph and more.

The fundamental idea dealed with single cars, potential customers suggested a complete train model due to capacity problems. The preliminary track layout supports Peter Schaefers desires for a high speed motorbike feeling without compromises. The 5-coach train will accelerate in 2.7 seconds to 110 kph powered by a 70 meters long linear induction motors track. The following 900 meters track length consists of fast and intense shifts in direction, steep turns and camelbacks. Actually, there are several track-combinations near the ground level to emphasize the motorbike feeling. Maybe we will see this layout in the near future...
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Sammy said:
S&S really should be banned from creating anything other than Screamin' Swings tbh!

It's for the greater good! ;)
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If they kept the Sky Swat in production, my opinion of them would be greatly improved.
 
Poison Tom 96 said:
Sammy said:
S&S really should be banned from creating anything other than Screamin' Swings tbh!

It's for the greater good! ;)
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If they kept the Sky Swat in production, my opinion of them would be greatly improved.
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It would have diminished most people's opinions though given that the 2 that were built have both probably spent at least half of their working lives out of service/broken/in various states of dismantlement :p
 
That literally looks like the most primitive coaster ever built. Even the ones built by hand without computers in the early 1900s look better than that. Also looks like the most boring coaster ever built :p
 
You think that looks primitive?

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I'll leave you to try and work out which side is the, ahem, "drop" and which is the lifthill ;)

Ironically it's not too dissimilar from PMBO, which could have been designed in RCT3 with its range of angles (Flat, gentle, steep) :p
 
Woah! Is that a magnetic trim on the drop too?!

Did they just try and get as much high tech components into the worlds naffest coaster?! It's like Pinfari putting a LSM lift on a Big Apple coaster!
 
The theming looks like a 2D paper cutout that's just been pritt-sticked together. :p
 
It's kind of like a wooden Eurofighter, right down to the small trains, vertical lift and indoor section ;)
 
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