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Post October 28th, 2009, 6:07 pm

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Post October 28th, 2009, 6:46 pm

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Having ridden neither, I would still have to say Intamin and B&M.

Post October 28th, 2009, 7:58 pm

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Gravity Group by far. Intamin is in second for me.
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Post October 28th, 2009, 8:56 pm

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My all time favorite, Vekoma, then S&S.

Many people pick Intamin or B&M, and credit B&M for the flying coaster. B&M actually copied Vekoma. Vekoma gave their product demonstrationv in 1998, in which many coaster manufacturers attended. The worlds first flying coaster, was made by Vekoma, named stealth and opend in 2000. B&M then proceeded to revise the flying design to use their inverted-rail design.

As far as diving coasters go, some people argue that B&M just simply got the idea from Gravity Max and went from there, but no one really knows.


Post October 29th, 2009, 6:26 am
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I doubt there is anyone on this site that wasn't aware that Stealth was the first "flying" coaster, but you have to agree that the B&M flyers are better, surely?

As for the drop coasters being a inspired by Gravity Max, well, I don't know about that but surely a vertical or near vertical drop is an obvious element and the holding brake at the top is just the natural progression of that idea. There may have been inspiration taken but... I dunno [lol]

Post October 29th, 2009, 8:04 am
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Originally posted by gouldy

I doubt there is anyone on this site that wasn't aware that Stealth was the first "flying" coaster, but you have to agree that the B&M flyers are better, surely?


I've tested the new seats that are placed on the 2nd generation flyers and those seats are much more comfortable than the B&m flyers.
And from the rumors are the Vekoma flyers more powerful than the B&M. Hehe. [:)]
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