Vliegende Hollander

Vliegende Hollander at Efteling Park is now complete and testing has started. Speed seems to be an issue through the horseshoe element.
Vliegende Hollander is KumbaK's first coaster, which is a water coaster.



Click here for more pictures.

If anyone has anymore pictures or links to pictures of this new coaster (Dirk, Hyyyper etc..I'm looking at you!) please post them here.

Thanks to RCT-3-Crazy, the flying Dutchman for providing the information for this update!

Hey, I'm dutch to man! And I'm from the same site as Dirky.

I've got more links:

http://www.eftelist.nl/index.html?kombuys.html
http://www.rides.nl/attractie/fotos/842

BTW. Its a Darkride and watercoaster in one atraction.

From RCDB.com
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Roller Coaster: Vliegende Hollander
Amusement Park: Efteling (Kaatsheuvel, Noord-Brabant Netherlands)
Type: Steel - Sit Down
Status: Under Construction opening 2006
Builder: KumbaK Coasters
Categories: Water Coaster
Capacity: 1900 riders per hour

Length: 420 m
Height: 22.5 m
Inversions: 0
Speed: 70 kph
Duration: 3:45
G-Force: 3

Trains: 11 cars.
Trains: Riders site in four rows. The first and third rows seat three riders across while the second and fourth seat four riders across making for 14 riders per boat.

History: "Vliegende Hollander" is Dutch for "Flying Dutchman".

Cost of 20 million Euros.
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At this moment testing is being done, however the train doesn't complete the track in a proper way. It seems to have big trouble with the horseshoe. The lake is not filled yet and thats one of the things thats goign to be done before the openeing.

Also some more facts:

-Double station
-they can somhow change the way the car hit the watter, so this coaster can be open in the winter to!

Builder: KumbaK Coasters

Small correction: Kumbak is only the engineer. Efteling has build this coaster in own management. Kumbak only did the calculating... The boats are an own design of Efteling.

At this moment testing is being done, however the train doesn't complete the track in a proper way. It seems to have big trouble with the horseshoe. The lake is not filled yet and thats one of the things thats goign to be done before the openeing.

Correction... DVH is not fully tested already in full circuit-rides. The problems (stall) aren't there anymore. On monday, the boat managed to complete the coastertrack on it's own power. Park Director Olaf Vugts said that the dalay is due to some problems with the adjustments of the scenes, which will take much more time. Also, the theming is not ready everywhere.

-they can somhow change the way the car hit the watter, so this coaster can be open in the winter to!

It's not the way the coaster hits the water, it's the height of the water that can be adjusted.

And a small link to (almost) daily updates:
http://themepark.nl/ubbthreads/showflat ... Post964508
Pictures made in April (with duscussion)

http://themepark.nl/php/images.php?main=964508
The pictures from april without a discussion (tip for non Dutch-speaking people [;)])

Well, if KumbaK did all the calculations and whatnot, it would still be there first coaster, no?

Originally posted by Canadmos

Well, if KumbaK did all the calculations and whatnot, it would still be there first coaster, no?

I couldn't find the right english word for it... (I'm Dutch, you see [;)])

But it's just like Werner Stengel. But with the difference that Efteling designed the coaster, and gave Kumbak the assignment to calculate the stuff. So, to say that it's a Kumbak-coaster, I'm not fully with that. But yes, it's the first coaster Kumbak calculated. But not more than that.

I will put it in Dutch down here...

Kumbak heeft enkel de boel doorberekend. Efteling heeft zelf de assemblatie enz. geregeld, en het staal laten buigen. De voertuigen zijn eveneens ontworpen door de Efteling zelf (ook technisch). Kumbak heeft er sinds al sinds de ontwerpfase weinig meer mee te maken...

Kumbak doesn't have anything to do with it since the designstadium. Simply everything has been done by Efteling and their subcontractors (Kumbak is only a small link in the chain)

[hyyyper]

But since KumbaK only has developed the new python trains this is the first coaster they're INVOLVED in.

better thisway FD?

the ride looks pretty sweet, im also i big fan of the themeing

[Dirk_Ermen]

It arn't my pics but whatevah:
































































source: Themepark.nl - subforum - (De Efteling: De Vliegende Hollander) [;)]

Also the speed isn't a problem. It's that they test everything very slowly, because kumbak asked more money eventually. But the efteling didn't wanted to pay more then they did now, so kumbak quitted. Efteling had now half complete software for the ride so they need to recreate the software so everything works fine.
I guess the software is now done and the testing begon, but they are testing it slowly so speed isn't maximum yet.

Even the offical opening of 16 april has been delayed to somethings in spring.

[hyyyper]

I hope to vist The Efteling as soon as i get my new vidCam, so there'll be some new POV's to add to mine and wws' collecting

Some people that were in Efteling today, said that they were testing the coasterpart. Remember I said the coaster didn't stall? Well, it didn't... Untill this afternoon.... [:(] The boat stalled between the horseshoe and the trimbrakes.

Tonight there comes a video online.

Thank you Efteldingen.nl for this news. [:)]

To Pinhead: the speed of the chain at the end wasn't the final speed. It was done for testingpurposes.

Video is online here

Just watched the video. That really sucks, I wonder what they are going to do to fix the problem?

That's the reason they are testing. It had stalled before. So no big deal. They just test, adjust, test, adjust. Until it goes right. I wonder how the real boats are gonna look like.

If it stalls like that on more than one occasion, I'd say that is a pretty big deal. [shocked]

How much adjusting can they do? And what are they adjusting?

[Dirk_Ermen]

Originally posted by Solique18

I wonder how the real boats are gonna look like.

Here's an article, in dutch:

De Vliegende Hollander, toch al ver klaar...

Ondanks de berichten over de vertraging van De Vliegende Hollander, is de attractie toch al ver klaar: Kijk bijvoorbeeld eens op de webcam van Wondernet, waar de vaandels die op de buitengevels zijn aangebracht wapperen in de wind. Zo af en toe ?????????vaart????????? er zelfs een sloep (rode prototype) over de baan...

De eerste echte sloep is nu klaar en binnengebracht. Hier wordt het interieur nu op aangebracht: de zittingen van de banken, de lapbars, het boegbeeld (leeuw met lamp) en het Vliegende Hollander-logo (achterop de spiegel). Binnen in de inloop is het huis van Willem van der Decken en de bibliotheek helemaal afgedecoreerd. Het toont de rijke inrichting van de kapitein uit de Gouden Eeuw: een gevulde boekenkast, zijn portret, een prachtige spiegel, zilver- en glaswerk, enz. Verderop in Caf????????? het Oorlam en het VOC-magazijntje is de aankleding volkser: we zien bijvoorbeeld tuigage, houten tonnen, VOC-bekers, kratten en flessen.

In de bouw klinkt regelmatig de prachtige muziek en de geluidseffecten, die worden afgestemd op andere, visuele effecten in de show. Door de showverlichting worden de decors helemaal fantastisch. De verlichting is erg belangrijk om de sfeer in de verschillende ruimtes te versterken. Dat kan verschillend zijn: mysterieus, gemoedelijk, vriendelijk of eng...



(too lazy to translate it now...)

[Brtnboarder495]

I couldn't find the right english word for it... (I'm Dutch, you see )

Then it's probably not the best idea to correct others on such miniscule details if you can hardly express your own thoughts correctly in English.

[Dirk_Ermen]

More info:

one of the first video's that shows full circuit running:
http://www.eftelingtalk.nl/sanderkay/dv ... il2006.wmv

and let's not forget another one from today:
http://www.pretparkgek.com/~roy/Vliegen ... lander.wmv

Some more pictures:

























looks like the testing goes in the right direction now. I'll keep ya guys updated [:)]

If that is the speed its going to do, they won't have to adjust the water in the winter!

[Dirk_Ermen]

More video footage:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UbXjOZUfqkM