Re: New "world-first" coaster at Alton Towers 2013
Nah, they would have had to write "The ride is being supplied by Gerstlauer, the same company who provided Saw at Thorpe Park." They'd still need to say it was the same company as Saw, but to the planning department the company name is irrelevant, it's just something foreign sounding padding out the sentence
I've been having a look on Bing maps for similar coasters, particularly Intamin that are this kind of size.
Kanonen is a little smaller than the area this coaster covers, but is obviously launched so is potentially "shorter". Both Fahrenheit and Speed Monster are larger than this site area, but elongated. So long but not quite as wide as the area.
The point is that to essentially double the number of inversions for equivalent Intamin rides, there just isn't the room. I just don't think (going from previous examples) that Intamin can get the tightness in there for this layout (if it's an accurate(ish) layout). It just doesn't really fit.
So I'd say that Intamin are as much out of this as B&M for the same reasons, and probably the MS Wing trains.
Nah, they would have had to write "The ride is being supplied by Gerstlauer, the same company who provided Saw at Thorpe Park." They'd still need to say it was the same company as Saw, but to the planning department the company name is irrelevant, it's just something foreign sounding padding out the sentence
I've been having a look on Bing maps for similar coasters, particularly Intamin that are this kind of size.
Kanonen is a little smaller than the area this coaster covers, but is obviously launched so is potentially "shorter". Both Fahrenheit and Speed Monster are larger than this site area, but elongated. So long but not quite as wide as the area.
The point is that to essentially double the number of inversions for equivalent Intamin rides, there just isn't the room. I just don't think (going from previous examples) that Intamin can get the tightness in there for this layout (if it's an accurate(ish) layout). It just doesn't really fit.
So I'd say that Intamin are as much out of this as B&M for the same reasons, and probably the MS Wing trains.