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Fluch von Novgorod, Eurofighter, Hansa Park

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Sources:
http://www.kataplektor.de
http://www.achterbahn-news.de/

I think this ride looks like it could be alot of fun. Looks like it will have good interaction with some of the surroundings
 
And who said its hard to theme a coaster outside :)

I like the look of it and in July shall be on it.
 
I can actually say I look forward to riding this. Hardly ever can I do that if it's outside of England!

That tunnel looks great!
 
Hmm yeah, it does look abit close to that wall!

I'm really intrested to find out the layout of this coaster! Looks like its going to be quite long.
 
It's not the space above that looks worrying, it's the space to the side, especially on the right that is worrying me.
 
southend_marc said:
Just dont put your arms up
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Your arms won't be the problem, as your upper body will be angled up and to the left, where there's plenty of space.

The only thing that actually needs clearance at the far right is the coaster chassis, which is of fixed width, and therefore only needs a few inches clearance. One presumes that the manufacturer has done their clearance calculations correctly, but as long as there's room for the bodywork to get through, it'll be fine.
 
Yeah there should be enough clearence for the car to fit down on second thoughts. Does look like it'll be close though.

This ride looks to have a really intresting layout. Would i be wrong in thinking this eurofighter will be the longest ever built?
 
There's no statistics to say if its longer than Speed which is the longest Eurofighter so far.
 
^Speed isnt the longest eurofighter so far! Saw is 360ft longer that it.
 
Spud said:
Yeah there should be enough clearence for the car to fit down on second thoughts. Does look like it'll be close though.
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Remember that the coaster sits up on top of its wheel assemblies, so the clearance will be much greater a foot above the track.
 
^Wooden coasters, heartline coasters and tobbogan rides all have trains smaller than their track.

I think they were saying it looks tight, and so a decent headchopper, not it looks like they are going to test run the train and find out that the train's sides are sheared off by the end. It does look like quite a small tunnel for it to fit through. Saying that, though, in some countries there may be less strict regulations on tunnels meaning that if they say keep your hands in the car, they really mean it.
 
Well even in the pictures of the wooden coasters shown, the car barely reaches over about 3 inches over the track. I was thinking that the track would mean the rails and the ties, and the ties on wooden coasters are the 'sleepers' which are definitely wider than the train. Also, am I correct in saying that the wheels ride on the inside of the rails on wooden coasters, instead of on the outside like they do on steel ones?

As for the regulations, I only assumed that it could possibly be the case because of a review I read of a south african ride which pulls 6g, when compared to an article I read about an american coaster where a few riders blacked out in a tunnel, and the park was told to redefine the shape of the track.
 
I'm pretty sure the coaster was giovanola's goliath, but all I can find on it is that it still has an intense helix - nothing about having to redefine the drop or anything...

hmm.... well I'm going bed now as it's 3:40am over here and I'm feeling slightly drowsier (I slept during the day for 5 hours becuase I had a cold)... Night!
 
I have to say that this coaster looks better and better as they are adding more pictures of it, I think that this coaster my be way better then SAW in all categories. Does anyone know if the layout have been released though?

UC said:
Since you brought up G forces, I'll let you know that regulations here vary by state. I know that in New Jersey, the law is that you cannot sustain G forces more than 4 Gs, and I believe you're allowed to spike (i.e. very brief moment) up to 6.

Most states follow this rule, although there are exceptions. It is rumored that SFOG's S:UF actually spikes at around 6.3-6.5 Gs at the bottom of its pretzel loop, and Schwarzkopf coasters are notorious for routinely pulling 5+ G's on their loops.
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The S:UF at GAdv, only pulls 4 g's on it's pretzel, and I'm pretty sure that the figure of the first one in Georgia is way over the top. And yes Schwarzkopf loopers pulls over 5 g's so does most Intamin coasters as well.
UC said:
Having ridden Goliath (and Titan, for that matter) I can assure you that the ride only pulls about 4.5 G's - the reason it feels stronger is due to the fact it's sustained.
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According to some other measurement on Goliath MM, then it only pulls a maximum of 3-3.5 g's. And you are right that length is definitely a big factor of the intensity of the Helix.
 
I'd give it a few months as Gerstlauer always releases the projects on the website with a fill layout guide to it, as they advertise it as part of their models.

Also, aren't all trains wider than the tracks anyway? Otherwise you'd be able to touch the track and bogeys?
 
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