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Is The Smiler a Eurofighter?

Is The Smiler a Eurofighter?

  • Yes

    Votes: 12 22.6%

  • No

    Votes: 23 43.4%

  • Kind of but not really

    Votes: 18 34.0%
  • Total voters
    53
^Which is arguably accurate, so, you know.

Sort of interesting how so few people are calling this a Eurofighter, yet in the construction topic it was consistently spoken about in such terms and compared to Saw in pretty much every other post.
 
It's clearly the same vein of ride as a Eurofighter. Do we not call Nemesis an Inverted Coaster because it doesn't start off with a loop like 99% of them out there?

Ok so it's not a traditional over-vertical drop one, but it still looks like one track and car wise. Euro-XL?
 
It's down to the product description of the Eurofighter on Gerstlauer's website. It does say that a Eurofighter has a 97 degree drop and kind of makes out that is the defining feature of a Eurofighter.

Though it does also claim that the drop is at the beginning, so any Eurofighter without the drop as the first element (so Saw :p ) isn't a Eurofighter - if you really want to argue semantic and we're not that petty, are we? ;)

It's also due to the plans saying that The Smiler is the same coaster type as Saw, so that's a Eurofighter - but that depends on those plans being accurate (they were pretty close).

The problem is, the Gerstlauer Eurofighter "spec sheet" hasn't been updated since Rage was built so it doesn't encompass anything new and interesting they've done with the model since. The Smiler is also not yet on as part of their "projects" - so maybe The Smiler isn't Gerstlauer at all? :p

When it gets added, it will either be classed as a EuroFighter, or not. At the moment it's the closest product in their portfolio to match it to, so at the moment it is until Gerstlauer update their portfolio I guess?
 
Obviously we will find out when gerstlauer updates their website, I think that a multi-looper sounds like the best way to describe the ride type, different style/concept of train, a large number of inversions, (more like a large onslaught of inversions).

It sounds a lot like Krake at Heide park for a B&M, we know its a dive machine but it is practically a standard floorless coaster with 2 extra seats on either side and fins to spray up water! sp effectively its a b&m floorless coaster...

its not the best example i can think of but its one that came to mind when thinking of something similar.
 
Twn114 said:
It sounds a lot like Krake at Heide park for a B&M, we know its a dive machine but it is practically a standard floorless coaster with 2 extra seats on either side and fins to spray up water! sp effectively its a b&m floorless coaster...
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And it makes a 90 degrees drop,
And it hangs above its drop for a few seconds,
And the ride exists almost only for making the drop and one inversion.

When I follow your logic, Inverted, Flying en Wingrider coasters are also "just floorless" rides.
 
If you read what is after that paragraph it says that it isnt the best example... all of the trackwork is the same as it would be of any other b&m... I know Why it is a DM just as a lot of people can understand why the smiler could be a eurofighter!
 
Twn114 said:
If you read what is after that paragraph it says that it isnt the best example...
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Indeed.

Another question: is the new coaster in Tripsdrill a eurofighter? It also doesn't have the drop, and it doesn't have a lifthill...
 
The Tripsdrill one is a launched coaster isn't it? They have them as a separate category on the Gerstlauer site.
 
Gerstlauer are wrong - it's that simple. Sorry guys, I take it back ;)
 
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