Gerstlauer1 Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 New construction pics can be found at: http://www.potionmagix.fr/forumix/nouvelle-zone-attraction-2012-parc-asterix-t1271-430.html#p33432 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RollerCoasterSmi Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Looks OK, that's it... but Parc Asterix needs one of these. I suppose the novelty of inverts has worn off... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Some new pictures.. Roller Coaster: unknown Amusement Park: Parc Astérix (Plailly, Picardie, France) Classification: Roller Coaster Type: Steel - Inverted Status: Under Construction opening 2012 Make / Model: Bolliger & Mabillard / Inverted Coaster / Custom Height: 35 m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCalCoasters Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Curious to see if they've designed the pre-drop dip out of inverters as well. Otherwise, looks like a great layout. The reason, so I've been told, for the the pre drops was to disengage from the the chain lift. The style of the catch car on the train required the pre-drop to disconnect from the chain. B&M has redesigned their catch car system, so pre-drop are no longer needed (unless asked for). This is going to be interesting! I wonder if the theming will be as good, or better than Montu's.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exzantia Posted June 18, 2011 Share Posted June 18, 2011 I've no idea if the ride is prone to doing this but Vol D'Icare at Parc Asterix stalled mid-way round today on a banked section of track some time around 12:30. Engineers came out with ladders and strapped the trains to the tracks before evacuating guests off the ride using ladders with ropes to grab on to for support. Guests were (unsurprisingly) taken off on the side that the train was banked towards. I wasn't on time to grab any pictures of the guests coming down, I checked back just as the last one was mid-way down the ladder around 2pm. The park rescued the train (I guess it got dragged / pushed to a high-point) before closing and all trains were stacked at the station when I was leaving. Photo quality is bad, only had my phone with me... Strapping the trains to the rails. You'll have to look closely for the people in there! Angle sucks. Empty train after all guests exited via the ladders. (I'd have liked to try that!) Has this happened here before? It wasn't a particularly windy day and I didn't see anything caught in the wheels that would have jammed it up. I guess it was just unlucky. The park did seem to do a very good job getting the people off so kudos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Some more pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Porsmond Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Sweet, Vertical Construction begins, woohoo, looking forward to following updates on this, looks like a good ride. Last coaster they had of course was the Bobsled in 2001 so its been 10 years sinse a new coaster so this will be exciting for the park Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamoure Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 ^^It's so great to watch a new coaster born in the mud !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oreos Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh right! Didn't notice that!B&M is loosing all their B&Mness How so? As technology evolves, things such as pre-drops become unnecessary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Farmer Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh right! Didn't notice that!B&M is loosing all their B&Mness How so? As technology evolves, things such as pre-drops become unnecessary. Technologically speaking, of course. That doesn't mean that little details like the dip didn't add to the ride. It's the little things that B&M used to do in their layouts that I found always added to the ride. An example is this transition right before Kumba's cobra roll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.J. Posted June 25, 2011 Share Posted June 25, 2011 Oh right! Didn't notice that!B&M is loosing all their B&Mness How so? As technology evolves, things such as pre-drops become unnecessary. It's just a matter of design. Maybe parks didn't like the pre-drop? The last new B&M coaster with a pre-drop was Phaethon at Gyeongju World (S. Korea) built in 2007. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Update..! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Linn Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Montu, is that you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted July 4, 2011 Share Posted July 4, 2011 Its like this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottBrown Posted July 5, 2011 Share Posted July 5, 2011 While I do find the pre drop amusing and find it to be quite fun in the back row I really hate that they have gradually taken the sudden whip out of their corkscrews, those older corkscrews are so much more fun in my opinion than the new ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 More pictures.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiger01 Posted July 9, 2011 Share Posted July 9, 2011 THe dive into the water looks very interesting...And forceful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted July 20, 2011 Share Posted July 20, 2011 Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbit Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Update Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hilltopper39 Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 I just noticed this thread, but wow really cool layout. Glad to see B&M building a big custom inverted coaster again. Hopefully this thing has old school B&M forces, but the layout is very interesting at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olov Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 (edited) Panoramix on Potionmagix has posted a bazillion photos of the construction site and I think I've finally figured out the whole layout in my head. Let's go through the layout, shall we? Another lifhill section is getting lifted into place. The first drop looks like it'll be pretty steep. Just another piece or two to top out the lifthill. The supports for the first drop and into the diving loop. Soon to be the first dive loop on an B&M inverted coaster. The view from the opposite side. The immelmann trench. The "under water tunnel" under construction. The lake from opposite side with the diveloop, immelmann and loop in the background. After the MCBR the train will dive under this turn and hopefully perform a zero g-roll between the station and brake run. And then onto a close to the ground bit which transport you into the final helix. (Hopefully they'll excavate a bit or it'll be a footchopper for real. The lower supports are for the final helix. And if you think it looks like it'll go between the legs of the taller supports. It does. The final helix from above. First drop, diveloop and overbank in the background. And before the turn into the brakerun. A corkscrew. I think. And we're back home! Edited July 26, 2011 by Olov Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matteocrepaldi Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Thanks for sharing! They are really working well! We might see the track completed before the end of the summer if they keep this pace! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueFireCoaster Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Awesome! Thank you for sharing! This looks like it's going to be quite the unique B&M invert and I am looking forward to seeing the completed layout! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hang And Bang Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Don't know how I slept on this one but just saw the thread and wow, this ride looks pretty damn wicked! Very cool, unique layout!! Have to agree with others on here - I miss the B&M kickers (pre-drops), they really add a lot to the ride imo. I hated seeing the hypers lose them, now it looks like their other models are losing them, too. That said, again this ride looks totally sick! Can't wait to see it completed, and hopefully we'll get some nice coverage once it opens from some enterprising TPR memeber. (Olov, perhaps?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kumbarider1993 Posted July 26, 2011 Share Posted July 26, 2011 Wait, Montu's moving to france???????? lmao, In all seriousness though this looks really good, hopefully it will ride as good as it looks (what's up black mamba? ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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