Has B&M Ever Made Or Tried To Make A Wooden Coaster?

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Has B&M ever actually made or tried to make a wooden coaster?

Someone told me that the Psyclone's trains at SFMM were made by B&M?

Psyclone's trains are indeed made by B&M. They are now used for Colossus Backwards every October.

Psyclone's trains are indeed made by B&M. They are now used for Colossus Backwards every October.

Oh wow, are they good, because I heard Psyclone wasn't exactly the smoothest ride around.

Psyclone's trains are indeed made by B&M. They are now used for Colossus Backwards every October.

 

Oh wow, are they good, because I heard Psyclone wasn't exactly the smoothest ride around.

Well the Northridge quake in 1994 kind of screwed that ride up if I'm correct. So it's probably not the trains.

Andrew "A B&M Woodie " Iorio

B&M has said many times that they will be sticking with steel as it is what they do best, and they don't want to mess up their model. They don't feel there is a need to branch out and make things too complicated.

^Ya I agree that they really don't need to branch out. In my opinion they have mastered the art of building inverted coasters. Still it would be really interesting to see what they could come up with if they tried.

Prehaps they could conceive a woodie that dwarfs El Toro...One could dream...

I would like B&M to make the first wood-multi-looper.

Or the worlds first stand up wooden coaster...

--James

^ Oh I can feel the pain from here lol.

Hmmm... interesting.

A wooden coaster with 4 seats in a row trains.

EXTREME!!!

Yes, the 1994 earthquake had a LOT to do with Psyclones demise. It was AWESOME before that.

But the weight of the B&M trains probably had as much to do with the rides demise as the quake. Those were some heavy ass trains and the ride probably would have gotten bad with or without the quake. At least IMO.

The fact that the trains have also torn the hell out of Colossus should be sufficient enough to support that.

Going by the numbers of installations, the steel coaster market is at least 10x bigger than the wooden coaster market. And there are already three very strong players in wood: GCII, Gravity Group, and Intamin.

I'm not really sure what B&M would have to add to this as it has become very apparent that high end, over-engineered woodies, like the Intamin woodies, do not sell all that well. And I can't see B&M doing anything other than some sort of pre-fabricated system because you can't get the same quality control with traditional carpentry methods.

a floorless, diving, standup, inverted woody ....

no B&M is not from woody's,

to be in the woody competition, they must build some "other" wooden rollercoaster, and what kind of wooden rollercoasters do we want?

and i dont like perfect smooth woody's....

But the weight of the B&M trains probably had as much to do with the rides demise as the quake. Those were some heavy A$$ trains and the ride probably would have gotten bad with or without the quake.

Yeah. B&M are known for having very heavy trains. This works just fine with a steel coaster, because the track and structure isn't going to move very much over time. Wooden coasters are much different though. Wood is a very unique material, especially when used on coasters. Being in the California sun for all those years probably didn't help with the smoothness of the ride.

well, B&M can make light trains

no, B&M will not make woody's....

To answer the question asked a while ago, I thought the Psyclone trains are GREAT on Colossus backwards!!! I recall it being a very smooth, and fast ride. We had the pleasure of trains (ZOMG!) being raced, and while it took considerably longer for the B&M to get up the lift hill, we zipped passed the normal train in no time and beat them by a mile!

Chris.

What are the restraints like on the Psyclone train?

If B&M made a wooden coaster, it would be as smooth as the Intamin woodies, but with fewer forces than a GCI.

^^Pretty much your standard wooden coaster lap bar with one par attached to the side of the train.

If B&M made a wooden coaster, it would be as smooth as the Intamin woodies, but with fewer forces than a GCI.

Plenty of floater air, though.

"But the weight of the B&M trains probably had as much to do with the ride's demise..." (SirClinksalot)

Actually, Tim Burkhart has said that the trains' weight wasn't as much a factor in Psyclone's ultimate fate as the poorly built structure was.

Eric