[b&mcoaster1095]

AHHHHH! Vekoma, yes, I said Vekoma, is now manufacturing mega-coasters for the 2010 season featuring four-across prototype trains similar to B&M's except... they have over the shoulder restraints... (gasp) ! Maybe they won't be that bad.

http://viewer.zmags.co.uk/showmag.php?m ... f#/page22/

[coasterbruh]

I highly doubt mega coasters in vekomas sense is meant to be as in hyper coasters. Apparently they are doing the 4 across seating on battlestar galatica or whatever that coaster is to be named at universal studios somewhere overseas.

[lazor 22]

Those trains look really sick. Hopefully the OTSR's won't kill the hypers. I want to ride one of those.

[carowindsman6654]

What if Carowinds is getting that? I know Vekoma is known for its head banging but after hearing about how good the new trains are on Cobra, maybe they have reinvented themselves.

[coasterbruh]

yep, thats exactly what carowinds is getting...remember when pictures were shown of cobra trains being made we saw the 4 abreast seats in the background...yeah they are for the carowinds carolina coaster...

[b&mcoaster1095]

What if Carowinds is getting that? I know Vekoma is known for its head banging but after hearing about how good the new trains are on Cobra, maybe they have reinvented themselves.

yep, thats exactly what carowinds is getting...remember when pictures were shown of cobra trains being made we saw the 4 abreast seats in the background...yeah they are for the carowinds carolina coaster...

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[lanigan911]

Y'all realize that issue is July 2008, right?

[Jonathan]

That magazine is 2008, but next year will be the first year we actually see any of those concepts implemented.

[derek_lentz]

They could really use some of those new suspended trains on Runaway Reptar.

[b&mcoaster1095]

I think the ones now work well, but new ones would work better. Vekoma has been improving lately, especially with their trains, but I sure as heck don't think they're ready to build hypers...

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

From Vekoma.com:

Thrill and Mega Coasters

boomerang
invertigo
giant inverted boomerang
suspended looping coaster
LSM launch coaster
flying dutchman
stingray
big air


No Hypers for Vekoma...

[Edwardo]

I was under the impression that the Big Air was what their hypercoasters would be called, like how Intamin calls theirs Mega coasters and B&M uses the terms Mega or Speed.

[RiDeWaRrIoR]

I guess it could be since the towers are over 200ft? I guess it depends on the actual definition of a true "hyper" coaster. I would think it would be more of a full circuit coaster but I dont know, and also I am not sure how big the drop is, the towers are 200ft, but that doesnt mean the drop is 200ft. I guess its all about how you look at it...

[b&mcoaster1095]

I think Edwardo is right. That is Vekoma's name for their hyper, Big Air.

[Edwardo]

Any coaster with a height of at least 200 feet, regardless of the drop, is considered a hyper, but these days, smaller coasters are hypers too. And then there are mini-hypers and mega-lites.