Hybrid Ntoo thiab Hlau Cov Menyuam Coaster yog dab tsi?

2024 Tus sau: Cyrus Reynolds | [email protected]. Kawg hloov kho: 2024-02-08 03:00

Rau xyoo, cov menyuam coasters tau ntau dua lossis tsawg dua qub. Feem ntau ntawm lawv muaj cov qauv ntoo, feem ntau teem rau hauv ib lub lattice thiab pleev xim rau dawb. Lawv cov lem feem ntau yog ua los ntawm cov khoom ntoo uas muaj cov hlau nyias thiab nqaim ntawm cov tsheb ciav hlau nrog cov tsheb ciav hlau uas muaj cov log hlau yuav yob.

Xyoo 1959, txawm li cas los xij, Disneyland Park, nrog rau cov chaw tsim khoom caij tsheb Arrow Dynamics, tau qhia Matterhorn Bobsleds, lub ntiaj teb thawj tubular steel coaster. Los ntawm kev siv cov qauv hlau, tubular steel khiav, thiab tsheb ciav hlau nrog polyurethane log, Matterhorn tau hloov pauv kev lag luam. Raws li lwm cov coasters steel tau tshwm sim, cov neeg tuaj ncig ua si tuaj yeem ntsib ob hom coasters: ntoo thiab hlau.

Nyob rau xyoo 2011, Six Flags Over Texas thiab Rocky Mountain Construction dov tawm New Texas Giant. Ib zaug ntxiv, lub chaw ua si thiab caij tsheb tau hloov pauv kev lag luam los ntawm kev tsim ib pawg thib peb ntawm cov tshuab zoo siab: cov ntoo thiab steel coaster hybrid. Tab sis qhov tseeb yog dab tsi no yug tshiab?

Cov lus teb luv luv yog tias caij tsheb xws li New Texas Giant yuav cov hlau khiav mus rau cov qauv ntoo. Txawm li cas los xij, muaj ntau yam ntxiv.

Ua ntej, me ntsis ntawm keeb kwm: Hybrid coasters, hauv ib daim ntawv lossis lwm qhov, tau nyob ib puag ncig ntev. Cov neeg feem ntau xav tsis thoob thaum pom tias qee qhov qub coasters, xws li lub circa-1927 Cyclone ntawm Coney Island, muaj cov ntoo coaster ib txwm siv tab sis siv cov qauv hlau. Lub Cyclone's dawb lattice qauv yuav zoo li nws yog ntoo, tab sis nws yog ua los ntawm hlau. Txawm li cas los xij, nws coj zoo li thiab feem ntau suav hais tias yog ntoo coaster. Hloov pauv, muaj cov coasters xws li Gemini ntawm Cedar Point uas sib koom ua ke cov tubular steel khiav nrog cov qauv ntoo. Vim nws txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau, Gemini yog qhov tseem ceeb ntawm lub coaster steel.

Technically, Gemini thiab Coney Island Cyclone tuaj yeem suav tias yog hybrids. (Nws yuav yog qhov ncaj ncees rau kev caij tsheb xws li kua zaub ntsuab ntawm Mummy ntawm Universal Studios, uas muaj ob qho tib si rau cov menyuam coaster thiab cov caij tsaus nti, raws li cov coaster hybrid ib yam nkaus. ntoo-steel coaster raws li muaj cov txheej txheem zoo uas ua raws li New Texas Giant qauv ntawm Six Flags Over Texas. Feem ntau, nws yog hais txog kev khiav.

Tsis Yog Ib Leeg Hlau

Raws li Fred Grubb, tus tswv ntawm Rocky Mountain Kev Tsim Kho, kev hloov pauv ntawm cov coaster hybrid yog vim qhov tsim nyog ntau dua los ua leej niam ntawm kev tsim khoom ntau dua li kev npaj loj. Cov chaw ua si, suav nrog qee qhov ntawm Six Flags saw, tau hu nws lub tuam txhab los sim kho thiab ua kom cov laus laus laus, cov ntoo tawv tawv los ntawm ib nrab rov qab taug qab lawv. Zoo li lub nroog patching neeg coob uas sau cov poholes tom qab lub caij ntuj no ntxhib, lubkev kho yuav ua hauj lwm ib ntus, tab sis cov coasters yuav inevitably rov qab mus rau kev thauj mus los hnyav heev. Grubb thiab nws pab neeg xav tias yuav tsum muaj txoj hauv kev zoo dua.

Lawv daws: Tshem tawm cov tsoos ntoo coaster thiab hloov nws nrog ib lub hlau. Tab sis tsis yog ib txoj kev taug xwb.

Hloov cov tubular steel khiav, Rocky Mountain folks tau tsim ib qho patented "IBox" steel khiav uas lawv kuj hu ua "Iron Nees" taug qab. Raws li nws lub npe implies, txoj kev tshiab yog zoo li tus ntawv "Kuv." Cov tsheb ciav hlau coaster 'coj lub log, uas nyob rau ntawm ob sab ntawm lub log sib dhos, haum snugly rau hauv cov channel tsim los ntawm cov saum thiab hauv qab ntawm "Kuv." Zoo li lub coaster steel, cov tsheb ciav hlau ntawm Rocky Mountain hybrid caij siv polyurethane log. Lub log tseem ceeb dov rau ntawm qhov chaw tiaj tus ntawm Ibox khiav.

Kev sib xyaw ua ke ntawm cov ntsiab lus (tshwj xeeb tshaj yog IBox taug qab) ua rau muaj kev lom zem zoo nkauj uas nco txog qhov zoo tshaj plaws steel coasters, tsis tau cov coasters hybrid qee yam khaws lawv cov ntxhib-thiab-tumble ntoo coaster tus kheej tib lub sijhawm. Cov tsheb zoo ib yam li cov uas pom ntawm cov ntoo coasters dua li cov hlau.

Ibox taug qab kuj tso cai rau kev caij tsheb sib tw los ua kom zoo li cov coasters steel hauv lwm txoj kev tseem ceeb: Lawv tuaj yeem suav nrog kev hloov pauv. Nws yog ib qho giddy yog tias qhov kev paub tsis meej los caij lub tsho ntoo-ish coaster thiab ntsib ib lub thoob yob los yog lwm yam topsy-turvy. Dab tsi ntxiv, cov inversions, zoo li tus so ntawm hybrid coastercaij, yog, feem ntau, freakishly du.

Los ntawm kev ua haujlwm hloov pauv ntawm cov ntoo laus laus, Rocky Roob tau hloov pauv lawv los ntawm cov pob zeb ntxhib ntxhib rau hauv cov tsiaj qus. Lub tuam txhab feem ntau khaws cov txheej txheem ntawm cov kev caij tsheb qub thiab rov siv dua feem ntau ntawm lawv cov qauv ntoo. Yuav luag txhua qhov kev caij tsheb qub tau dhau los ua qhov tseem ceeb thiab nyiam cov kiv cua. Thiab cov chaw ua si thiab cov kiv cua yog clamoring rau lub tuam txhab ua lub voodoo tias lawv ua tau zoo heev ntawm lwm cov laus, tawv ntoo.

Rau nqes ntawm RMC's hybrid ntoo-steel coasters

• New Texas Giant ntawm Six Flags Over Texas qhib xyoo 2011
• Iron Rattler ntawm Six Flags Fiesta Texas qhib rau xyoo 2013
• Medusa ntawm Six Flags Mexico qhib xyoo 2014
• Twisted Colossus ntawm Six Flags Magic Roob qhib xyoo 2015
• Cyclone phem ntawm Six Flags New England qhib rau xyoo 2015
• Cua daj Chaser ntawm Kentucky Kingdom qhib rau xyoo 2016
• Joker ntawm Six Flags Discovery Kingdom qhib rau xyoo 2016
• Twisted Timbers ntawm Kings Dominion qhib xyoo 2018
• Twisted Cyclone ntawm Rau Chij Hla Georgia qhib rau xyoo 2018
• Steel Vengeance ntawm Cedar Point qhib rau xyoo 2018
• Hakugei ntawm Nagashima Spa Av qhib xyoo 2019
• Untamed ntawm Walibi Holland qhib xyoo 2019
• Zadra ntawm Energylandia npaj rau 2020
• Iron Gwazi ntawm Busch Gardens Tampa npaj rau 2020

Tsis Hybrids

Los ntawm txoj kev, Rocky Mountain tau pioneered lwm lub coaster ntoo innovation: "Topper" khiav. Zoo li ib txwm ntoo coaster, nwssiv cov qauv ntoo thiab ib txoj kab uas muaj cov kab ntoo uas muaj cov hlau. Hloov ntawm cov hlau nyias nyias, txawm li cas los xij, Topper khiav yog tuab dua thiab dav dua nrog cov hlau npog tag nrho saum cov ntoo pawg. Nws cov tsheb ciav hlau siv cov log polyurethane tsis siv lub log hlau. Zoo li kev caij tsheb sib tw uas siv IBox taug qab, Topper taug qab-tsim coasters kuj muaj peev xwm ntawm kev hloov pauv. (Thiab zoo li IBox caij, lawv yog cov coasters zoo heev.) Piv txwv ntawm Topper track coasters suav nrog Goliath ntawm Six Flags Great America thiab Lightning Rod ntawm Dollywood.

Rau qhov laj thawj ntawm tsab xov xwm no, cia peb xav txog Rocky Mountain caij uas siv Topper taug kev los ua cov ntoo coasters thiab tsis yog hybrids.

Txog rau tam sim no, tag nrho cov Topper taug kev coasters tau caij tshiab uas Rocky Mountain tau tsim los ntawm av. Txog xyoo 2019, tag nrho cov hybrid IBox taug qab coasters yog retrofits ntawm cov ntoo coasters uas twb muaj lawm. Ua pov thawj tsis muaj laj thawj vim li cas nws thiaj li tsis tuaj yeem tsim lub cim tshiab hybrid coaster nrog IBox khiav, Rocky Mountain tsim Zadra ntawm Poland's Energylandia. Nkauj tawm tshiab 2019.

Cov neeg tsim qauv caij tsheb muaj txiaj ntsig thiab hloov pauv ntawm Rocky Mountain tau tsim qhov tshiab coaster thib peb, Raptor khiav, uas muaj ib qho kev tsheb ciav hlau. Lub tswv yim suav nrog cov tsheb ciav hlau qis qis nrog ib tus neeg caij tsheb uas hla ib txoj kev tsheb ciav hlau, nqaim ntawm steel iBox khiav. Cov coasters muaj peev xwm xa cov lus teb ceev ceev, cov ntsiab lus muaj zog heev. Thiab vim tsis muaj qhov yuav tsum tau ua kom txoj hlua sab laug thiab txoj cai (thiab yog li tsis muaj txoj hauv kevrau ob txoj hlua kom poob ntawm kev sib dhos), kev caij tsheb tau zoo kawg nkaus. Piv txwv ntawm kev caij tsheb Raptor suav nrog Wonder Woman: Golden Lasso Coaster ntawm Six Flags Fiesta Texas hauv San Antonio thiab Jersey Devil Coaster ntawm Six Flags Great Taug txuj kev nyuaj hauv New Jersey.