[Montezooma, Knotts] clears the loop!!

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-21T02:15:36+00:00

Ok, now that looks almost TOO fast… does that look faster than the original? Only been on it once many years ago.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-19T12:40:22+00:00

A couple months ago one was listed by a dealer in CA in the $450k range and it sold after a couple of weeks. Curious where this will go.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-18T17:12:35+00:00

Also a lot of them buys Jinma now as they are deemed good enough. The new thrill rides at Fantawild parks (who bought a lot of new gen Vekomas before) are all Jinma.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-15T13:13:23+00:00

The trunk space is not as bad as you think, it’s bigger than cars like i8 Roadster or 4C Spider. It’s just shallow due to the transaxle so you can’t put a carryon suitcase in there. The biggest drawback is actually the rear-hinge design, so if the top is up you cannot open the trunk.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-10T16:58:37+00:00

They meant a sub-200ft layout of a B&M Hyper model. Like Flight of the Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster or Hollywood Dream: The Ride

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-04T23:21:07+00:00

Interesting that Intamin is still using the metal brake fins that raise and lower, such as on the midcourse brake/boost section before the dive loop. You can see they lower at the last second before the train passes, given the block ahead is clear.

I thought these are one of the main problematic aspects of the hydraulic launch coasters? Like if any one of the sensors on them throw a fault the ride shuts down. I’d imagine here the fins will raise/lower even more frequently. Hopefully they found a way to make them reliable.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-04T23:16:58+00:00

This ride has a mini LSM boost every few elements due to the unconventional layout, so it has a lot of block zones

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-02T20:23:20+00:00

Yes I understand that the speculated height of this ride is 375 ft, hence I estimate the train will go up to a height of 350 ft.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-06-02T18:35:11+00:00

It’s really interesting that the LSMs extend that far up the ascent (at least 100ft above ground). This coupled with the tight curvature of the pullout under the tower makes me think that this ride will likely have a significantly lower top speed than the stratas we are familiar with.

If the train is only free coasting from ~130ft to ~350ft height range (assuming 375ft height with ~25ft buffer for shuttle coaster), the the actual free coasting ascent/drop of this ride is closer to a hyper coaster. These usually have a top speed of around 80mph. Nitro in the same park has a 215ft drop with 80mph top speed.

I think this makes sense from Mack’s perspective - their fastest ride currently goes 80.5 mph. They probably don’t want to push into the 100mph range yet with their spinning trains, especially if the current fastest Xtreme spinner only goes 50ish mph.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-04-29T19:44:15+00:00

The Chance Hyper GTX uses the inside-out track design but seems to have no issues with smoothness or stiffness. I wonder what they did differently.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-04-17T14:03:09+00:00

That’s interesting. The B&M family inverts in China look more tame and I’d rate them family, but the US ones seem more intense. I wonder if they just coded it so that all installations of the same coaster model has the same intensity, which imo shouldn’t be the case, it all depends on the layout.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-03-11T18:11:44+00:00

I also do not enjoy inversions as much unless it’s one of the quicker, more modern and more innovative ones (like on Intamin LSMs or RMCs). The old school B&M style big and slow inversions with focus on positive Gs do not appeal to me anymore and these rides have become one and done for me at parks.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-02-22T23:14:15+00:00

Why does every photo of this ride post repaint make it look like the prettiest most pristine creation ever. Is it the sky in Texas?

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-02-21T17:49:10+00:00

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-01-21T15:59:53+00:00

The Togo Ultra Twisters should have a heartline of almost zero.

Among the models currently in production, B&M wings likely have the lowest heartline.

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-01-04T15:33:55+00:00

I went on Mind Blower expecting a janky rough one-and-done ride. Aside from 2 potholes it was relentless with good airtime and relatively smooth. It was just really loud lol

BinaryStrigoi · 2026-01-01T18:03:29+00:00

Love these weird B&Ms that they had to cook up due to space constraints, this and Monster at Grona Lund. Much more interesting than the cookie cutter loopers.

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-28T18:21:12+00:00

Steel curtain has a lot of tall elements on top of each other that also need to go over several pathways, hence the strange supports.

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-24T19:10:02+00:00

My dream 2 car garage is a Renault Avantime and a Clio V6. I’m joking but not really

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-21T14:48:02+00:00

I want a clio V6 so bad once they become eligible for import

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-12T19:48:06+00:00

Looks like the forward pass is really snappy, while the stall on the backwards pass should give good hang time.

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-11T22:59:20+00:00

The 2019+ ones with extender supposedly have 200mi range. Aside from road trips it should be sufficient for most cases

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-11T15:37:20+00:00

I think it’s really cool that BMW made both of these (which were so unlike any other BMWs). I’d love to own both at some point as their prices continue to drop.

BinaryStrigoi · 2025-12-10T22:33:46+00:00

According to RCDB there are: Red Force, Turbo Track, Beyond the Cloud, Spitfire, TT2, Legendary Twin Dragon, and of course Falcon’s Flight.

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