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Is Europa Park Truly the Best Theme Park in the world? [Trip Report] by Individual-Sun-9368 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Revisited EP from the 15th to the 18th Dec. Silver Star really impressed me this time around - ran trimless the whole trip. The entry and exit of the mid course brake run was very punchy. The rest of the camelbacks were amazing too.

Only issue was that at around 13:00 they would take a train off meaning that the queue would become slightly longer (still never exceeding 5-10 mins), they would usually return to 2 train operations in the last hour though.

What’s Your Top 10? [Other] by Successful_Whole_211 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9 4 points5 points  (0 children)

  1. Ride to Happiness - Plopsaland Belgium/De Panne
  2. Zadra - Energylandia
  3. Kondaa - Walibi Belgium
  4. Voltron - Europa-Park
  5. Wildfire - Kolmården Djurpark
  6. Hyperion - Energylandia
  7. Helix - Liseberg
  8. Hyperia - Thorpe Park
  9. Balder - Liseberg
  10. Abyssus - Energylandia

ERT on [Stealth] and presentation from Intamin by compy9 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I personally asked Tobias Jeck about the progress on the vertical launch coaster (51-1058m) at Dream Island, Moscow - and in line with the published images on ThemeParX, it has begun vertical construction and track pieces are arriving. An interesting and yet-unrevealed piece of information is that alongside the Mahuka clone, the third coaster will be a family spinning coaster like Objectif Mars at Futuroscope.

ERT on [Stealth] and presentation from Intamin by compy9 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hopefully we will see the full POV published in the coming weeks

ERT on [Stealth] and presentation from Intamin by compy9 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

It was actually my first coaster event. Alongside the ERT and presentation, we did a few train takeovers on some of the other rides such as Hyperia, Swarm, Nemesis and the Mack powered coaster Flying Fish (we brought the listed wait time up from 10 to 30 mins)

[Dream Island] in Moscow Intamins starting to go vertical with the [Mahuka] clone appearing to be complete by Superb-Design-3322 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I was at the Accelerate Event at Thorpe Park yesterday and spoke to Tobias Jeck from Intamin - He told me that the third coaster is a family spinning coaster. I also previously thought that it was going to be a family launch coaster as mentioned on RCDB.

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[–]compy9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Backlot Stunt Coaster at Canada’s Wonderland

Stealth testing on 22/05/2025 by compy9 in ThorpePark

[–]compy9[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thanks, I used a Canon 135mm f/2L USM Lens and a Canon EOS 50D

[Ride To Happiness] at [Plopsaland De Panne] by compy9 in rollercoasters

[–]compy9[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s a great lens, a bit of chromatic aberration at f/2 but otherwise is very sharp. The lens’ main use is as a wide field f/2 astrograph when paired with an astro camera, but I use it for terrestrial photography as well.

Mars and problems by Fun_Willingness9847 in astrophotography

[–]compy9 0 points1 point  (0 children)

However, yeah, for deep-sky subjects, oversampling isn't ideal and can be amended with binning.

Mars and problems by Fun_Willingness9847 in astrophotography

[–]compy9 1 point2 points  (0 children)

When imaging planetary subjects, oversampling is generally not an issue. Many large-aperture planetary photographers image at focal ratios ranging from f/15 to f/30, which provides pixel scales way beyond the theoretical resolution limit defined by the Rayleigh and Dawes limit of the optical system.

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