Actually the add appears to be photo of a simplified model. Don't expect it to be dead accurate, though some of the Schwarzkopf loops are just about as close to circular as the one shown in the add.
The trick to doing most of what is claimed here is using very short trains. The trains listed are single car trains with just 2 rows. Kind of like a wild mouse car except it is 4 seats wide. The car must be as wide as it is long. This reduces the difference in G's between the rows which is the key to having tight radiuses on the first hill. This is what has already been done on Hypersonic XLC, except it has 4 rows.
Going beyond vertical doesn't cause any real problems by itself as far as forces on the rider. A 95 degree drop in the straight section causes just a small negative G, much less than what you get with air time on many coasters. A few coasters have at least -1 G at points.
As far as the vertical lift is concerned, Toboggans have had them for many years. A vertical lift for an 8 seat single car would have much less stress on the chain than a conventional lift for a train seating 30 or so.
If I question any of Gerstlauer's claims, it is the 1600 rider per hour capacity. That would require a dispatch every 18 seconds. You might be able to get this on a mouse with simple restraints, but I doubt it with 4 wide seating and more complicated restrains.
*** This post was edited by Jim Fisher on 8/27/2001. ***
