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Chris Knight
I can't decide is it BGW or SDC/CC.
Coming to WOF in 2003: A New Dippin' Dots stall :-)
I thought it might be theme related, but after looking at some photos again, I really have no clue. I will say that it's possibly my favorite coaster (beating out some great steel like Millie & Raging Bull). I love almost everything about it, even the "snow trench" ending, which many feel is lackluster. Alpengeist is a spectacular ride, especially in the front seat.
I imagine it was a difficult coaster to design due to the terrain, so perhaps they had to remove one of the cars after testing to reduce the intensity / g-forces...
just speculation...
Top 5 Steels: Alpengeist, Magnum, Millenium, Raptor, X-Flight
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2) All other inverted trains have a front "nose car" like on the sitdown, stand-up, and speed-coaster trains. There just happens to be seats attached to it (floorless trains have this as well). The first two rows on these other inverted coasters can only roll in relation to each other (no pitch or yaw as all of the other rows can do in relation to each other). This Raptor photo shows how the first two rows haven't "spread apart" as all of the others have.
3) It has been long speculated, and since confirmed by the fellows at B&M, that this zero car was added to reduce stress on the train and riders. Any future inverted coasters reaching similar sizes as Alpengeist (or even bigger) will feature this design.
As to how exactly this reduces stress...that's a question someone else is going to have to answer :)
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James Draeger
-Captain Sarcasm (aka Sour Boy)
*** This post was edited by Draegs 2/20/2003 10:02:37 AM ***
I had never really noticed that Alpengeist is the only B&M inverted coaster with a 'zero' car. My head seems to notice it, though, every time I walk under it to take a front seat *clunk*.
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-Vater
Take a ride...
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