Two-Abreast B&Ms? - CoasterBuzz

duke said:
"B&M designed all and any four abreast coasters, with the exception of Intamin/Giovanola's Eurostar Inverted."

Well if they did *all* "four abreast coasters, with the exception of Intamin/Giovanola's Eurostar Inverted", why are people so excited to see the B&M flyer. Hell, they've already seen in, just marketed under the vekoma name (the FDs are four across).
lata,
jeremy
--methinks someone is just trying to sound "extra intelligent

TrBiggar said:
Hey duke, where'd you learn that from? I want proof. Who said B&M designed the box track? Who said B&M designed Batman: The Escape? Who said B&M designed Z-Force/Flashback? Who said B&M designed Shockwave? Who said B&M designed La Cobra?
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It's true. Walter Bolliger & Claude Mabillard worked for Intamin before breaking off and forming their own company. I believe they designed all o f the intamin box tracks except Batman: The Escape... I *think* that another person from intamin designed it but used B&M's box track style. I'm not sure about that last part though.

I recall the Psyclone trains sitting very low and not being that great, but it has been some time since I went on the ride.
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http://www.bolliger-mabillard.com

B&M definately did not design the Vekoma flying coasters which have 4 abreast seating.

Uh, didn't Anton Schwarkopf have a lot to do with the Space Diver model? And even though Bolliger and Mabillard worked on this model, I doubt they deisgned it solely themselves... they were employed for Intamin. I think Intamin gets the credit for the first 4-across coaster.

I know that B&M broke off Intamin... that wasn't my point. You people are claiming that only B&M designed it, but Intamin masked their name. I doubt that. I think it's just coincidence that they are 4 across (the stand ups) and box track. Who knows, maybe B&M took Intamin technology and improved apon it. Did you think of that? I find that to be more likely, otherwise it would mean basically B&M only helped with those 4 or 5 box track coasters Intamin built... which, might I add, would mean they worked for Intamin in 1994, when Shockwave opened.

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