Why doesn't B&M....?

I've had this question far a while now, and I wondered what everybody here thought of it.

Why doesn't B&M make roller coaster trains with 10 rows?

Is 8 rows the maximum for weight on the track?

Is it because they don't want to have trouble getting the lines moving and stacking the trains?

Post what you think.

Is there any coaster in the U.S. with 8 people across? I have only heard of the 2 drop coasters with 8 but they are overseas. Heck, 8 people across amazes me.

I think he means... long not across... But still 8 across would be cool... But to answer the question (or at least respond) I don't know... but it is a verry good question.. I too would like to know the answer!

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*** This post was edited by Sousa129 on 5/17/2000. ***

I am not an expert, but here are my thoughts... Currently the largest train carries 36 passengers, right? Figure even if all passengers are 250lbs, (a football team, it could happen) that makes for 9000 lbs of people. Add to that the weight of the train (???) Multiply that by the G-forces created on the average high stress points of a good coaster. (4.5) That is 40,500 lbs of people (the football team) plus the weight of the train. That is alot of weight. I have a feeling that too many more riders would, like you originally thought, would cause an over-stress on the average design of a coaster.

I have a feeling that there is a "golden ratio" of weight-of-train compared to the design-of-track that someone, somewhere has already figured out, and that is why you do not see more than 8 rows of 4 on modern coasters.