The Single Rail Coaster War Has Begun
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- The Single Rail Coaster War Has Begun With Different companies trying their hand at this unique attraction...
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If there is an RMC Single Rail invert, I want it to be called the Pterodactyl.
Awesome name!
pteradon flyers reference?!
@@reteledman just a coincidence.
It's more a difference of construction technique as well as ride style and appearance. They can be small but intense, since the narrow wheelbase relative to the size of the "rail" promotes a small vehicle. Less supports (maybe not as few as attempted...). But the small vehicle means small lateral moments, needing/allowing the rider to be close to the track, or requiring a huge track.
I think RMC should look into a central spine for Ibox for higher spans. The spine would still be smaller than Trex would be, and simpler.
crap I forgot to mention that for the "spine" idea, "Triceratops" would indeed be a fitting name. ;)
I've had the same argument on why there's no real distinction between single-rail and "double-rail". Basically if you make the B&M crossties and spine so thick that they fill in the gaps, you'd have a single rail.
It’s awesome to hear I wasn’t alone on this one. Thanks for sharing!
I think the issue with the Trex is the size/stats vs the capacity
You missed one thing, RMC is constructing a double single rail coaster at Wailbi Holland, it will be two single railes: one family without inversions and one thrill with inversions. It should be opening in 2025...
I knew they were making the double one, it’s a very interesting concept to see. It’s gonna be pretty cool! I probably should have mentioned it in more detail tho.
Do T-Rexes need to be over 400’ tall? 🤔 I thought it was more about the single rail, but with two riders per row as opposed to a Raptor’s single-file train. A T-Rex would be good starting at maybe 200’-250’ feet, I’d say even more like 150’-200’, just as a preliminary model. Not that I lack faith in RMC… but to go straight to 500’ is a huge jump on a new product. It would probably sell better at hypercoaster size at first..
Singlerail is nothing new, Mack built them already in the 1950s.
Yup those are super cool looking!
spaghetti bowl is a good name
Indeed it is!
Off the top of my head the only park that will benefit from the S&S single rail is Blackpool Pleasure Beach to prolong the life of Steeplechase. Which aside from Blue Flyer (the kiddie coaster) is probably the worst coaster in the park, I even prefer Infusion and that’s the coaster equivalent of being in a blender.
I was thinking about blackpool also, other than that I have no idea. Thanks for watching!
@@TheCoasterJosh It’s one of Amanda Thompson’s (the CEO) favourites so I don’t think it’s going anywhere anytime soon.
That would be an absolute blast for the park! Steeplechase is an interesting ride, but it's had its day, and its literally a kids car ride with bumps these days. The land its on lends itself for an interesting and long coaster that could even be a racer type
There are also single rail alpine coasters, which look really cool. Hope to get on one someday.
Those look very interesting, super cool to look at!
The spagheti bowl coaster at 6:30 would've been great for a Mario kart rainbow road attraction at any of Universals Nintendoland's.
Great idea!
I’m waiting for the triple rail models
Hahaha🤣🤣🤣
Quad rail or go home
@@shivtimalready got those on the 4D coasters 💀💀💀💀
Why do y’all need a single rail coaster are y’all want people not to sit next to someone 😭
I've ridden all 5 of RMCs Raptors & their very good, incredibly intense rides. Restraints aren't _too_ uncomfortable & mostly during high negative Gs. The problems with Raptors are downtime and capacity. All suffer high downtime. This is new technology & they're highly complex rides, running trains close together in tight blocks on short circuits. I've been in this hobby since 1981 & _every time_ gimmicks, new technology or record-breaking statistics come into play, roller coasters fail more often. Capacity is poor. 8 or 12 riders per train, 3 trains max, for a throughput of 430 PPH with 2 trains, 600 PPH with three on the smaller Raptors. This assumes efficient dispatch times. Loading is a problem, trains don't stop, which is confusing, riders putting their stuff away, the restraint is complicated to some to get into. I've noticed something else; stress. Since there's often 3 trains out, circuits are quick, and operations are stricter & faster there seems to be more stress in the station than with other rides & coasters. I've blabbed enough. Raptors are insanely powerful, fun coasters, but like most steel coasters, to me, they get old quickly, which is why I'm a passionate wood coaster hobbyist.
You made some great points! Very insightful!
This dude just forgot to mention that maurer made the first modern single rail coaster (rip the spike coaster I guess)
Maurer has been doing some very interesting stuff lately, I might have to give them an entire video.
I See Six flags over texas getting a t-rex bc they got the first rmc new texas giant
I've ridden Wonder woman at Fiesta Texas and Magic Mountain.. The magic Mountain one is superior
I wonder if RMC canceled their T-Rex model. Will any company build a giga single rail?
Maybe Intamin.
I could see Intamin tackling it!
Intamin loves to do crazy shit, so for sure they might try if it seems profitable.
While I understand the single rail (only one passenger each row) I don't understand bigger projects of single rail, don't we have already standards steel coasters ? What makes it so special ? I don't get the hype !
What's new except full rail which by the way should be heavy (yes, I know it is empty inside but this is also why each company has it's own rail balanced between weight and resistance)
I agree, the big version is hyped up for no reason.
OH WOW!!! The LED lighting in the track.....YESSSSS! Maintenance nightmare but....WOW!
That was my thought exactly!
Slight advice on future videos - the music behind you speaking is way too loud - turn it down a bit will help a lot!
Thanks for the advice. For this particular video I exported like 4 different versions of music at different volumes. whenever I use classical music it’s tough finding the level.
"Coaster enthusiasts instantely thought this would catch on." Not true! I remember there being a lot of speculation in the enthusiast community that Raptor models would be too low capacity and the single file trains would suck the joy out of riding with a friend. When Railblazer opened a lot of people thought the Raptor was just going to be another boring cloned model but as the design has evolved and has been embraced by more manufacturers, I think single rails have become more universally accepted. Still waiting on the first 500 ft T-Rex though 😅
That's a valid point, Thanks for the comment!
Good video. Music is overpowering your voice in some spots tho. That’s all :)
Thanks for watching, appreciate the feedback!
I've only ridden Wonder Woman at Fiesta Texas and it was awful. I hope it was better when it was new.
the layout looks great but i dont think the single rail ages very well
Solid video, but I'd tone down the music some. It was hard to here commentary at times.
Thanks for the advice, I will make sure to do that next time.
Wonder Woman is here in California not Texas. Built and located at Magic Mountain. Just thought I’d correct you there.
I might have misspoke in the video, but there are two Wonder Woman single rail coasters with different layouts. The Texas one came first.
@@TheCoasterJosh
Ah I see. I haven’t ridden it yet, but it looks fun.
Did you say that a 6th Raptor is under construction? Where?
Walibi Holland is getting one in 2025
It’s a marketing lie, there are no “single rail” rollercoasters.
Agreed! That’s why I put that last segment in, it’s controversial but true.
Don’t forget the Maurer spike coaster, basically a single rail powered coaster
It doesn't have to be a 400ft + tall coaster. Rmc T-Rex hyper coasters
Those would be awesome!
RMC should make a new single rail type called Allosaurus lol to fit with the Dino names
SINGLE RAILS !!!! I love them jersey devil gets hate but it was one of my favorite ones cant wait to ride more single rails
They all look very good!
Why did you delete my comment about the previous single rail coasters?
I didn’t delete your comment. Unless it had profanity and was auto flagged it still should be up. I’ll check.
Do you remember what it said?
@@TheCoasterJosh I was mentioning the early single rail coasters from the 1950´s- Mack hat built one in Switzerland and there is one called Super Railway still touring French fairs (it looks like a Schwarztkopf WildCat, but no one knows the manufacturer). I had included links in my post, maybe that´s why it got nixed by YT.
These are actually "real" monorail coasters as the cars are "hugging" the rail instead of travelling on top like the new versions.
So I´d say that you are right that these new coasters are not real single rail rides.
@@stellaVista ah I see, the links probably sent it to TH-cam jail, usually I can manually go in and set the ones “marked as spam” free, but it didn’t even show up at all…..weird
Anyways That’s a really good point about those older rides. I think I’ve seen them before and those true monorail coasters are super cool looking! Thanks for the insightful comment!
A few thoughts, I think RMCs intention is to have the raptor go up to around 150ft, ground up I-Box's, like Aire Force One, to cover from there up to around 225ft and the T-Rex to handle anything taller. Nothing says they have to cover every possibility with a single rail. And the whole 500ft T-Rex has really been blown out of proportion. All they said was that the design was flexible enough to go that high if a park wanted it, not that that was the purpose of the design. I fully expect the first T-Rex(if there ever is one) to be well below 300ft. Unless, like you mention Qiddyia wanted the 500ft for bragging rights.
Skyline has already revealed their TrailRunner design which is a step up from the P'Sghetti Bowl. A general family coaster instead of a junior coaster. I'm sure parks are waiting to see how the P'Sghetti Bowl turns out before considering it.
I'd say the Railrunner is S&S's attempt to salvage their R&D from the steeplechase. I doubt there are many parks where the steeple chase would make sense, but the Railrunner with a train of 12 seats would probably work in a lot of parks.
On your last topic I'd agree that single rail is just a marketing term. Looking at Intamin's website for the Hot Racer, I could only find one mention of single rail on there and that's in reference to it being the world's first launched single rail. After that there's no mention of single rail on the site or PDF product flyer.
Very Insightful Comment! Thanks for watching the video!
I personally think single rail coaster are a blast to ride, amd look so different when you're on them. I love these models, and hope they stick around. The T Rex is a dream of mine. I'd travel across the globe to ride one if it ever gets built.
I'd like to travel to ride each one too!
7:52 the compressed air coasters are laughing in the corner 💀
the beginning of the video was all over the place😭
4:35 RMC Raptorex
Amazing!
Alton towers project horizon is rumoured to be built by rmc so maybe the uk will get a indoor single rail coaster it sounds like the sort of the sort of thing alton would do
That would be so cool!
geez, the music gets loud at times.
Yeah sorry about that, I couldn't get the volume just right especially for the classical songs.
It's Ok, I still watched the whole thing :)@@TheCoasterJosh
You forgot Maurer rides
They have been doing some interesting stuff lately, probably should have included them more than the brief mention. I might do a whole video on them, but have to see if there is enough material.
I have been thinking the same about single rails not really being single rails since the get go. In cases like the raptor, the extra steel is probably cheaper than the welding work of making two separate rails.
However, the T-rex is a pretty egregious example of a "single rail". It looks like a stock standard two rail coaster train on top of a large metal plate, to make it technically a single rail. I also think that one reason it hasn't caught on is that the extra steel to make it a single rail probably costs more than a standard dual rail coaster track of similar durability. Why pay extra for an expensive coaster from a company with a track record as sketchy as RMC? It simply isn't a reasonable risk for parks. RMC might have to take a big financial L to sell a prototype.
Glad to see someone thinking the same thing, I thought I was the only one.
What makes their track record sketchy? I know Cedar Fair had some problems with them, but they seem to be doing fine with everyone else.
What about the Jersey Devil
Great video! Looking forward to your contenr in the future :)
Thank you so much!
Railblazer at CA’s Great America is a perfect layout and I prefer it to Wonder Woman at Six flags MM, anyone else?
I haven't rode Wonder woman at MM yet but I absolutely love railblazer!!!