Holiday World Reveals Thunderbird

[CP2013]

Holiday World in Indiana has Revealed their 2015 plans by hitting with the first launched Wingrider of the nation. The color scheme is Orange with a tan support and Light blue and yellow trains.
It consists of
•Launch, using LSM technology
•Immelmann loop
•Loop
•Horseshoe
•Elevated Spiral
•Zero-G roll
•S curve
•2 “headchopper” keyholes
•Carousel
•360 in-line twist (barrel roll)
•2 Crossovers with The Voyage
I think it looks pretty cool for a B&M launched (if I am correct its only the 2nd one)
I do think that it may be a bit small for the trains (2) being the standard 4 seaters with 5 coaches


Left Side POV

Right Side POV

[Thekingin64]

That looks Amazing! A launched wing coaster will be brilliant and I am so happy that there is another launched B&M!

Hopefully this launched wing coaster will work a bit better than Furious Baco.

[Simba]

Well as it is a Launched Coaster by B&M, I think it will be ride better than Furious Baco and will work better than the Increadible Hulk (The launch on the Incredible Hulk was actually built by an outside company and not by B&M), as the layout is better, and from it's On-ride Animation POV's it looks amazing!

I am so pleased B&M have finally gone completely out of their comfort zone and entered the realm of their own launch coasters, to combine the Wing Coaster design with a Launched Coaster, let's hope the B&M launch coaster is successful, and we will see more B&M Launched Coasters.

On top of that Thunderbird is an epic name for a Wing Coaster!

[Doomega]

This looks like an awesome ride if only I live in america.

[Thekingin64]

[Simba]

[Thekingin64]

^ While ring-racer is a possibility of what could happen, B&M have the experience of being in the coaster industry and are considered some of the best. Remember before the 2 companies split, All the Intamin executives used to work for B&M and look what happened with Intamin launches.

Also, Intamin tried a wing coaster and did an ok job. Soon, B&M came along and made it much better. Hopefully, the same can be said about launches.

[Simba]

It's a fair point that you make Thekingin64, it's just Intamin did one Wing Rider coaster, Furius Baco (PortAventura) which was also a launch coaster, yes B&M made the Wing Coaster design a lot better than Intamin, but the ride may have also been better because it wasn't a launch. So what's to say that putting the Wing Coaster on a launch track will keep it riding smooth like the other wing coasters?

[Thekingin64]

^ B&M magic.

Plus, most of the problems with Furious Baco are due to the trains, not the launch or the track. B&M Wing trains are tried and tested to work in pretty intense situations, something that Intamin weren't able to do when diving straight into having the launch. Normal Intamin launchers run pretty much the same as a non-launcher, this should hopefully apply to this ride.

[Doomega]

I have to say Thunderbird has an interesting design, though weather it works in real life is a different story.