Hyper Coaster (B&M model)

The Hyper Coaster is a model line from Bolliger & Mabillard. It has produced 20 models 21 years of production, one of the more successful models manufactured by the company. [4]

Hyper Coaster [1]
Goliath's first drop at Six Flags Over Georgia in Georgia. [2]
Status	In Production
First manufactured	1999
No. of installations	20
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Vehicle type	Floorless seats located bellow the track
Rows	8
Riders per row	4
Restraint Style	Clamshell restraints
Hyper Coaster [3] at RCDB

History

The first installation of the hyper coaster was in Busch Gardens Williamsburg and was named Apollo's Chariot. [5][6] It was one of the two models released in 1999. The other being the Floorless Coaster. It was made in a similar style to the TOGO, D. H. Morgan Manufacturing and Arrow Dynamics. Now it has become one of the more preferred models with a similar success rate to the Inverted Coaster. In 2012, B&M decided to increase the size of their hyper coaster, which previously was either: a height or drop of 200ft to 300ft. But then they increased it to above 300ft, therefore classifying it as a Giga Coaster in height but it is still one of the hyper models.

Design

The design of the Hyper Coaster includes a large lift hill then a large drop with a steep angle of descent. Until now no B&M Hypers have included inversions. Instead they include Floater and Ejector airtime hills. Only one of the B&M Hypers does not have a long out-and back layout: Raging Bull at Six Flags Great America. [7] which features more of a twister layout.

The front train on a B&M Hyper Coaster with clamshell restraints. (Brian Krosnick via. Theme Park Tourist [8]

According to B&M the Hyper Coasters are a -High speed, no inversion coasters specially designed to create air time. A comfortable patented lapbar procures an incomparable feeling of freedom.-

Staggered Seating on B&M Hyper with clamshell lap bars [9]

Trains

The trains feature 7-9 cars which have 1 row with four seats making the ride have 28-36 riders per train. With an hourly capacity of 1200-1500 people. Each season's feature clamshell restraints opposed to over the shoulder restraints which makes for stronger airtime.

Other trains used on B&M Hyper Coasters use staggered seats, where the two outer seats are pushed slightly backwards. This makes for a slightly more open experience ad so every ride is exposed to a rush of air. At the moment it is featured on 4 different roller coaster Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island , Intimadator at Carowinds & Shambhala at PortAventura Park.

Layout

A train in the splashdown element.

Every B&M Hyper starts with a long lift hill, followed by a long drop with an average angle of 71°. Then the roller coaster has a number of airtime hills that feature Ejector and Floater airtime. Then, depending on the location of the Coaster, there is an over banked turn or something of its nature to change the direction of the coaster. Following this there is a turn around section utilising either a hammerhead turn or on larger scale coasters: a treble clef.

Diamondback at Kings Island is the only B&M Hyper to feature a splashdown, where the Coaster goes through a pool of water and a massive fountain is pushed out the back creating a fountain effect when the train goes through. Shambhala features a similar element, however instead of water being shot out of the back, while the coaster passes through, either side of the track small water cannons shoot up creating a sort of passage way for the roller coaster to pass through.

Brake Runs

On Giga coasters, such as Fury 325 or Orion feature very long block Brake sections instead of having mid course Brake runs. The reason of the long Brake run is to allow more than one train on the Brake run at once improving the capacity.

Having this Brake run parallel to the station makes evacuation easier. On Nitro the Brake run to hold another train is so far from the park, a minivan is required to bring guests back to the park.

Installations

Some B&M Hyper

Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the first B&M Hyper Coaster [10]

Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, the first B&M Giga Coaster[11]

Fury 325 at Carowinds [12]

Mako at SeaWorld Orlando [13]

Candymonium at Hersheypark) [14]

Name	Park	Country	Opened	Status	Height	Drop	RCDb
Apollo's Chariot	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	March 27, 1999	Operating	170 ft (52 m)	210 ft (64 m)	[15]
Behemoth	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	May 4, 2008	Operating	230 ft (70 m)	226 ft (69 m)	[16]
Candymonium	Hersheypark	USA	July 3, 2020	Operating	210 ft (64 m)		[17]
Diamondback	Kings Island	USA	April 18, 2009	Operating	230 ft (70 m)	215 ft (66 m)	[18]
Flight of the Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster	Happy Valley	China	June 2019	Operating	157 ft (48 m)	157 ft (48 m)	[19]
Fury 325	Carowinds	USA	March 28, 2015	Operating	325 ft (99 m)	320 ft (98 m)	[20]
Goliath	La Ronde	Canada	May 13, 2006	Operating	174 ft (53 m)	170 ft (52 m)	[21]
Goliath	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	April 1, 2006	Operating	200 ft (61 m)	175 ft (53 m)	[22]
Hollywood Dream: The Ride	Universal Studios Japan	Japan	March 9, 2007	Operating	144 ft (44 m)	Unknown	[23]
Intimidator	Carowinds	USA	March 27, 2010	Operating	232 ft (71 m)	211 ft (64 m)	[24]
Leviathan	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	May 9, 2012	Operating	306 ft (93 m)	306 ft (93 m)	[25]
Mako	SeaWorld Orlando	USA	June 10, 2016	Operating	200 ft (61 m)	200 ft (61 m)	[26]
Nitro	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	April 7, 2001	Operating	230 ft (70 m)	215 ft (66 m)	[27]
Orion	Kings Island	USA	July 12, 2020	Operating	287 ft (87 m)	300 ft (91 m)	[28]
Raging Bull	Six Flags Great America	USA	May 1, 1999	Operating	202 ft (62 m)	208 ft (63 m)	[29]
Shambhala	PortAventura Park	Spain	May 12, 2012	Operating	249 ft (76 m)	256 ft (78 m)	[30]
Silver Star	Europa Park	Germany	March 23, 2002	Operating	240 ft (73 m)	220 ft (67 m)	[31]
Unknown	Hot Go Dreamland	China	Unknown	SBNO	Unknown	Unknown	[32]

Golden Ticket Awards

The B&M Hyper Coaster has been the most successful model in the Golden Ticket Awards:

B&M Hyper Coasters in the Top 15 Steel Coasters at the Golden Ticket Awards

Coaster	2009 [33]	2010 [34]	2011 [35]	2012 [36]	2013 [37]	2014 [38]	2015 [39]	2016 [40]	2017 [41]	2018 [42]	2019 [43]
Nitro	3^rd	3^rd	3^rd	3^rd	4^th	5^th	5^th	5^th	7^th	11^th	10^th
Apollo's Chariot	5^th	4^th	7^th	4^th	5^th	7^th	6^th	6^th	11^th	6^th	8^th
Goliath (SFOG)	4^th	5^th	4^th	9^th	7^th	9^th	12^th	14^th
Diamondback	7^th		11^th	10^th	14^th	4^th	11^th	9^th	8^th	10^th	14^th
Behemoth	12^th	13^th	15^th			15^th
Raging Bull	14^th
Intimidator				7^th	8^th	10^th	7^th	8^th
Leviathan					15^th	6^th	8^th	7^th	6^th	8^th	9^th
Fury 325							4^th	1^st	1^st	1^st	1^st
Mako											15^th

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