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]
StatusIn Production
First manufactured1999
No. of installations20
ManufacturerBolliger & Mabillard
Vehicle typeFloorless seats located bellow the track
Rows8
Riders per row4
Restraint StyleClamshell 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 3rd 3rd 3rd 3rd 4th 5th 5th 5th 7th 11th 10th
Apollo's Chariot 5th 4th 7th 4th 5th 7th 6th 6th 11th 6th 8th
Goliath (SFOG) 4th 5th 4th 9th 7th 9th 12th 14th
Diamondback 7th 11th 10th 14th 4th 11th 9th 8th 10th 14th
Behemoth 12th 13th 15th 15th
Raging Bull 14th
Intimidator 7th 8th 10th 7th 8th
Leviathan 15th 6th 8th 7th 6th 8th 9th
Fury 325 4th 1st 1st 1st 1st
Mako 15th

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