Hyper Coaster (B&M model)

The Hyper Coaster is a model line from Bolliger & Mabillard. The company has produced 18 models over 21 years of production, making it one of the more successful models manufactured by the company.[4]

Hyper Coaster [1]
StatusIn Production
First manufactured1999
No. of installations20
ManufacturerBolliger & Mabillard
Rows8
Riders per row4
Restraint StyleClamshell restraints
Hyper Coaster [3] at RCDB

History

The first installation of the hyper coaster was Apollo's Chariot located in Busch Gardens Williamsburg.[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 hypercoasters. Now it has become one of the more preferred models with a success rate second only to the Inverted Coaster. In 2012, B&M decided to increase the size of its hyper coaster to exceed 300 feet. Some enthusiasts therefore classify it as a giga Coaster, although Giga coaster is a term used by Intamin for its 300-plus-foot coasters. B&M still refers to all of its models as hyper coasters.

Design

The design of the hyper coaster includes a large lift hill then a large drop with a steep angle of descent and typically includes 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. 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.-

Trains

The trains feature seven to nine cars of one row with four seats, resulting in each train seating 28 to 36 riders. Depending on the dispatch time and the number of trains the coasters typically have an hourly capacity of 1,200 to 1,500 people. Each seat features a unique clamshell restraint.

Some trains used on B&M Hyper Coasters feature staggered seats, where the two outer seats are located farther back than the two center seats. This makes for a more open experience. Currently this staggered seating arrangement is only featured on four coasters: Behemoth at Canada’s Wonderland, Diamondback at Kings Island , Intimidator at Carowinds & Shambhala at PortAventura Park.

A train in the splashdown element.

Brake Runs

On giga coasters, such as Fury 325 or Orion there is a very long brake run at the end of the ride instead of a mid-course brake. The long brake run allow more than one train to hold on the brake run 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
Various B&M Hyper Coasters
Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg, the first B&M Hyper Coaster[8]
Leviathan at Canada's Wonderland, the first B&M Giga Coaster[9]
Fury 325 at Carowinds[10]
Mako at SeaWorld Orlando[11]
Candymonium at Hersheypark)[12]
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) [13]
Behemoth Canada's Wonderland  Canada May 4, 2008 Operating 230 ft (70 m) 226 ft (69 m) [14]
Candymonium Hersheypark  USA July 3, 2020 Operating 210 ft (64 m) [15]
Diamondback Kings Island  USA April 18, 2009 Operating 230 ft (70 m) 215 ft (66 m) [16]
Flight of the Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster Happy Valley  China June 2019 Operating 157 ft (48 m) 157 ft (48 m) [17]
Fury 325 Carowinds  USA March 28, 2015 Operating 325 ft (99 m) 320 ft (98 m) [18]
Goliath La Ronde  Canada May 13, 2006 Operating 174 ft (53 m) 170 ft (52 m) [19]
Goliath Six Flags Over Georgia  USA April 1, 2006 Operating 200 ft (61 m) 175 ft (53 m) [20]
Hollywood Dream: The Ride Universal Studios Japan  Japan March 9, 2007 Operating 144 ft (44 m) Un­known [21]
Intimidator Carowinds  USA March 27, 2010 Operating 232 ft (71 m) 211 ft (64 m) [22]
Leviathan Canada's Wonderland  Canada May 9, 2012 Operating 306 ft (93 m) 306 ft (93 m) [23]
Mako SeaWorld Orlando  USA June 10, 2016 Operating 200 ft (61 m) 200 ft (61 m) [24]
Nitro Six Flags Great Adventure  USA April 7, 2001 Operating 230 ft (70 m) 215 ft (66 m) [25]
Orion Kings Island  USA July 12, 2020 Operating 287 ft (87 m) 300 ft (91 m) [26]
Raging Bull Six Flags Great America  USA May 1, 1999 Operating 202 ft (62 m) 208 ft (63 m) [27]
Shambhala PortAventura Park  Spain May 12, 2012 Operating 249 ft (76 m) 256 ft (78 m) [28]
Silver Star Europa Park  Germany March 23, 2002 Operating 240 ft (73 m) 220 ft (67 m) [29]
Un­known Hot Go Dreamland  China Un­known SBNO Un­known Un­known [30]

Golden Ticket Awards
See also: 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 [31] 2010 [32] 2011 [33] 2012 [34] 2013 [35] 2014 [36] 2015 [37] 2016 [38] 2017 [39] 2018 [40] 2019 [41]
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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