Found a pretty good article on B&M

[coasterguy]

I was looking around on the internet for coaster sites and at one of them found a interesting article on the furture of B&M.http://rollercoasterpro.com/b&m.php

[NoUseForAName]

Yeah it was interesting, but I dont think B&M will lose business at all. Their coasters are the best out there in my opinion. Yes and now we might have a long period of time before a new train or ride idea comes around for B&M again but all of their rides are very fun and will never get old for me. Also I like the traditional lift hill alot better than any launched system.

[coasterguy]

As do I it give you alot of time to anticipate and think about what you got yourself into!

[NoUseForAName]

lol yeah exactly

[joker]

Thats a really cool article. Iron wolf isnt really that spread out is it?

[coastrcorey]

Yeah, I think traditional lifts are a must, especially since other companies like Intamin are advancing so much in launches (which are also very awesome)... So, I don't think B&M is going anywhere any time soon.

[T_Biggs]

That article seemed poorly written and biased. What was it's point? " People’s main concerns about B&M are the fact that they are forceless." Excuse me, the least forceful, as far as positive goes, would be Kraken. However, this ride was very satisfying, as it had multiple moments of hang time. Then there is the opposite, such as Batman The Ride, Iron Wolf, Kumba, and Montu (well, it's first half and flat spin, anyways.) These are nonstop pummel you until you hit the ground rides."The tradition includes: the loop, zero-g roll, then a dive loop, or a cobra roll, into the mid-course brake. Of course there are some exceptions, but most have similar layouts. Is this why they are so efficient? Another problem with B&M designs is that they are very spread out." He says "Another problem." Where in the world did efficiency become a problem? Maybe he loves the fact Dutch rides break down all the time (well, Deja Vu, anyways!) Also, the only B&Ms that are spread out are ones which the park asked to be. Raging Bull is very compact for it's length, Iron Wolf, Batman The Ride, Batman Dark Knight are too. Then Nitro and Silver Star sit on slivers of land. The most sprawling ride I've seen would be Montu. This sits on a giant plot of land. On the other end of that park, though, Kumba, a similar length (within 100 feet I think) sits on an area very small in comparison. It's what the park wants."Air, at Alton Towers in Europe, was the first to get a B&M flying roller coaster and it had one major problem, which B&M later fixed. The bar used to pull the train from inverted to flying position had a lot of tension and some even broke, but that is fixed now, as far as I know." Wow, descriptive. The "bar" that brings the train to flying position had too much tension and "some" broke. One broke, one station went down. The park fell back on the other station. No real problem, I guess it was fixed within a few days, and no problems of this nature have occured since." They haven’t even made a roller coaster over close to 300 feet and I don’t see them doing this anytime soon." No, neither do I. The fact is, only 2 companies have gone over 300 feet a handful of times. Morgan did once, with Steel Dragon 2000. Intamin did with Superman The Escape, Tower of Terror, Millennium Force, and Top Thrill Dragster. In the entire world, 5 coasters are over 300 feet tall (6, if you count High Roller in Las Vegas.) There is no need to go over 300 feet unless it is a park after records. Most parks don't have the room for a 300+ foot tall ride. Look at Cedar Point, they wanted the record, and they could only fit in a top hat. This person earlier had said thier rides are too spread out for parks that are becoming more and more crowded (and from what I heard, Great Bear is shoehorned in Hershey very tight, so space is not a problem with B&M, as demonstarted with that and Batman The Ride,) so how in the world can you complain they don't even approach 300 feet? The only companies that have gotten past it are Morgan and Intamin, with Togo and Giovanola being the next tallest, then B&M. So, B&M builds the 5th tallest, and does Togo even exist anymore? Giovanola hasn't built a ride since 2001 with Titan, so that makes B&M the company which builds the 3rd tallest rides.I'm done ranting at this poorly written page on a poor quality site (I say poor quality site because I go to the main page, the first thing that catches my eye is a headline... "Girl chokes to death at Great Adventure" which links to a Daily Herald article... Don't they read what they link to? A Chitown paper which says Great America. Not a Jersey paper, not about Great Adventure.)

[Blinkcoaster]

i have read that Artical before. It was ok

[NoUseForAName]

Yeah its not B&M's idea to make their rides longer,shorter,tighter,spread, fast, or slow its the parks idea of what kind of coaster they want generally speaking.

[TwistedSTEEL666]

This article will do B&M proud!BTW, what happened to their official website?

[T_Biggs]

They never had an official website. Nothing happend to what didn't exist

[TwistedSTEEL666]

oh, what's the best B&M UNofficial website now?post URL...............

[T_Biggs]

This is the best website.

[Ilovthevu']

I guess I have to say four things about that article. One in agreeance with the author. I do think that they should cut the trims such as on RB. If you are going to put trims, don't build it 200 + feet.

Many rollercoasters have big layouts, so you can't get away with just B&M. Also, I think that SFGAm B&M's give enough g's. BTR would without a doubt have the most on a B&M. The last thing is about the dips. Those are signature of B&M, and whenever I see one, I think of that company.