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Old 10-29-2004, 02:09 PM
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Austria Opens New Pax Coaster

Just stumbled across this after following the rides progress for a few months.
it appears the ride has opened and it looks pretty compact and twisted

http://www.pax.ru/eng/news41/index.htm
the ride is at Erlebnispark Strasswalchen in Austria. and built by the up and coming russian company pax
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Old 10-29-2004, 03:37 PM
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Wow thats compact. But I saw something I dont really see. I saw both trains fairly close. Thats not good
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Old 11-01-2004, 05:42 PM
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That ride's supports on the helix thingamabobber look like the supports on the vekoma family suspended, but only a little shorter.
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Old 01-05-2005, 02:14 AM
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It looks weird ?? like someones first NL coaster
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Old 01-05-2005, 06:54 AM
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Yeah it looks kind of weird! Pax is a strange company, with strange ideas! Just look at their 'chain-thing-powertower' in Wiener Prater! Their Russian for something
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Old 01-05-2005, 11:07 AM
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Just look at their 'chain-thing-powertower' in Wiener Prater!
Hmm? I have been to wiener prater... and the only "tower" i saw was the S&S one thats next to the boomerang. they do have the starflyer ride (thats on a tower) but thats FunTime. and then the "2 towers" of the slingshot.. that are next to the starflyer.
what ride were you talking about?
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Old 01-05-2005, 01:35 PM
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what ride were you talking about?
I don't know how it's called, but it's a blue tower and when I asked the ride-op, he said it was a pax ride.
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Old 01-05-2005, 05:24 PM
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the blue tower that was like the really tall flying swings?
thats a FunTime made Starflyer ride. its the first in the world.
i went on it in the spring and it was really cool..
http://www.funtime.com.au/data/image...er/flyer12.jpg
thats the StarFlyer.
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Old 01-05-2005, 06:16 PM
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the blue tower that was like the really tall flying swings?
thats a FunTime made Starflyer ride. its the first in the world.
i went on it in the spring and it was really cool..
http://www.funtime.com.au/data/image...er/flyer12.jpg
thats the StarFlyer.
Well, I guess the ride-op was trying to be funny then
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Old 01-05-2005, 08:56 PM
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^ Do not quote above you.... well thats what I am told. You can just make an arrow up "^" < like that.

And wow, the supports are weird when it crosses under the lift... gee, I really have not seen a coaster like this... there is somthing strange about it.
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Old 01-05-2005, 09:27 PM
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and you Rlr.. dont spam by saying "dont do that" without any help to the topic :-P

so.. yeah its FunTIme.. but maybe pax made the tower itself? because on paxs site it says they make radio towers.. so they may have helpped?
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Old 01-05-2005, 11:57 PM
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Haha, My mom loves the little swings at regular theme parks, I just showed her that starflyer and she freaked! she was like "My god, and I thought swings were the only things that wouldn't scare me".
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Old 01-06-2005, 12:01 AM
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Wow, that must get horrible ride time (people per hour-however you say it). There's like 12 people at a time.

Anywho, that ride goes that high and only those little lap bars. That is insane!
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Old 01-06-2005, 12:29 AM
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It Probably gives you a "Omg, this is my last ride, LET ME DOWN!!" kind of feeling because of the little slide up and down lapbars.
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Old 01-06-2005, 12:53 AM
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I think that the StarFlyer looks very awsome! I really want to ride it.
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Old 01-06-2005, 12:54 AM
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it gave me the.. "oh crap i want to hold on... but im holding a photo cam in one hand and a video cam in the other"
 

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