Alpine flight

Alpine flight
Type	Steel - seated
model	Alpine flight
category	Suspended coaster
Manufacturer	Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm
Designer	Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH
costs	7 million  DM
opening	October 1974
closure	October 1974
length	825 m
height	18.2 m
Max. gradient	14.2 °
Max. Bank	105 °
Max. speed	56 km / h
Max. acceleration	5.5 g
Inversions	0

Alpenflug is the name of a former steel roller coaster from the manufacturer Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB), which was developed for the entrepreneur Franz Josef Koch. It is considered a prototype for the Suspended Coaster category and was designed under the leadership of Werner Stengel together with Christian Petersen .

history

With Suspended Coaster, the trolleys swing freely under the rail. Due to the lateral acceleration in curves, high forces act on the chassis. Werner Stengel wanted the rails to be inclined in the curves so that the wear and tear on the chassis would be reduced. However, with this suggestion he met with criticism from MBB and the rails were therefore not inclined in the curves. MBB also increased the weight of the trains by more than 50%, but at the same time the statics of the roller coaster was not adapted to the higher weight, which resulted in cracks in the welded seams.

Finally, in October 1974, Alpenflug celebrated its premiere at the Oktoberfest . After 16 days of operation at the Oktoberfest, however, the railway was stopped again because the TÜV issued a very large list of defects for the railway and did not issue any further operating permits. Due to excessive deficits, the railway was not adapted again to the requirements of the TÜV and was scrapped. An identical system, which was manufactured at the same time but never went into operation, was then also scrapped.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Klaus Schützmannsky: Roller Coaster - The roller coaster designer Werner Stengel . Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg, 2001, ISBN 3-933257-39-5 , p. 42-46 .