YoshiPoseidon
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Fantasiana | Helios | Mack Stryker Coaster | 2025
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0rdinary-her0
Roller Poster
I feel Mack Stryker/BigDipper situation is very much the same as the Gerstlauer Eurofighter/Infinity thing. There's probably differences in the chassis, maybe the track gauges . . . but they're almost unidentifiable from a general point of view and need to be dissected under a microscope to spot the true differences.
JoshC.
Strata Poster
Another view of testing, giving a clearer view of the drop and airtime hill:
Boodangy
Mega Poster
Even less distinguishable since even the lapbar Eurofighters use a different train/restraint design to the 2-row infinities. If Voltron was the definition of Stryker I'd get that it was a style/layout compactness thing but if this is a Stryker, I'm confused.
MLDesigns
Hyper Poster
Stryker is capable of launches and longer trains (I think they can go up to 6 rows?), I think that's effectively the main difference (aside from possible hardware changes). Unless Mack discontinued the BigDipper, the fact Helios is a Stryker is indeed confusing. But ultimately doesn't really matter, this little thing is gonna slap. The superfast lift is funny as well, I assume it's just that speed for initial tests to make sure it completes the layout.
Niles
Giga Poster
So this apparently a Big Dipper coaster with Stryker trains, the Stryker train is the further development of the Big Dipper train.
The park manager did a post on the coaster friends forum discussing it.
Click here
There is also this video with an interview which states the same.
Click here
The Big dipper then seems to be the "basic" and i guess cheaper version, it will have a lift and layout with a 8 seater car.
The Stryker will have launches and have more unique elements such as turntables, spike elements and a long train if you want. Im using google translate but this is what i understood from the sources.
Also the park are looking at an April 12th opening.
The park manager did a post on the coaster friends forum discussing it.
Click here
There is also this video with an interview which states the same.
Click here
The Big dipper then seems to be the "basic" and i guess cheaper version, it will have a lift and layout with a 8 seater car.
The Stryker will have launches and have more unique elements such as turntables, spike elements and a long train if you want. Im using google translate but this is what i understood from the sources.
Also the park are looking at an April 12th opening.
That outerbank airtime hill looks sooooo fun
Niles
Giga Poster
More testing footage, this time from a drone, layout looks great and so does the theming, some pictures from the video, link at the bottom.
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James F
Hyper Poster
More test footage has been released with some POV teased. Plus some "Behind the Scenes" technical info. Video published by coasterfriends on youtube. https://youtu.be/-zWDP_Pt03w?feature=shared
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Flash Shift
Mega Poster
The inversions over the park entrance are some Rollercoaster Tycoon level **** and I love it.
My only concern with the layout is how much speed it loses during the turn before the barrel roll downdrop. I wonder if it might valley in high winds? The remaining elements also look pretty slow, but I'm sure it won't feel as slow onride and you'll possibly get some sideways hangtime on the last outerbank thingy.
My only concern with the layout is how much speed it loses during the turn before the barrel roll downdrop. I wonder if it might valley in high winds? The remaining elements also look pretty slow, but I'm sure it won't feel as slow onride and you'll possibly get some sideways hangtime on the last outerbank thingy.