Longchong Scenic Spot To Install Pretty Insane Thrill Rides
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Oh come on both of you.... Shush now....
@CrashCoaster Yes you are right Chinese manafacturers do rip off western manafacturers sometimes, including here. That much is clear but it has been getting better. Especially BSAE and GH have been expanding into custom designs and track designs of their own.
But at the same time the Chinese knock off thing is a bit lazy these days. Especially when you look at western manafacturers. Intamin have tried to "knock off" the Mack Power Splash, The S&S Gale Force, The RMC Raptor and the S&S Freespin in just the last few years. OK they've not sold any of them but thats market forces not lack of trying.
Lets not even mention the Italian designers and their Zyclon style clones or the flat ride companies like Mondial and Huss who have such similar ride line ups.
The main thing that GH and BSAE have the advantage in that they have a local market who either don't know about the western versions or they do and cant afford them. Is the GH Dive Machine at Great Xingdong any worse than Air vs Stealth (CGA) or the Intamin Power Splash vs Macks?
And @Ben you know i love you man but no need to be quite so confrontational
CC's comments may be lazy but they arent entirely inaccurate. This ride is very much a Chinese Knock Off of a western built ride. However his mistake is thinking (or at least implying) this is a Chinese only issue.
@CrashCoaster Yes you are right Chinese manafacturers do rip off western manafacturers sometimes, including here. That much is clear but it has been getting better. Especially BSAE and GH have been expanding into custom designs and track designs of their own.
But at the same time the Chinese knock off thing is a bit lazy these days. Especially when you look at western manafacturers. Intamin have tried to "knock off" the Mack Power Splash, The S&S Gale Force, The RMC Raptor and the S&S Freespin in just the last few years. OK they've not sold any of them but thats market forces not lack of trying.
Lets not even mention the Italian designers and their Zyclon style clones or the flat ride companies like Mondial and Huss who have such similar ride line ups.
The main thing that GH and BSAE have the advantage in that they have a local market who either don't know about the western versions or they do and cant afford them. Is the GH Dive Machine at Great Xingdong any worse than Air vs Stealth (CGA) or the Intamin Power Splash vs Macks?
And @Ben you know i love you man but no need to be quite so confrontational
CC's comments may be lazy but they arent entirely inaccurate. This ride is very much a Chinese Knock Off of a western built ride. However his mistake is thinking (or at least implying) this is a Chinese only issue.
Antinos
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The interwebs saw a few too many near-carbon copies of those SLCs and now calling everything a knockoff is overused. I saw Intamin's wing Rider and B&Ms wing coaster mentioned - yes, they're similar products within the same competitive set, but B&M definitely did not rip off Intamin's design. The technology present in each of the two products is quite distinguishable.
Nobody would call the Ford Focus a Renault Clio ripoff even though they share a competitive set. On the other hand, there are Chinese auto makers who have literally disassembled Mini Coopers and other vehicles and reverse engineered the tooling. But to @roomraider's point, China's been getting much better about owning their own designs across the board - not just in the amusement rides industry.
Nobody would call the Ford Focus a Renault Clio ripoff even though they share a competitive set. On the other hand, there are Chinese auto makers who have literally disassembled Mini Coopers and other vehicles and reverse engineered the tooling. But to @roomraider's point, China's been getting much better about owning their own designs across the board - not just in the amusement rides industry.
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That's just bonkers. Really need to ride this at some point in my life
