This was a happy accident. While working on a classic B&M Invert that I had decided upon naming "Grapevine," I stumbled across a memory of a B&M Stand-Up roller coaster in RCT's add-on pack Corkscrew Follies; residing in Funtopia, "Grapevine" was a large Stand-Up that took presence in the park that it resided in. But how could I name an Invert I was working on "Grapevine" and not do justice to the classic? Thus, the Grapevine you're downloading was born!
A modernization of the RCT design, Grapevine is a 4 inversion B&M Stand-Up coaster that takes the best elements of well known Stand-Ups (*cough* Mantis *cough*) while still harkening back to the classic design. I tried my hardest to take everything that was in the original design and bring it up to speed with what is typical of modern day, however some elements were obviously altered or cut out entirely to make it more rider friendly.
I am really pleased with how it turned out! I think it rides fantastic, and I am very proud of the shaping of all of the elements. They truly do feel like B&M did the designing, not me.
Enjoy, download, rate, and comment below! Thanks.
4,286 FT. LONG 135 FT. TALL 120 FT. DROP 60 MPH 3.6 +G 0.5 -G 4 INVERSIONS
It's a nice "almost" recreation of RCT Grapevine. You gotta fix transfer table block, the train is stopping at the section's beginning, causing a full brake at the brake block before the corkscrew.
I am partial to standups so I'd figure I'd give this a whirl.
Shaping was mostly pretty good. The B&M dip was a bit steep. The radius over the top is generally pretty wide and then it bottoms out to horizontal deceptively quick. Loop, drop, dive loop, and mostly everything was pretty well shaped and didn't pump much. The inclined loop should have been inclined a bit more than you had it, but it still worked. Helices were a tad pumpy, but I can't avoid that either. Bravo though on the dive loop those are tricky. Corkscrew was a bit stretched as well but again nothing major.
The G's were mostly okay aside from the small hop before the dive loop. I get what you were going for there, but -0.8 in that riding position is no good. Also, because your dispatch time with 3 trains is a bit long and how you set up the blocking system, the ride stopped the train in the block brake (I got a free Estop test at least). I worked Mantis and it had "block brake" (what you guys call the MCBR), "main brake" (the final brakes before the slow turn), "safety brakes" (a short set up brakes right after the turn), and then the transfer track and station. An equivalent to the safety brakes would have helped you out here. I can't tell what you did blocking wise because I can't unfreeze the ride, but something allowed that to happen. Some turning transitions had high lats, so make sure you watch how you bank.
Supports were decent, no complaints here. On the cork I'd recommend a thicker vertical pole, also occasionally it would have looked better if the diagonal beams attaching to vertical beams were a bit more diagonal.
Ride rode well, my only complaint is that it felt like it died a bit at the end. Green Lantern does this too after the last corkscrew, (and so does the plodding figure 8 on Mantis), so you can't do much about it because you're limited by the trains. Making your turns a bit tighter would have alleviated this problem a bit. This was an issue for me when I made a standup, and I had a ton more height to work with than you.
T - Track work, supports, transitions and overall quality was GREAT!
A - Typical "large scale" stand up IMO but, the little airtime hill after the loop is what got you the perfect 10 in this category.
U - Obvious Mantis/Rougarou inspiration... not a bad thing but I would preferred something a little different.
R - Once again, typical "large scale" stand up but, it was believable.
RV - This is a ride that I'd definitely put on my "to do list" if it were in an actual park... Not sure if I'd go out of my way to re-ride it due to the fact that it was relatively simple (again that's just MY personal opinion)
Technique: Flawless. The track was glass-smooth, the supports looked AMAZING! The scenery, queue line, etc. - it was all spot on!
Adrenaline: I am biased here, because I am a HUGE fan of B&M stand-up coasters. This is an incredibly well-paced ride that had very little downtime. Great job here.
Uniqueness: You said it yourself - this is heavily inspired by Mantis.
Realism: I could see this ride being built in any decent sized amusement park.
Rider Value: I always hate this rating, because value is so subjective. However, being the B&M Stand-up fan that I am, I would absolutely pay to ride this ride.
Overall, a FANTASTIC ride - especially for something based of a RCT track! I am now subscribed to your YouTube channel!
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