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Maestrale
Maestrale is a classic Arrow looper crossed with the large elements and smoothness of a modern B&M. Maestrale gets its name from the Italian word for mistral. A mistral is a strong, cold wind that blows down from the Alps North of Italy. This inspired a large looping coaster with large elements and sweeping curves to emulate the wind blowing down from the mountains. Riders begin their ride with a 163 foot lift hill that drops into a 130 foot vertical loop. Rider are then swept into a dive loop that wraps around the base of the lift. Following the dive loop is fast overbank turn through a series of close encounter elements. Then, the coaster gracefully dives over the station and through two keyhole elements in a zero-G roll. After a brief pause at the mid course brake run, Maestrale then dives down over the water into a batwing element. Continuing over the water following the batwing is a corkscrew into the twisting finale of the coaster.
This coaster was created for the 2016 CC NL2 Tournament Round 1 and took 2nd place. The goal was to create a coaster that combines a manufacturer that you are comfortable working with and one you aren't familiar with. For my entry, I chose to combine B&M and Arrow as a 'what if' kind of coaster. The end result is a combination of Arrow's trains and typical elements and B&M's smoothness and simpler support style.
Maestrale statistics:
Height: 163ft
Length: 4,268ft
Max. Speed: 65 mph
Inversions: 6
Elements:
Vertical loop
Dive loop
High speed overbank
Zero-G roll
MCBR
Batwing
Corkscrew
Twisted airtime hill
Note: The forces in the back of the train off of the MCBR can be considered strong. If needed, the MCBR can be set to trim some speed. However, I prefer stronger forces and no trim. Therefore, I left it as is.
Maestrale is a classic Arrow looper crossed with the large elements and smoothness of a modern B&M. Maestrale gets its name from the Italian word for mistral. A mistral is a strong, cold wind that blows down from the Alps North of Italy. This inspired a large looping coaster with large elements and sweeping curves to emulate the wind blowing down from the mountains. Riders begin their ride with a 163 foot lift hill that drops into a 130 foot vertical loop. Rider are then swept into a dive loop that wraps around the base of the lift. Following the dive loop is fast overbank turn through a series of close encounter elements. Then, the coaster gracefully dives over the station and through two keyhole elements in a zero-G roll. After a brief pause at the mid course brake run, Maestrale then dives down over the water into a batwing element. Continuing over the water following the batwing is a corkscrew into the twisting finale of the coaster.
This coaster was created for the 2016 CC NL2 Tournament Round 1 and took 2nd place. The goal was to create a coaster that combines a manufacturer that you are comfortable working with and one you aren't familiar with. For my entry, I chose to combine B&M and Arrow as a 'what if' kind of coaster. The end result is a combination of Arrow's trains and typical elements and B&M's smoothness and simpler support style.
Maestrale statistics:
Height: 163ft
Length: 4,268ft
Max. Speed: 65 mph
Inversions: 6
Elements:
Vertical loop
Dive loop
High speed overbank
Zero-G roll
MCBR
Batwing
Corkscrew
Twisted airtime hill
Note: The forces in the back of the train off of the MCBR can be considered strong. If needed, the MCBR can be set to trim some speed. However, I prefer stronger forces and no trim. Therefore, I left it as is.
