Comments on: The Imster Achterbahn

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 02 Aug 2010 06:34:04 +0000

Paul, have you tried this Achterbahn? It’s all mechanical in your own personal car. But I feel much better with the employees’ comments above

By: paul

paul — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 12:45:20 +0000

They should have a mechanism to limit speed, for safety reasons. I saw a program where they disabled it, on a slightly different type of Achterbahn, one with railings. Then they reached 70km/h without the safety break.
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By: Dave

Dave — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:30:04 +0000

Hi Patz + Sabi, great to hear from some actual Imster! I’m sure that at some point I’ll visit the Achterbahn again when I have guests here

Interesting to know about the speeds… so I don’t *really* have to brake the car when going down?

By: Patz + Sabi

Patz + Sabi — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:08:54 +0000

Hi Dave!

We two are cashiers at the Alpine Coaster and we were very happy when we read your blog. We hope you enjoyed the ride and maybe you will visit us again?
Some information: It is impossible that the cars fly off the track and the speed is up to 40 km/h. The cars come to the beginning of the track by a separate lift.

Best wishes to you, Sabi and Patz

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:53:42 +0000

Hi Tim, good question… yep, as I remember they go up the chairlift by some special attachment. Didn’t see many because it was deserted that day.

We were lucky in that it was empty: no grandmas going down the track just in front of us. Although there were some drops of rain, as the spots on my lens attest.

By: Tim

Tim — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:41:04 +0000

How do they get the cars to the top of the track? Does someone take them up the chairlift?

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 20:28:50 +0000

Hi Frederik, many thanks!

We have to wait for them to build a coaster on Zugspitze, which may have loops (j/k… I wish!).

I like your pic of Jubiläumsgrat (wow!), though I can’t read much… German and English (with a tiny bit o’ French) are my limits

By: Zugspitzeclub

Zugspitzeclub — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 18:05:20 +0000

Hi Dave,

no vertical loops in the rollercoaster? )
I’ve placed a trackback on my blog:

http://zugspitzarena.blogspot.com/2009/09/alpine-coaster-imst.html

Thanks for sharing the video

Frederik

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:41:13 +0000

Hey Paul, I guess top speed is like 30km/h? Yep there is a brake handle, actually you have to brake for yourself going into the turns, otherwise it really feels unsafe like the car might fly off. Wild!

By: paul

paul — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 08:25:24 +0000

Looks pretty cool. What do you reckon was the top speed going down there ? I take it there is a hand or emergency brake on the side of the thing ?