The Gravity Group is Revolutionizing Wood Coasters: Creating a World Class Ride for Parc Astérix

[@2inpress232]

For a wooden rollercoaster designer, 'Thou shall not steel' is such a clever wordplay.

[@Nygon08]

I DIDNT GET THAT LOL i thought he meant dont steal the wooden rollercoaster design and make it what its not

[@2inpress232]

Had me do a doubletake for that one. Honestly the smirk after it just shows how proud he is of that one aswell

[@douglaspantz]

Yeah, another one was “without breaking the bank”

[@jonny-b4954]

Hah I didn't get that until now. Just went over my head. ;)

[@Real28]

TGG are a bunch of cool engineers. I got to meet TGG at a private meetup at Holiday World and got a backstage tour of Voyage. That team is awesome.

[@alkankondo89]

As a casual enthusiast interested in the engineering of these rides, I always really appreciate these interviews with these ride manufacturers about their design process. Thanks for posting!

[@joecandish3923]

I love Tonnerre 2 Zeus really excellent wooden coaster has a few rough patches on the old CCI parts but still excellent with excellent themeing and wild ride, Lucky for us here in the UK our very own Megafobia is getting a retrack by the gravity group which is cool as Megafobia is the best wooden coaster in the UK

[@insertcolorherehawk3761]

Yeah, about that.. All the track here is Gravity Group

[@StationWait]

Brian was such a chill guy, glad to have met him. Super excited for what Gravity Group has coming in the future

[@alphawinnergx9127]

This coaster was already in my top 10 in it's orignal form. It was actually my first large scale coaster, and also the one that tought me airtime. Besides this and Toutatis, Parc Astérix and France are getting blessed these years, even though I really criticize how the park chose to operate the backwards seats !

[@inezkestens5561]

Owh that looks good! Zeus is my favorite wooden rolleroaster. My last ride was 2 years ago and I'll admit it got a bit rough but you can't imagine the speed this woody has. The first drop is insane! It's all I love about the classic woodies, and no RMC's are great but they ain't woodies :)

[@walzwerkzwerg]

With Oziris, the upgrade of Zeus andToutatis opening this spring, Parc Astérix is undergoing a wonderful transmogrification

[@DreamofThrills]

i want to go backwards!!! i look forward to one day being able to ride this. and more of their rides. thank you gravity group

[@tractorgt]

I certainly enjoy King's Island being our home park having the beast.

[@chriswaymeyer5768]

Ride is really fun and smooth now. Love your videos!

[@chipsinsideajar1372]

5:31 girl put yo phone away

[@StamfordBridge]

I can’t speak about the older version, but I loved Tonnere 2 Zeus. Great ride! (Just a terrible line for it.)

[@trevorjensen2706]

"Keep it wood; thou shall not steel." 🤣

[@barusshka92]

Wohooo looking forward to ride it this summer!

[@Jwalker1742]

"Thou shall not steel." That was gangster

[@jamalbrown8555]

Oh my goodness that is awesome what a very cool ride.

[@dimanboi1526]

Who's here after Oakwood announced they were putting this track on Megafobia?

[@bribnkr13]

Gravity Group just retracked wildcat at Lake Compounce, I’m hoping it’s a better ride now. The coaster has been unenjoyable for many years.

[@bagoferaserss]

Love hearing their thoughts! This woodie looks amazing.

[@Salvatorie]

i love wooden coasters

[@EricGarringer]

Sounds and looks great. However, I wonder how this track will withstand the test of time. It’s always been said the tracks need to give, towers need to sway, etc. because if it’s stiff and rigid, it could snap and break. I’m no engineer though.

[@ThemeParksAndAttractions]

Love your content !

[@TheDjpwn3]

I would actually like to know more about Zeus' underwear

[@maxhagenauer24]

So glad they went to GG instead of RMC to be honesty, Its good to see Gravity Group do these things and catch onto this stuff, I hope to see this with more older wooden coasters.

[@moekitsune]

​@@Abcdefgx-u9gthoosie moment

[@maxhagenauer24]

I really hope this means they can do coasters more intense and with stronger positive Gs if they made the wood that much stronger. Also less maintenance and retracking.

[@bendixonmusic7149]

I think it at least opens up the possibility of new wood coasters that produce similar forces to intamin prefabs

[@joecandish3923]

Would you guys say Gravity Group is better than RMC because there rides keep the classic feel of what a wooden coaster does, whereas RMC coasters are completely different (Please note I do love RMC's but this is merely an observation)

[@JodyR87]

two different things. I never like comparing wood manufacturers to steel manufacturers.

[@Spike-sk7ql]

You can't really compare them unless ONLY comparing RMCs topper track coasters.

[@MattMcIrvin]

Maybe they need to take a look at Boulder Dash. RMC'ing it would be kind of a crime but the last retracking didn't take, it seems to me.

[@timwolfe77]

I think I read that Lake Compounce us adding Titan track to both BD and Wildcat

[@Danrarbc]

Hello from the future.

[@dindog22]

very interesting how much stronger the track is when it's flipped on it's side

[@AmusementParkLife]

Nice

[@Real28]

Im curious what the darker wood is in that laminate.

[@AG7-MTM]

I'm a little worried the vertical stack will "deflect" on turns instead

[@hellothere6991]

Lessssssssss goooooooooooooooo!!!

[@devonlykins7070]

5:34 It looks like that woman is getting her phone out and texting. What was the loose article policy on the ride?

[@olivernoden-mayor2098]

Cannot wait for this to come to Megafobia

[@gregg5958]

The underwear! Ha!! 🤣

[@wesleysmith4864]

GG

[@JAXXNCREATED]

parc asterix needs to remove goudurix and replace it with a vekoma tilt coaster that has the butterfly loop to pay homage, would be so cool, it could have the batwing too

[@YPOC]

Unfortunately I could not enjoy T2Z at all because of the really painful restraints. They pinched down so hard on my hip bones I could not focus on anything except that. :(

[@ZoniesCoasters]

Next time just sit a little bit further forward in the station so you don't get stapled. Any restraint can hurt if pushed into you hard enough but usually timberliner lapbars don't come down further during the ride

[@askjeevescosby2928]

Doesn't a stiffer track mean a rougher ride. Like when you go down a hill the wood flexes taking stress off the train now it won't flex at all pushing all that force Into the structure and the train the track won't absorb any of it.

[@ZoniesCoasters]

No. Because with track that's not stuff it will bow between the supports and every time you go past a bent in the structure you get several small peaks and valleys causing roughness. With the stiffer track it doesn't bend between the bents so you don't have that

[@Oscar_Te]

OMG! That principle it's basic to understand the use of wood. i can't believe it that nobody noticed.

[@ThemeParksToTheMax]

Rubber Duck Underwear god

[@douglaspitcher3560]

sure is

[@VECTOR_Coasters]

great video as always! i do have one question and that is why make the track stiffer? didnt we learn from ghost rider that the stiffer the track the quicker it gets rough? unless im not understanding something

[@IceCreamIslander]

I was under the impression that Ghostrider's roughness was due to a stiff support structure, not track

[@VECTOR_Coasters]

@@IceCreamIslander they said that this was making the structure more rigid unless im forgetting something

[@ZoniesCoasters]

There are a LOT of variables that go in to designing structures. In this specific case stiff track is better

[@VECTOR_Coasters]

@@ZoniesCoasters why?

[@ZoniesCoasters]

@@VECTOR_Coasters it was explained in the video. The stiffer track doesn't bow between the bents In moments of positive Gs so you won't have those bumps every time you go over a ledger

[@reteledman]

zeu

[@oneandonlysound3453]

Gravity Group/Kraft is awesome and underrated. Until the gen 2.0 it's my opinion there timberline trains are more comfortable than even millennium flyers, let alone rmc or pre fab intamin trains (latter also on rcaas) the last of which is meh In my opinion even PTC's are better xd