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- From: cf170@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Kevin R. Russell)
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- Subject: Re: Arrow & Vekoma: What's the connection?
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- Date: 4 Sep 92 22:08:13 GMT
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- In a previous article, aq009@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (David A. Johnson) says:
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- >
- >It's always been obvious to me that (mechanically, at least) Vekoma's
- >roller coasters are very similar to Arrow's products. I've always wondered
- >what the connection between the two companies is.
- >
- >Does Vekoma have a license to use Arrow's mechanical designs, but then come
- >up with their own variations from there (as in Boomerang and
- >Kamikaze/Ninja)? What little I've seen of Vekoma's designs seem to
- >generally be more interesting than Arrow's usual "inversion checklist"
- >style of rides (again, the Kamikaze/Ninja comes to mind--from the pictures,
- >it looks much more interesting than most Arrow megaloopers).
- >
- >So, again, what sort of collaboration exists between Vekoma and Arrow?
- >--
- >_________________ David "Chuckie" Johnson _________________
- > "I'm \ aq009@cleveland.freenet.edu / ...no one
- > looking for \ / seems to have."
- > something... \ "Diversity in Injury" / -Mudhoney
- >
-
- "Chuckie"
- As I understand the situation, Vekoma (who built some very nice smaller rides)
- was licenced to build Arrow rides in Europe. At the time of the Arrow-Huss
- come-apart, the agreement kind of fell apart, although Arrow still built
- trains for Vekoma up until about 4 years ago. Vekoma has since designed their
- own trains, which are supposed to be superior in some ways to the Arrow coaches..a
- I have not seen the new Vekoma trains, so I am just passing on other peoples
- opinions.
- --
- Kevin Russell
- "Read my lips, no more inflammatory messages"
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