Bobsled Coaster (Gerstlauer product)

Bobsled Coaster

Status	In production
Introduced	1998
Number built	15
First built	G'sengte Sau (1998)
Latest built	Ziegel-Blitz (27 April 2024)
Rider height	Minimum: 100 cm Min. unaccompanied: 120 cm
Statistics
Manufacturer	Gerstlauer, Germany
Type	Steel - Wild Mouse
Riders per train	4
Propulsion	Chain lift hill Tyre propelled lift Tyre propelled launch
Top speed	60 km/h
G-Force	3.5
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The original 480m layout, later changed to remove one of the two final helices, becoming 450m

The Bobsled Coaster is a steel wild mouse roller coaster product manufactured by Gerstlauer. It was originally called Schlitten-Achterbahn and debuted in 1998 with G'sengte Sau as Gerstlauer's first coaster product.

Design

The product has been coined as a modern take on the classic wild mouse rides, featuring 2x2 1-car trains and sharp turns. It is marketed as being able to support tyre propelled launches, this feature would make its debut on Ziegel-Blitz in 2024. Another advertised feature is being able to switch direction during the ride, whether it be because of a Rollback or a turntable isn't stated. None of the current installations posses this feature however.

The ride sports the choice between a chain or a tyre propelled lift. The benefit of a tyre lift being that it can vary in speed during any point of the lift. This effect was used on the first installations to feature tyre, Van Helsing's Factory. It is used to simulate the car reving up at the end of the lift here, 'launching' off of the hill. The tyre lift has only reappeared once, on Speed Rockets, where it is instead used to catch a fast moving train to slow it down before reaching the top.

The cars support onboard audio and lighting, with the latter appearing on both Speed Rockets and Gesengte Sau. Gesengte Sau does not feature onboard audio despite having build in speakers and a custom score made by IMAscore.

Layouts

All installations debuted as a custom layout before ending up in the catalog, allowing other parks to purchase the same layout. This phenomenon happens with every Gerstlauer product.

	380m	390m	450m	490m	530m	610m
Length	380 metres	390 metres	450 metres	490 metres	532 metres	610 metres
Height	16 metres	14.7 metres	16 metres	19.7 metres	19 metres	25 metres
Speed	50 km/h	46 km/h	50 km/h	54 km/h	55 km/h	60 km/h
No. build	1	2	1	1	1	1
Status	Discontinued	In production	Discontinued	In production	Discontinued	In production

Notes

• 380m is the same as the 380m layout on Gerstlauer's Spinning Coaster product.
• Drachenritt has a layout similar to 480m, but is overall shorter.
• G'sengte Sau and Thor's Hammer both feature the 480m layout, but this layout was discontinued and never appeared on Gerstlauers website, hence it missing from the table.

Installations

Name	Park	Country	Layout	Opened	Status
G'sengte Sau	Erlebnispark Tripsdrill	Germany	480	1998	Operating
Thor's Hammer	Djurs Sommerland	Denmark	480	May 9, 2002	Operating
Drachenritt	Belantis	Germany	Custom	April 5, 2003	Operating
Vilda Musen	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Custom	April 18, 2003	Operating
Heiße Fahrt	Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten/Cochem	Germany	530	April 1, 2004	Operating
Aqua Wind	Lagunasia	Japan	380	April 24, 2004	Operating
Cobra	Paultons Park	UK	450	March 18, 2006	Operating
Van Helsing's Factory	Movie Park Germany	Germany	Custom	June 18, 2011	Operating
Rattenmühle	Familypark	Austria	Custom	June 7, 2013	Operating
Green Hornet: High Speed Chase	Motiongate	UAE	390	December 16, 2016	Operating
Tiki-Waka	Walibi Belgium	Belgium	490	April 7, 2018	Operating
Speed Rockets	Jardin d'Acclimatation	France	Custom	June 1, 2018	Operating
Gold Rusher	Tatzmania Löffingen	Germany	390	August 2, 2019	Operating
Gesengte Sau	Prater	Austria	610	July 9, 2020	Operating
Ziegel-Blitz	Jaderpark	Germany	Custom	April 27, 2024	Under construction

External links

• Bobsled Coaster on Gerstlauer's website

• 

  Bobsled Coaster on the Roller Coaster DataBase.