RedEye

Brief

Create a new attraction to draw people to an abandoned airstrip to attract money for the maintenance of a new promenade along the reservoir. The attraction must fit along a thin strip a land between the air strip and the water and use existing buildings to save money.

Solution

RedEye is a wing coaster that glides gracefully along the skyline. Taking inspiration from DaVinci Ride and Flight of the Himalayan Eagle Music Roller Coaster in China this layout creates beautiful shapes along a thin footprint. To celebrate the history of aviation on the site the existing bunker is transformed into an airport terminal style station, and the ride is named after night time flight. To fit the theme the track is lined with bright red lights that illuminate as the train passes over them, this emphasis the track design at night to create a spectacle

Released January 2022

Ride Stats

Ride Height - 139ft
Ride Length - 3580ft
Max Speed - 62mph
Ride Time ( Drop-to-Brakes) - 50 seconds
Max Postive Force - 3.5Gs
Max Negative Force - -0.3Gs
Total Inversions - 4

Additional Credits

Thomas Codling - Station and area design
RobbinBob - Track lights
TheCodeMaster - Airgate Animation
Red-Thirteen - Op Panel Kit
Bestdani - Instant Animations Kit
Imagineerjack - Sign Graphics

This out and back layout is inspired by GateKeeper at Cedar Point, Fenix at Toverland and the new unnamed wing coaster at Fantasy Valley in China.

Station Design

by Thomas Codling

"I took the opportunity to create the Station for Red Eye to explore design techniques for designing building structures, like using Industry standard beam sizes and connections. The development was challenging, since I had never created a wing coaster platform before, but after some blocking the exit staircase structure was created. This structure was designed to not only facilitate the ride exit, but also hold up the operators booth above the ride tracks while using as little of a footprint as possible. The main structure was inspired by an Aircraft hangar, however by the request of Richard the space in the station needed to feel very open, and lean away from the industrial aesthetic the bare metal frames had. This was accomplished with the glass pane walls surrounding the building, as well as the roof skylights to allow as much sunlight to flood the platform. This was one of my favourite designs to work on, and the finished result is one of the most realistic I have ever created."