Ranking Every Alan Schilke Coaster - The GOAT of Coaster Designers
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- Alan Schilke is the GOAT of coaster designers, and also kind of a madman when it comes to those designs. Let's go around the world, look at all the coasters he's responsible for across 3 different manufacturers, and rank them up not based on how great the coaster is, but how good the design is.
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I can’t see that pic of him in the intro without laughing. Gets me every time
which one
Facts bro😂😂😂
Video idea: Make another ranking video of coasters with a common name. This one being all coasters themed to races, for example, Windjammer surf racers, racer at Kings Island, West Coast Racers, rewind racers, etc.
I second this
Me 3
This kind of ranking just stopped making sense after goliath, batman and superman. I like this idea though
He does this! He's got all the superman rides and others all with the same names and he ranks them
Got a chance to ride X2 this past week, and I can't fathom what people must've thought of it upon its release. It harnesses all of the typical fears people have of roller coasters, magnifies them, and burns every unique ride element into your memory. Stellar coaster.
He kind of looks like Aaron Rodgers if he wanted to be an engineer
To me he looks like a guy who played for a prog rock band in the 80s.
@@StamfordBridgeGeddy Lee?
@@connorauman6735 A bit of that, yeah.
He does!!
Definitely Rodgers vibes if he was 20 yrs older
Anyone who knows their coaster history knows what this man did for the amusement industry. Always innovating ahead of time
Hakugei at 18th is wild its definitely a top tier RMC
Keep in mind he's ranking the actual design and uniqueness of each coaster and not the actual ranking of how good it is. His RMC coasters ranked in America is a completely different order.
hakugei 18 is craazy
If I remember correctly, Alan was the one who came up with the Idea of independently spinning the seats for a 4D coaster. It's a crazy engineering problem with a fascinating solution in the second pair of running rails. It would be cool to have a fly-on-the-wall view of that first conversation...
100% agree about X. I get that a lot of people prefer Steel Vengeance, Iron Gwazi, Zadra or Lightning Rod. But if you are looking at the design and from a creativity and ambition standpoint then there is no contest. X was possibly the craziest coaster ever designed when viewed by comparing a coaster to its predecessors and X2 remains one of the craziest and best coasters on earth.
I only wish Arrow had survived their own monster because I can't imagine how cool their projects would have become if they'd had enough time to go through their own computerized renaissance like Vekoma has.
I absolutely think X was the craziest coaster ever designed. Especially at the time when there was nothing even remotely like it
X2 is a no-brainer for number 1.
@@AirtimeThrills Isn't it interesting how there's only 3 4D coasters of its kind out in the world to this day? I don't count the Batman 4D clones.
I guess the 4D coasters are just too expensive and amusement parks don't want to take risks on them.
I agree with you that X2 is definitely the X factor when it comes to ranking Magic Mountain against other parks.
Great video! Now that he's retired, I look back and think that given how good Tennessee Tornado, Road Runner Express, and X2 were, if parks would have been willing to just take a chance on Arrow or S&S (instead of the usual players), he might have a legacy of twice the quantity. It's a shame that such a long period of Alan's career (a man of such incredible talent) was wasted waiting for a projects.
He is TRULY the goat of coaster designers
He's my personal favorite but I think that Werner Stengel is objectively the more impactful and accomplished designer.
@@zacg_ John A. Miller. Werner Stengel. Alan Schilke. All of them were major influences on the development of the roller coaster for different reasons. I think they all deserve recognition.
Adding to his cool factor: His mullet when discussing X
Don’t sleep on Falken!! It’s rough as hell on some of the turns but it has great airtime throughout! Actually one of my favorite coasters in Denmark.
Now you made me even sadder that it was closed for me
@@AirtimeThrills I just bring a little sadness wherever I go.
I still don't understand why design wise x2 is higher up than eejanaika which supposedly has slightly more insane elements and a smoother execution to boot. I get that concept was groundbreaking but I would still think design wise how it operates (if it is rough vs not) would come into play too
Great video! A lot of fantastic coasters! I enjoyed watching!
Wow! Thanks for shedding light on this legendary designer! He gave the world so many gems!
I could have sworn that Schilke designed Lightning Run, had to google it. It just screams Schilke, but owell. Good job Joe Draves! One of my favorite non-inverting coasters, by far! (Makes sense, they worked together at Ride Centerline)
Joe Draves definitely has some funky cool designs himself
Amazing video, as always, content is always top notch and I appreciate, as always, the time and effort you put into the research and and commentary on everyone of your videos. Kings island history especially. Have been going the for 38 years and everything in your 5 part documentary were spot on. Keep up your phenomenal videos! Can't get enough!
Thanks for the kind words and for watching the doc!
'Going out on a LIM' fantastic pun 🫡
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Tennessee Tornado was the biggest surprise for me on a roller coaster (until Verbolten many years later). We did that small drop and I was thinking, that's it? And then BOOM, you plummet down into that tunnel and get a flash of the camera before you do those massive series of loops. I was next to my brother and I was still pretty young. I expected a mine train, I got a literal tornado.
I rode Eejanaika 9 times this week, the layout is perfect in my opinion
Hakugei at #18 is absolutely criminal as someone who has been on it.
Different rides on different days. And differing of opinions. Not criminal at all.
He ranked these based off of innovation
He's ranking it based on design or layout.
Hakugei only on 18 is a crime
FRR 😭
Yeah if he rode it, it would not be there.
Just because there was so much to work with and i havent seen people say it blew them away even though it wqs great, granted i havent seen too many people who have ridden it
Really? A lot of people say Hakugei is one of the best RMCs ever made.
Also Eejanika’s ranking is just sad, putting Chaser above it.
Dont forget...hes may be retired but he's still the creator of the S&S Axis coaster according to the patents. Maybe not a layout but its his baby in part.
I love when you use this background music!!!!
If you haven't done a video likes this already, could you do a "Most ridden rollercoaster from each major manufacturer"?
I've been on only a handful of these. It looks like I need to add more of them to my bucket list.
I grew up about 15 minutes from Clementon Park and rode that woodie a ton of times as kid. Had no idea Alan Schilke designed it.
No Wonder Woman Flight of Courage but you have Jersey Devil?
I didnt see anything that showed that he worked on WWGLC, even though it is his layout. I think his final coaster was Iron Gwazi. I did have to piece together multiple sources to get this complete list
I get to ride steel vengeance in 2 weeks and im so hyped. Might become my number 1.
I am officially going to holiday world for the first time later this month!
There was an interview of Alan shilke on steel vengeance and someone commented on the video “this is like interviewing van goh on the Mona Lisa”
Twisted Cyclone over Hakugei and Wildfire? Lol
I just got my first ever Zen ride on Road Runner during an ERT. I knew he designed it but had no idea it was his first ever! I zen'd a legend!
The difference between your #29 and #30 is shocking. Also: Objectively speaking: The only thing ghat makes X2 better than Eejanaika are longer trains with more cars, and also the ability to request a back row ride on those trains, best in an inner seat (unless you're riding with someone who needs wheelchair and requests one of the inner seats in the back row of X2, which I granted, when there in Nov. '19. I've been a monster to say no. But I still think Steel Vengeance is the best thing Alan Schilke designed. In any case: I love this video. Thanks so much for posting!
I definitely think Eejanaika would be better than X2, but since X2 was such an innovative design that's why it tops my list. X blazed that trail
@@AirtimeThrills Fair enough, I can't disagree with that!
I can understand that you placed wildfire that low, but if you ride it on a hot and sunny day, the speed in the second part of the layout is insane.
Twisted Cyclone over Hakugei and Wild Fire is crazy 😂😂
This video was so needed
Falken is wild on the back. The drop is one of the best I’ve experienced and it absolutely throws you
The order in your list is seriously flawed. But thanks for making an effort. Interesting takes, for sure. And good info.
I rode avalanche. My family and I were on a road trip from Pittsburgh, PA to St Paul, MN. We stopped for a bathroom break on the outskirts of Wisconsin Dells and my brother and I took a couple laps on Avalanche. Very wild ride. Really good!
That was a very fortunate pit stop
I guess that makes SFFT the park with the most Schilke credits?
4 Schilke monsters lol
Definitely seems like it
It’s crazy to imagine how popular Twisted Timbers is with such a limited amount of elements. Heck, it literally only has right turns, not a single left turn, and yet it’s my favorite coaster of all.
Wicked Cyclone is running absolutely insane this year. Even the third lap is trying to rip you out of your seat,
I’m so dumb I was engaged to a girl that was from Boston and I just now realized why the ride is called “wicked cyclone” because it’s “wicked awesome” as she would say lol
Love this video idea. Agreed, it could start a short series! Based takes for the rides I know (the California rides).
You could do all of John Wardley’s designs for Europe, that would include:
Galactica, Nemesis Reborn, Oblivion, Runaway Mine Train, The Smiler, Th13teen and Wicker Man at Alton Towers.
Rattlesnake, Scorpion Express and Vampire at Chessington World of Adventures.
Raptor at Gardaland.
Flug der Dämonen and Krake at Heidi Park Resort.
Megafobia at Oakwood Theme Park.
Dragon Khan and Stampida at PortAventura.
And Colossus, Nemesis Inferno, Saw: The Ride and The Swarm at Thorpe Park.
Great video.
Would be really cool to see what Alan would say about this list.
Wicked Cyclone is the only head scratcher here, I’d say it’s about 10 or so spots too high. The rest I totally agree with!
Awesome video man.
Despite Twisted Cyclone being short, it still packs a punch and keeps its pacing. There isn't anything wrong about having a small and compact RMC hybrid anyway. I do wish it was longer but its still great the way it is.
A coaster like that open for only 4 days? An absolute tragedy
I think there was some sort of explosion in the launch mechanism, a few people got injured and they never reopened it after that.
People still sleeping on Hakugei, America is so funny, great video as always!!
To me it just seemed like he had a ton to work with and he did fine with it, but who knows when i ride it maybe itll blow me away
@@AirtimeThrills this makes a lot of sense, from a design standpoint it wasn't as gamechanging or drastic an experiment as other, or even earlier ideas :)
You should rank all of the coasters that opened in 2000
You gotta do these w Ron Toomer and Werner Stengel
The Ron Toomer of our generation
Twisted Timbers needs more love. Basic yes. But perfect as well. No filler. Does everything perfectly!
Try drawing a circle free hand. It’s harder than you’d think. That’s Twisted Timbers. Pure perfection with little to nothing to work from other than talent.
Can you rank the best Werner Stengel designs?
how about every major Werner Stengel coaster????
Alan is coaster Jesus. Truly the GOAT!
0:54 I predict whatever his most recent RMC is will be number 1.
A true coaster hero
X2 at 1 as it should be!
Wait he retired!? I thought he just left RMC... wtf now we'll never get a 800 foot tall coaster with 50 inversions!
11:52 S&S or Vekoma should bring the 4th digalmantinal coaster
#1: Steel Vengeance
Could you do a John Wardley version of this please?
The Nurburgring coaster was only open for 4 days? Rip
I hope he converts hurler at Carowinds
Dude is a genius.❤❤❤❤❤
Truly the goat
I’d love to see this video but for John Wardley 😁😁
He definetly is the goat!
This was a great idea for a video. Also, which park has the better “1-2-Schilke-punch,” Magic Mountain or Dollywood? 😎
Fiesta Texas with the 1-2-3-4 punch lol
Magic Mountain by far even if I think Lightning Rod is a stronger coaster then Twisted Timbers and X2
@@Posirep LOL the Schilke quad down
We need to normalize the airtime thrills Wicked/Twisted/Cyclone bias here though. Anything with any of those words gains +5 spots for his ranking above where they actually should be (other than Twisted Timbers). And if it's a combination (Wicked or Twisted Cyclone) then it's +10 from where it belongs. And maybe White Cyclone losing the word Cyclone forces him to remove -5 spots from that.
Aren't Zadra and Gwazi Joe Draves?
Ya crazy for putting Storm Chaser over Twisted Timbers.
I think Zadra and IG were Schilke's final projects. As for SC vs TT, they are so close for me. I had some spectacular rides on SC this year though
Bra. I rods Avalanche back in 2009, when it was called Hellcat! Staying low to the ground, the airtime was extremely forceful and blissful. Banked turns. It rode really fast, a lot like Maverick feels faster than 70 while hugging low to the ground. Hellcat should’ve been called Bullet the way it sped around its oval track. Like a roulette wheel. I thought Hellcat was the best ride on my trip - ahead of Hades. And four years ago, despite its demise, I considered Hellcat for my #14 spot.
I cant believe a mile of straight track wasnt dead last
Straight track is underrated
I really miss Avalanche. That ride beat you to hell and back but it was worth every bruise.
John wardly next?
I wonder what other engineers helped him to make these ride 🤔
Noob question here:
What's the best way to keep track of my credit count??
Got to mention the genius of Anton Schwarzkopf...could he be the GOAT? Will Schilke's be as smooth as a Schwarzkopf coaster in 25 years?
i know that hakugei ranking is gonna have people upset. i dont care either way im just happy to get more airtime thrills content
Next: every Stengel Design ranked. He made only 467.
I dont believe Timberhawk is actually a Schilke design, at least according to the rcdb.
He did every RMC.
How on earth could you rank those Chinese air launches so low?
If it was just a vote on riding, I would give it to Steel Vengeance, but as a design X is superior. Both are genius as are Alan Schilke . I still feel like SV is his masterpiece only because he and RMC took such an awful turd and made it so amazing.
ALAN SCHILKE
alan schilke is my friends dad hes pretty cool
Eejanika should be the unquestioned goat even over steel vengeance
Having ridden both, imo Hakugei >>> Untamed. Hakugei is far too low on this list in my opinion; I'd have it closer to Iron Gwazi than below Twisted Cyclone.
Ngl he looks like aaron shilke
i am not getting how u came up with your ranking tbh... u put x or x2 first because it was a huge innovation but its flawed in desgin compared to dinoconda and eejanaika and yet put new texas giant lower then any other rmc its design bascialy changed the whole industry... like u even say u are ranking based on desgin then it makes even less sense... so by your logic new texas giant should be 1st on this list no?
Heighth isn’t a word
Why don’t have a T shirt with his face on it??
He looks like an NPC from Planet Coaster
The GOAT of Coaster Designers... this isn't a list of Ron Toomer's coasters
Jersey Devil is running faster. Maybe it needed to break in