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I didn't realize F.L.Y. boarded like that. It looks truly amazing

F.L.Y is one of the most incredible coasters I have ever ridden. From the theming to the layout to even the air time (Air Time on a flyer?!). Vekoma really outdone themselves with F.L.Y!

It's always interesting to me that Europe has so little flying coasters even though the concept was introduced in Europe.

Flew on FLY like 20 times and I can say: It's a revolution 😍 great experience

F.L.Y. is one of the best coasters in the world, there is literally nothing like it ❤

After riding F.L.Y it really makes the earlier versions such as Air/Galactica a lot less enjoyable. Not just the way it feels, but the added theming present around the ride makes it one of the best coasters I've ridden. Granted, I still need to visit the states, so we'll see how long that lasts!

F.L.Y really is just outstanding. The themeing of the land around it is brilliant even for its size, Fly literally is visible from every angle. The queue themeing is also great, especially the final stage where it turns into airport security - steampunk edition. Then the first time you see the train boarding facing you its a real surprise. The transition is incredibly smooth, my wife and I were both commenting afterwards how seemless it is. The comfort is definitely there as well, the restraints are brilliantly designed and comfortable throughout the ride. Truly a masterpeice of design, particularly given the challenges. Takes the top spot from Nemesis Alton Toweres for me.

I just want to mention that I love how you transition between 16:9 and 4:3 footage.

Despite being so short galactica is still one of my favourite rollercoasters, and i actually prefer it to the more intense flying coasters ive been on

F.L.Y is phenomenal. The boarding is amazing, the twisting (to get to and from flat) feel so natural. Flying through the hotel is also amazing while on the ride, and adds so much to the feel of the ride. Even when you are in the hotel, it is amazing to be walking around the hotel or in your room while the coaster is operating it really adds to the theming of the hotel too.

I don't really understand why there has been no park announcing a new gen Vekoma flying coaster so far. Rookburgh's theming is great and really really helps the experience. But unlike other highly themed rollercoasters this is an absolutely amazing ride itself. I wonder how the reliability actually is since it seems like Fly is closed more often than other rollercoasters in the parks and/or operates with less trains.

Words cannot begin to describe the experience that is F.L.Y.

I did get to ride Flying Coaster at Elitch Gardens, which is a bit of a rare credit I think!

Stealth actually debuted when the park was still Paramount's Great America. That was the park I spent most of my childhood weekends in. I remember when Stealth opened, it was so hyped up... but then it was closed the majority of the time it was there. And if you were on the ride when it malfunctioned, you were almost guaranteed to be staring up at the sun until they got someone to get you.

Damn Vekoma really went for the third time is the charm there. Good on them for not giving up on the concept after a few failures, FLY looks awesome

I've ridden F.L.Y. and I have never had a better coaster experience in my life, I absolutely loved it and I highly recommend it for you to go ride it! My unbeatable number 1!

F.L.Y's highlight was the seating situation. I went in completely clueless and was surprised to see a the train when I walked in. The way it carries you upwards sideways, flips you over and puts you in position for the launch is an engineering masterpiece.

Firehawk at Kings Island, was one of my favorite roller coasters. It was equal parts terrifying and fun! The flip at the top was very scary. The ride up the lift hill on your back, was very interesting. One time I got stuck on the lift and that wasn't fun. It took over 2 hours to get us all down the hill.

Only ever ridden Galactica as a flying coaster. Loved it though so can’t wait for more

I've ridden F.L.Y. last year, and it was amazing! Two times front seat, and so far my favourite coaster! This year I am hoping to ride Acrobat at Nagashima spa land, and Superman at Six Flags Great Adventure. Both are B&M so will be interesting how they compare to F.L.Y. Really looking forward to it

Tatsu is my favourite. No sensation comes close to that pretzel loop in the back row. F.L.Y would definitely be my very very close 2nd. It was just brilliant in every aspect!

I rode The Flying Dutchman a lot in 2000/2001. It was (probably still is) an amazing coaster. Going up the lift hill on your back and head first, staring at the sky, was so different and wild. Then the flip and diving to the ground...what a perfect start to an excellent ride. I loved that coaster.

X flight at Six Flags / Geauga Lake Ohio/ Firehawk at Kings Island was my first and only flying coaster experience and it was so incredible

I'm lucky to have the tallest flying coaster, Tatsu at my home park, Six Flags Magic Mountain. The pretzel loop just never gets old!

Air is the only coaster I've ever enjoyed, mostly because it is 'gentler'. I did wonder why this was so thank you for the lesson!

You should've also mentioned the flat rides that put you in the flying position like the Huss Fly Away, Funtime SkyCoasters, I believe Zamperla also made a flying flat ride, etc.

Fun fact only a coaster enthusiast would care about: at 3:58 when you mentioned Invertigo, that footage is actually from the Kings Island Invertigo, and with that color scheme means that that footage is only a few years old. In 1998 the KI one was called Face/ Off after the Paramount movie, and was red and yellow. I also just want to point out that I loved Firehawk, and keep hoping Kings Island will get the B&M flyer at some point.

Only downside to Galactica is it’s a little short. It could have done with a couple more inversions, dives and turns. I think AT needs to focus on building coasters a bit longer like they did with the smiler.

Super video, as always. You really took your time and passion in there. Although I think I always automatically get a headache even by only hearing "SLC". I am so glad Vekoma got so much better. :D

F.L.Y. is so amazing! There is a small lifthill after the station, and the seats rotate at the end of it during a small curve towards the launch. It rides incredibly smooth, and even has a second launch! ANd the theming is amazing.

Glad to see my home park Six flags america get some screen time.

I will die on the hill that F.L.Y is the best ride in the park! There are very few more intense moments than the pretzel loop on the B&M flyers.

Just arrived back from Europe and now having ridden FLY i can honestly say its an interesting ride, its not as fast as i expected and the secondary launch is there to give the train a little boost to complete the track and not as noticeable as other launch coasters. i found the seat rotation a novel experience and riding the first part of the lift sideways was fun and the ride itself was enjoyable with the near miss elements and passing over the heads of other guests in the area surrounding the ride. The one thing that lets this ride down is the restraints, this always seems to be an issue with Vekoma, I found them to be not as comfortable as the B&M ones and the angle that you are held at means that you have to really hold your head up throughout the ride to see where you are going which i found made my neck ache. overall i would give FLY a 5 out of 10, the lines were only about 20 minutes on the days we were there so rode it a few times but would rather ride a B&M flying coaster any time.

10:27 it’s actually done by an electric motor, the pistons you see on the train and the arms in the station are shock absorbers.

Galactica is super comfy and great fun. My first ride was at night too, after fireworks this year.

I rode the original volare at Elich Gardens. Given that our options were a beat up Vekoma SLC and a brutal woody, it was actually pretty smooth comparatively.

I have heard that F.L.Y is a lot more comfortable because you don't spend time on the brake run facing down which can be very uncomfortable. Like everyone else I would rather forget about the volares exist

Slight correction, the arms on B&M flying coasters are not pushed down with hydraulic pistons, but work off a cam system, driven by an electric motor, as clearly seen above the track.

I feel like Zamperla's design is underrated. It might be a more "off-the-shelf"-type model, but it's not as rough as people make it out to be. Tomb Raider (now Time Warp) at Canada's Wonderland still provides a fun ride. And as long as people don't dawdle when in line, out can run through a lot of riders.

F.L.Y. has been my only flying coaster so far but I sure love it.

You know it's a good weekend when Coasterbot uploads ❤

i just missed fly when i went to phantasia land, shame because galactica is really good and i'd love to ride another take on the concept

My bet is that someone will create a flying wing coaster next! Whether it's supported or suspended wouldn't matter with a wing style design either

Haven't seen the whole video yet. But regarding the title: I feel like the 4d coasters or tilt coaster(s) are much more complex

I gotta say, as unpopular as it might be to /some/ people, Flying coasters, and ANY suspended coasters, tend to be my favorites. The sensations are just so unique. Thanks so much for doing a vid and tribute of sorts, to this kind of ride. Great stuff!

Very entertaining and fun to watch. Thanks for posting this.

F.L.Y is so good. T he inversions are so good

The restraints aren't locked on dispatch, they are locked after checking manually per row by the hosts who have "latch" and "lock" options for restraints.

I sure hope we see more F. L. Y. type coasters. That looks way too good to be one of a kind. Or even on only one continent.

Heading to Phantasiland in September and looking forward to trying Fly, having been on several flying coasters it will be interesting to see how it compares

Only ridden Manta & Superman at SFGA, they were both amazing! Also rode 2 of the Flying Dutchmans but that doesnt count! 😂🤷‍♂️

Love it! 🔥

Tatsu is incredible!!

F.L.Y. looks incredible. I understand why Phantasialand has been strict about making sure there aren't any POVs of the ride readily available, but I keep trying to find one anyway. Yes, I'm aware I'm a hypocrite.

You should do one of these on suspended and inverted coasters!

So far i have only been on F.l.y but this year i will (finally) get to alton Towers, i am so hyped for Galactica :D I think flying coasters in general are an amazing idea. My first ride on Fly felt like riding rollercoasters again for the first time

FLY is a unique experience especially if you put your arms out in front and let your upper body take all the momentum.

Galacticair, while far from the best coaster I've ever ridden, will always be my favourite. Its like a work of art, not striving for thrill or airtime like most coasters I've experienced, but more. The only way to describe it is as flying, a sensation that I didn't feel was well achieved in Manta at Seaworld Orlando. F.L.Y is currently my #1 bucket list coaster; beyond Taron, beyond Ride To Happiness, even beyond Iron Gwazi. I would kill to experience Galactica for the first time again, and this seems like so much more. Plus, I love steampunk. I hope to conquer in next year, but only money will tell

Hello There, a great Video which is really detailed and it's great to see how the complexities of how Flying Rollercoasters work and how they've managed to develop overtime. Thank you for sharing this, it's much appreciated. Cheers Peter :⁠-⁠)

The complexity certainly is amusing -- 50% of the times I've gone to ride Tatsu there's been a mechanical problem/delay, including me being stuck in the flying position (in the station) for 10+ minutes. :P Dang worth it though, back in '88 a young me was sketching ideas on how to do a flying coaster, and the experience is as wild and unique as I'd hoped it would be. Very excited for the new design of F.L.Y., it's on my bucket list for sure! :)

The history of going from "expensive, problematic and unreliable" to what we have today makes me wonder if anyone could do the same for the 4D coaster (X2, etc.). That's one coaster type I'm sad there isn't more of.

I could see Cedar Fair purchasing some of either B&M or Vekoma flying coasters (like Vekoma fly as a example)

I was underwhelmed by flys layout and its slightly uncomfortable for me since i get a sharp pain in my breast when its pushed against but its still my top 3 and its really cool

Sad news about California’s Great America: The park is set to close forever in a few years to make room for development…of apartment buildings. If you want to go to CGA better make it soon!

Awesome video Harry! F.L.Y is technological wonder.

I went on Hero @ Flamingo Land today. It was the roughest coaster I've ever been on. I'm going to Alton Towers soon and hopefully Galactica won't be as bad! So far I've had a bad impression of flying coasters 😂

Tatsu is my favorite B&M alongside Mako!

The duel station on Batwing and X flight were useless since the parks didn't have the budget for the extra staff it would have taken to run both sides. Vekoma originally planned to install the two rides at kings dominion (batwing) and kings island (X flight) as they had an exclusivity deal since paramount parks helped vekoma to develop the ride. KD ended up with hypersonic which was an even worse prototype attraction than the flying dutchman.

In contrast to the other Flying Coasters F.L.Y. is just incredible.

F.L.Y looks amazing. the only flying coasters i've been on are the superman clones at SF Great Adventure and SF over Georgia

Very informative.

Rode flying dinosaur at USJ. The only way i can describe it as... Unique. It was super fun

I always feel incredibly unsafe in flying coasters, Especially when riding through high G curves. Granted, the only one I ever been on was F.L.Y, but still.

You got some info from el toro Ryan’s video on the Flying Dutchman model on Superman

Great channel great videos!!

Is the hexenbemzen a fly coaster in thale. Rcdb say it is.

As an engineer, I would say the Intamin Hydraulic Launch coaster is far more complex than B&Ms flying coasters, by quite a large margin too. B&M have the most complex trains yes, but not coaster.

If flying took as much effort as running,most people wouldn't do it (if we were used to being able to do it ofcourse) 😁

Please do like a history of Gold reef city

Jinma Rides is joining the flying coaster industry with one being built right now in China. And others copy the Zamperla Volares. So I'm actually fine with not mentioning them at all. 😂

GALACTICA MENTIONED!!! 💫

More complex than 4D coasters like X2? Or how about a Mack Spinner like Ride to Happiness? Those both seem quite complex to me.

just this: ❤ 🥰

Tatsu at Magic Mountain 🎢 ❤

I only rode fly. So I feel like i'm spoiled now 😅

I wonder what song was being used at 16:26.............

I am watching this on my break from working on nighthawk

2:57 it looks like a Banshee from Halo 12:30 which destroyed my back!

Yeah fly is just great

i’m shocked they didn’t mention X at six flags magic mountain

Wowwww he just ignores tatsu when talking about b&m

Great video! Honestly i was underwhelmed by F.L.Y, I feel the trains are too long for the profiling and length of the launches, also the 70° tilt makes it awkward in terms of looking forwards :/ it's a fun ride but not a top 10 in Europe imo

Voltron: "most complex huh"

WOW

What prevents the flying coaster from unlocking and turning into an inverted coaster?

What about x2?

You should bring back What is videos

So tomorrow I'm going to be rideing my first b and m flyer and the first b and m flyer

B&M was so innovative