Gerstlauer

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Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH is a German manufacturer of stationary and transportable amusement rides and roller coasters, located in Münsterhausen, Germany.

1 History
2 Roller coasters
3 References
4 External links

[edit] History

The lift and 97 degree drop of the SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter located inside Nickelodeon Universe inside the Mall of America. It is the shortest Euro-Fighter to date.

Lift and 97 degree first drop of Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter Typhoon at Bobbejaanland

Bobsled roller coaster Heiße Fahrt at Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten

In the year 1982 Hubert Gerstlauer, a former employee of the Schwarzkopf GmbH, founded his own company which he named "Gerstlauer Elektro GmbH". With this company he delivered electric and pneumatic equipments for Schwarzkopf's facilities. After final bankruptcy of Schwarzkopf in 1992, Gerstlauer acquired part of their production halls and continued the manufacture of amusement rides and roller coasters. Regarding the increase of their products, the company had been renamed to "Gerstlauer Amusement Rides GmbH" in March 2007.

Gerstlauer's first individual roller coaster "G'sengte Sau", a Bobsled roller coaster, was built in the "Erlebnispark Tripsdrill", an amusement park in Baden-Württemberg. Since 2003 Gerstlauer became popular with their model "Euro-Fighter" which is present in different styles all over Europe and the United States. A speciality of all "Euro-Fighter" models is the first drop with a 97 degree angle of steepness. Another mentionable model is their Spinning roller coaster in which riders are seated face towards each other.

[edit] Roller coasters

Name	Model	Park	Opened	Status
G'sengte Sau (de)	Bobsled roller coaster	Erlebnispark Tripsdrill (de)	1998	Operating
Thor's Hammer	Bobsled roller coaster	Djurs Sommerland	2002	Operating
Cobra	Bobsled roller coaster	Paultons Park	2006	Operating
Aqua Wind	Bobsled roller coaster	Lagunasia	2004	Operating
Drachenritt	Bobsled roller coaster	Belantis (de)	2003	Operating
Heiße Fahrt	Bobsled roller coaster	Wild- und Freizeitpark Klotten/Cochem (de)	2004	Operating
Vilda Musen	Bobsled roller coaster	Gröna Lund	2003	Operating
Rage	Euro-Fighter	Adventure Island	2007	Operating
Vild-Svinet (de)	Euro-Fighter	BonBon-Land	2003	Operating
Typhoon	Euro-Fighter	Bobbejaanland	2004	Operating
Mystery Mine	Euro-Fighter	Dollywood	2007	Operating
Speed: No Limits	Euro-Fighter	Oakwood Theme Park	2006	Operating
Unknown^[1]	Euro-Fighter	Zoosafari Fasanolandia	Announced for 2007	Under construction
SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge	Euro-Fighter	Nickelodeon Universe	2008	Operating
Canada Creek Coaster(Name Unknown)	Euro Fighter	Thorpe Park	2009	Under construction
Coastersaurus	Junior coaster	Legoland California	2004	Operating
Drachenjagd	Junior coaster	Legoland Deutschland	2003	Operating
Oachkatzl (Bavarian slang for Squirrel)	Family coaster	Märchenwald im Isartal	1999	Operating
Spinning Dragons	Spinning roller coaster	Worlds of Fun	2004	Operating
Fairly Odd Coaster	Spinning roller coaster	Nickelodeon Universe	2004	Operating
Pandemonium	Spinning roller coaster	Six Flags New England	2005	Operating
Tony Hawk's Big Spin	Spinning roller coaster	Six Flags Fiesta Texas	2007	Operating
Tony Hawk's Big Spin	Spinning roller coaster	Six Flags St. Louis	2007	Operating
Galaxy Orbiter^[2]	Spinning roller coaster	Galaxyland	2007	Operating
Hankatten^[3]	Spinning roller coaster	BonBon-Land	2007	Operating