Bob Coaster

Bob Coaster

Status	In production
Introduced	2017
Number built	4
First built	Kampala Express (25 May 2017)
Latest built	Bucklbahn (1 July 2023)
Rider height	Minimum: 90 cm Min. unaccompanied: 120 cm
Statistics
Manufacturer	Gerstlauer, Germany
Type	Steel - Kiddie
Riders per train	15
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Top speed	45 km/h
G-Force	2.5
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The Bob Coaster is a model of steel kiddie roller coaster manufactured by Gerstlauer. It debuted in 2017 with Kampala Express. It is the succesor of the Kiddy Racer.

Design

The ride's trains are the namesake of the coaster, featuring inline seating similar to a Swiss bob. The layouts mostly consist of a single drop followed by some turns. Layouts are able to support launches, none of the current installations posses these features however.

Trains feature the ability to ride the track backwards. Only Bucklbahn features this so far, with the last car of the train riding backwards.

Layouts

All models 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 model.

	100m	110m	265m
Length	100 metres	110 metres	265 metres
Height	5.5 metres	5.5 metres	7.2 metres
Speed	36 km/h	36 km/h	36 km/h
No. build	2	1	1
Status	In production	In production	In production

Installations

Name	Park	Country	Layout	Opened	Status
Kampala Express	Knuthenborg Safaripark	Denmark	100	May 25, 2017	Operating
Merkant	Mandoria	Poland	265	July 8, 2021	Operating
Fyr & Flamme	Hunderfossen Eventyrpark	Norway	110	May 26, 2022	Operating
Bucklbahn	Eis Greissler Manufaktur	Austria	100	July 1, 2023	Operating

External links

• Bob Coaster on Gerstlauer's website

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  Bob Coaster on the Roller Coaster DataBase.