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词条 Alan Schilke
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  1. Career

  2. Projects

  3. References

  4. External links

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}}Alan Schilke is an engineer and roller coaster designer based in Hayden, Idaho, United States. He first made his mark on the industry by designing the 4th Dimension roller coaster, X, while working with Arrow Dynamics.[1] Schilke now works as a Design Engineer at Ride Centerline LLC.[2]

Career

Schilke worked with Arrow Dynamics for many years working his way up to the role of Head Engineer.[3] During his time at Arrow Dynamics, Schilke was credited as the designer of Road Runner Express at Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood.[4][5] Around the same time, Schilke came up with the concept of the 4th Dimension roller coaster.[6][5] This concept was criticised by his colleagues at Arrow Dynamics for being too extreme and impossible to engineer.[6][5] The project only got off the ground when Six Flags' President Gary Story asked the company to develop a scaled-down prototype.[6][5] This then led to the design of X which was installed at Six Flags Magic Mountain in 2001.[12]

In December 2001, Arrow Dynamics filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy with the company being purchased by S&S Worldwide the following year.[7][8] As part of the acquisition, Schilke (among many others) designed coasters for S&S Worldwide, heading up the wooden roller coaster division that produced four roller coasters in 2003 and 2004.[8][9]

In 2006, Schilke along with Ned Hansen founded Ride Centerline LLC, an independent engineering firm in Hyde Park, Utah.[2] Schilke continued to work with S&S and is responsible for the outward banking turn found on the S&S El Loco coasters such as Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach.[10] In 2009 Schilke began providing design and engineering work for Rocky Mountain Construction, a company that specializes in the construction of roller coasters, water parks, steel buildings, miniature golf courses and go kart tracks.[11] Schilke along with Rocky Mountain Construction founder Fred Grubb went on to design Iron Horse track (now known as I-Box track), an all-steel track replacement system for wooden roller coasters.[12] The first installation of this track technology debuted on the New Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas in 2011.[13]

In addition to providing designs for the amusement industry, Schilke and Hansen have worked with the Oceana Energy Company on the design and patent of water turbines to harness power from rivers and ocean tides.[14][15][16]

Projects

As an employee of Arrow Dynamics
  • Road Runner Express at Six Flags Fiesta Texas[4]
  • Tennessee Tornado at Dollywood[17]
  • X at Six Flags Magic Mountain[18]
As an employee/consultant of S&S Arrow/S&S Worldwide
  • Timberhawk: Ride of Prey at Wild Waves Theme Park[9]
  • Falken at Fårup sommerland[9]
  • Avalanche at Timber Falls Adventure Park[9][19]
  • Hell Cat at Clementon Amusement Park[9]
  • Eejanaika at Fuji-Q Highland
  • Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach[10]
As a consultant to Rocky Mountain Construction
  • New Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas[20]
  • Outlaw Run at Silver Dollar City[21]
  • Iron Rattler at Six Flags Fiesta Texas[22]
  • Goliath at Six Flags Great America[23]
  • Medusa Steel Coaster at Six Flags Mexico[24]
  • Twisted Colossus at Six Flags Magic Mountain[25]
  • Wicked Cyclone at Six Flags New England[26]
  • Storm Chaser at Kentucky Kingdom
  • Lightning Rod at Dollywood
  • Wildfire at Kolmarden Wildlife Park
  • Steel Vengeance at Cedar Point
  • Twisted Timbers at Kings Dominion
  • Wonder Woman Golden Lasso Coaster at Six Flags Fiesta Texas
  • RailBlazer at California's Great America
  • Twisted Cyclone at Six Flags Over Georgia
  • Untamed at Walibi Holland

References

1. ^{{cite news|title=Rocky Mountain engineer...|url=http://www.latimes.com/travel/deals/themeparks/la-trb-rocky-mountain-looping-coasters-1020122-012,0,6134645.photo|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=October 23, 2012}}
2. ^1 {{cite web | title=Company Profile, Ride Centerline LLC | url=http://www.manta.com/c/mr0sqc7/ride-centerline-llc | accessdate=December 30, 2012}}
3. ^{{cite news|title=Ride maker isn't coasting on old thrills|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=FFFTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=musDAAAAIBAJ&dq=alan-schilke&pg=6641%2C2925737|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=Eugene Register-Guard|date=March 11, 2001|agency=The Associated Press}}
4. ^1 {{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Road Runner Express|location=Six Flags Fiesta Texas|rcdb_number=265|accessdate=August 29, 2014}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Goldman|first=Lea|title=Newtonian Nightmare|url=https://www.forbes.com/forbes/2001/0723/112.html|accessdate=November 18, 2012|newspaper=Forbes|date=July 23, 2001}}
6. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=X|url=http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/reviews/x/|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=Ultimate Rollercoaster}}
7. ^{{cite news|last=Roche|first=Lisa Riley|title=Caldron engineers declare bankruptcy|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nDxOAAAAIBAJ&sjid=6-0DAAAAIBAJ&dq=arrow-dynamics%20chapter%2011&pg=1948%2C4040283|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=The Deseret News|date=January 10, 2002}}
8. ^1 {{cite news|title=You'll go nuts for S&S's Screaming Squirrel |url=http://www.thrillnetwork.com/content.php?r=2107-You-ll-go-nuts-for-S-S-s-Screaming-Squirrel |accessdate=November 16, 2012 |newspaper=ThrillNetwork |date=March 2, 2008 }}{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
9. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Roller Coaster Search Results|location=S&S Worldwide Wooden Roller Coasters|accessdate=November 16, 2012|url=http://rcdb.com/r.htm?nm=na&ty=2&co=6930&ot=2}}
10. ^1 {{cite magazine | last1 = Ruben | first1 = Paul | year = 2009 | title = Demented Design | journal = RollerCoaster! Magazine |volume = 30 | issue = 2 | page = 42 | publisher=American Coaster Enthusiasts | location=Zanesville, Ohio | issn = 0896-7261}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=About Us|url=http://www.rockymtnconstruction.com/about.html|publisher=Rocky Mountain Construction|accessdate=November 16, 2012|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120826093719/http://www.rockymtnconstruction.com/about.html|archivedate=August 26, 2012|df=mdy-all}}
12. ^{{ cite patent | country = US | number = 2011146528 | status = application | title = Rolling Vehicle Track | fdate = September 13, 2010 | inventor = Schilke, Alan; Grubb, Fred; Bachtar, Dody}}
13. ^{{cite news|title=NEW Texas Giant Named Best New Ride of 2011|url=http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-texas-giant-named-best-new-ride-of-2011-130029598.html|accessdate=November 16, 2012|newspaper=PR Newswire}}
14. ^{{cite web | title = Tidal power proposals proliferate along Maine's coast | publisher = Island Institute and Working Waterfront | url = http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Tidal-power-proposals-proliferate-along-Maines-coast/11432/ | accessdate = January 3, 2012}}
15. ^{{cite web | title = Tudor Jones Harnesses East River in Green Power's New Frontier | publisher = Bloomberg | url = https://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=a3vWDlqcl6sU | accessdate = January 3, 2013}}
16. ^{{cite web | title = System for generating electricity from fluid currents | publisher = freshpatents.com | url = http://www.freshpatents.com/System-for-generating-electricity-from-fluid-currents-dt20071206ptan20070278796.php | accessdate = January 3, 2013}}
17. ^1 {{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Tennessee Tornado|location=Dollywood|rcdb_number=534|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}
18. ^1 {{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=X2|location=Six Flags Magic Mountain|rcdb_number=750|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}
19. ^{{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Avalanche|location=Timber Falls Adventure Park|rcdb_number=2588|accessdate=August 29, 2014}}
20. ^{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=New Texas Giant|location=Six Flags Over Texas|rcdb_number=2|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}
21. ^{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Outlaw Run|location=Silver Dollar City|rcdb_number=10582|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}
22. ^{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Iron Rattler|location=Six Flags Fiesta Texas|rcdb_number=56|accessdate=November 16, 2012}}
23. ^{{Cite interview|last=Schilke|first=Alan|title=Alan Schilke Interview|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BjbYHnCJ3Y|accessdate=21 November 2013|date=20 November 2013|work=NewsPlusNotes}}
24. ^{{Cite RCDB|coaster_name=Medusa Steel Coaster|location=Six Flags Mexico|rcdb_number=640|accessdate=August 30, 2013}}
25. ^{{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Twisted Colossus|location=Six Flags Magic Mountain|rcdb_number=12282|accessdate=August 29, 2014}}
26. ^{{cite RCDB|coaster_name=Wicked Cyclone|location=Six Flags New England|rcdb_number=1981|accessdate=August 29, 2014}}

External links

  • Alan Schilke on the Roller Coaster DataBase
Patents
  • Amusement rides and methods (US6523479)
  • Rolling Vehicle Track (US20110146528)
  • Improved rolling vehicle track (EP2475441 A1)
  • System for generating electricity from fluid currents (EP2024636 A2)
  • System for generating electricity from fluid currents (US7453166)
  • System for generating electricity from fluid currents (US7604454)
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