Then the 'who can add a ridiculous number of inversions' wars began and it seemed like this cancelled out any terrain elements or potentially sprawled out layouts with more potential for airtime. I look at a coaster like Revolution or Mindbender and see a terrain-like coaster that's simply had a couple loops added to it. It seems like the earlier Shwarzkopf loopers are the closest coasters to actually answering this 'airtime+inversion' equation. This got me thinking a bit (I'll do my best to avoid highjacking a post). I would keep it out and back, no back tracking or twisting around. Make it almost like a traditional hyper, except with oversized inversions. I'm very curious to see how members here might answer this challenge.ġ00% hypothetical here, I would never want to change anything about Magnum XL, BUT, imagine adding B&M sized loops and very high barrel rolls amongst the massive airtime hills. What would the elements be and in what order? How would you handle the pacing? How tall or fast would it have to be? (Along with other vital statistics.)

That said, if you had an unlimited budget to work with, how would YOU design a coaster that combined killer airtime moments with intense inversions? Not in a cheap 'one trick pony' way, either i.e., a single top hat or airtime hill among a spagetti of twists like Storm Runner or Maverick. My first question to you is: Is it even possible/practical to have a coaster like Voyage meet an Arrow looper like Viper at SFMM? There are exceptions to this, of course, but sadly, not the common convention.Ĭan you really say, however, that you've seen a coaster that combined the thrills of a B&M hyper like Diamondback or Apollo's Chariot with a B&M looper like Dominator or Kumba? Or an Intamin Bizarro with an Intamin Colossus/10-Inversion? (There are none that I'm immediately aware of, at least.) Typically, most looping roller coasters feature a dizzying array of inversions, but don't really provide the airtime-producing bumps of your typical out-and-back.

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