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A pipeline roller coaster is a type of roller coaster where the trains ride between the ... TOGO's Ultratwister model features an 85-degree lift hill followed by ...
A lift hill, or chain hill, is an upward-sloping section of track on a roller coaster on which the roller coaster train is mechanically lifted to an elevated point or peak in the track. Upon reaching the peak, the train is then propelled from the peak by gravity and is usually allowed to coast throughout the rest of the roller coaster ride's ...
Ultra Twister (ウルトラツイスター) is a pipeline roller coaster located at Nagashima Spa Land in Mie Prefecture, Japan. Built by TOGO, the ride opened to the public in 1989. It was moved from its original location in 1989 to a new location in 2011, which sits further north inside the same park.
A man jumped from a moving roller coaster in Arizona over the weekend, after his harness reportedly came undone as the train traveled up the ride's lift hill.
Ultra Twister was a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure from 1986 to 1988 and then at Six Flags AstroWorld from 1990 until that park was closed and demolished by Six Flags in 2005. The ultratwister-design is that of a pipeline roller coaster, created by Japanese company TOGO.
At the top of the lift hill, riders make a full U-turn on a roller coaster track, which wraps around the elevator tower which stands at a height of 95 feet, while traversing a small hump. This turn offers the riders a view of the main roller coaster portion and parts of the park, in which boats emerge above the U-turn.
Ravine Flyer II's lift hill and final airtime hills. Ravine Flyer II is a hybrid wooden roller coaster located at Waldameer & Water World in Erie, Pennsylvania. It was ranked as the Best New Ride of 2008 by the Amusement Today magazine. Ravine Flyer II was built on the site of the park's old Ravine Flyer roller coaster, which was dismantled in ...
The $25-million investment was the most expensive of any ride in park history and the 14th coaster to debut at the park. [1] [4] Pantherian has a first drop of 300 feet (91 m), which reaches a maximum descent angle of 85 degrees. [1] Its lift hill structure was unique at the time, utilizing only two main points of support at the hill's crest. [5]