200 ft. Loops Possible?

anythings possible until proven otherwise.

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Coaster131 said:
"B&M's Superman: Krypton Coaster has a HUGE loop...it was the largest in the world when it opened, but some other coaster defeated it.

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Koßn Rules! I just came out to feed!"

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The coaster that defeated it was Batman Knight Flight. The loop is 140 feet tall, the largest in the world.

Anyway, to the 200 foot loop "thing," if a coaster were to have a 200 foot loop, the drop of the coaster would have to be 275 feet +.

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Current Favorite Coasters:
1)Raging Bull 2)Millennium Force 3)Medusa (SFMW) 4)Vertical Velocity (SFGAm) 5)Incredible Hulk, The

With any luck, this Vekoma creation will use their new harnesses.

On the topic of a 200 foot loop, yes it could be done; but why?

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Benjamin Jones | Yet another coaster-craving yuppie

To end the Krypton Coaster height debate here is the official press release from Six Flags as reported on Rollercoaster Database.
http://www.rcdb.com/document35.htm The answer for those who wish not to link to it is 114 feet!
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Just a couple of G-force junkies!

Actually, Intamin is experimenting with a new updated impulse shuttle with a 220' loop (Montezumas Revenge Update). Specs are 85 MPH with 250' vertical spikes at each end. Uses box track and MF cars.

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What's next at Knott's? Anyone know?

That 200ft loop may not be accurate. I find it difficult to believe that Vekoma's technology has come that far, and it would be painful.

They have had a thing in the past of over-estimating the height of their rides.

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God Bless Theme Parks!
A New Hoosier Theme Park is on the horizion!

Skyboss, "MF cars?" Do you mean... lapbars?

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Matt Lynch
Co-Webmaster, Kennywood Boulevard
http://kennywood.coasterbuzz.com

How tall is Riddlers tallest loop?

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SFMM went from Amusment Park to Xtreme Park.They skipped Theme park :)

200+ ft. loops would be awesome...and with all that open space within it, you could have other parts of the coaster travel through it. Imagine an interlocking corkscrew or a zero-g roll traveling through the loop ! Even better, have it after the blocking brakes, so that when 2 or 3 trains are running, they can time it so both trains are in sync.

The only problem I can see with a loop that big is the potential for rollbacks. It's gonna have to have some serious speed (nothing wrong with that !).

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Current favorite coasters:
Wooden: 1) Beast 2) Raven 3) Son of Beast 4) The Boss 5) The Legend
Steel: 1) Raging Bull 2) Millennium Force 3) V2 4) Wild Thing 5) Mr. Freeze

*** This post was edited by Joe Carroll on 8/5/2001. ***