First Overbanked Turn

I was wondering what was the first overbanked turn was. I know about DF's crossback, but was that the first or were there others before?

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*** This post was edited by rockman89 on 11/5/2002. ***

I am guessing Freeze's, but I am really not sure.

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I would say that the cutback on DF is a full inversion. Doesnt Orient Express at Worlds of fun feature this inversion as well? Another one could be found on Space Mountain at DLP.

With "0verbanked turn" do you mean an element like the ones on MF and Mr Freeze? In this case, I think that the inverted coasters are the first to feature this element. EUROSTAR (the mobile inverter by Giovanola) features an overbanked turn after the first loop, before it hits the zero-g-roll. This was built in 1995.

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Orient Express feature a Kamikaze Curve, which later became known as the Boomerang, which can be found on SFGAdv's GASM, SFMM's Viper, and SFGAm's former Shockwave.

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there are a few other Arrow loopers with the boomerang....such as Predator at SFDL, and Vortex at PKI....not sure if there are any more....

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vacoasterfreak said:

there are a few other Arrow loopers with the boomerang....such as Predator at SFDL, and Vortex at PKI....not sure if there are any more....

You mean "Viper" not "Predator" at SFDL.

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The old Arrow/Vekoma portable coasters such as the one at Kneobles are quite old (well, old-ish) and have a really nasty overbank.

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