Electric winch launch
An electric winch launch is a type of launch that uses a device that pushes the train after a cable is released. It is found on Arrow Dynamics Launched Loop models.
The system is also used on Star Wars Hyperspace Mountain at Disneyland Paris. A catch car is located underneath the fourth car that would pull the train along with the cable. Several flywheels are used to accelerate the winch drum up the track.
External links
- Electric winch launch on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Roller coaster descriptions | |||||||||
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| Basic elements | Brake run • Station | ||||||||
| Advanced elements | Bunny hill • Headchopper • Inversions • Pre-Drop • Tunnel | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Lift hill (Cable • Catch car • Chain • Electric spiral • Elevator • Ferris wheel • Friction wheel • Spiral)
Powered launch (Counterweight • Friction wheel • Flywheel • Compressed air launch • Electric winch launch • Hydraulic • LIM • LSM) | ||||||||
| Technology | Block brakes • Car • On-ride camera • On-ride soundtrack • Test seat • Train • Track • Transfer track • Wheel assembly | ||||||||
| Other | Chicken exit • Exclusive ride time • POV • Queue line • Rollback • Theming | ||||||||