Golden Loop
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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||
| Product | Shuttle Loop (Weight Drop) | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Launched - Shuttle | ||||||||||
| Track layout | Shuttle loop | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Weight drop launch | ||||||||||
| Height | 42 metres | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 91.7 km/h | ||||||||||
| Length | 263 metres | ||||||||||
| Track inversions | 1 | ||||||||||
| Rider inversions | 2 | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 70° | ||||||||||
| Duration | 0:30 | ||||||||||
Golden Loop is a Schwarzkopf launched shuttle roller coaster currently located at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. The ride originally operated at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA as White Lightnin.
The vertical loop features a triangular lattice of steel pipe.[1] The only other operating roller coasters that use this type of Schwarzkopf loop are Katapul at Hopi Hari in São Paulo, Brazil, New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA, and SooperDooperLooper at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA. Later Schwarzkopf loops feature a box frame construction for the track backbone.
History
White Lightnin' opened at Carowinds on 14 May 1977.[2] The attraction closed on 16 October 1988. The park cited high maintenance costs and decreasing ridership as the reasons for closure.[3] The land was used for the park's new water park. It was relocated to its current location at Gold Reef City, where it reopened in 1989 as Golden Loop.
Design
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Golden Loop launches out of the station straight into a vertical loop and up a 70-degree spike. The train falls back down backwards through the loop, past the station, and up a second spike. Finally, the ride falls back down and is stopped in the station.
The trains on Golden Loop are painted the colours of the South African flag.
Color scheme
Yellow track and supports, used to be aqua track and supports, with white track and supports in Carowinds.
Trains
Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train. Riders are secured by lap-bars.
Images
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The rear vertical rollback
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References
- ↑ http://www.joyrides.com/sfmm/revolution3.htm
- ↑ "1977 Park Brochure - Shane's Amusement Attic".
- ↑ Poteat, Cassandra (September 20, 1988). "The Last Scream: Carowinds Will Retire White Lightnin'". The Charlotte Observer. p. 9. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
External links
- Golden Loop on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Tallest roller coaster tied with King Kobra Tidal Wave 1977 - 1978 | ||
| Preceded by Giant Coaster |
Tallest roller coaster tied with King Kobra Tidal Wave 1977 - 1978 |
Succeeded by Montezooma's Revenge |