Inclined loop

An inclined loop, also known as an oblique loop is a vertical loop that is tilted at an angle usually between 45 and 80 degrees. The train enters the loop while banked. The element is essentially in between a helix (horizontal loop) and a vertical loop.

Inclined loops are found on some Top Fun sit-down roller coasters as well as some Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up and winged roller coasters.

The first roller coaster with an inclined loop was Mantis at Cedar Point, a Stand-Up Coaster installation from Bolliger & Mabillard which opened in 1996. It has since become a floorless coaster called Rougarou.

Installations

This is a list of roller coasters which feature an inclined loop.

Name	Amusement park	Manufacturer	Type	Opened	Status
Green Lantern Formerly Chang	Six Flags Great Adventure Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom	Bolliger & Mabillard	Stand-up	2011 1997	Closed 2024 Closed 2009
Iron Shark	Galveston Island Historic Pleasure Pier	Gerstlauer	Sit-down	2012	Operating
Krater	Parque del Café	Gerstlauer	Sit-down	2015	Operating
Magic Mountain Formerly Magic Mountain	Lunapark Fréjus Magic World	Top Fun	Sit-down	2008	Operating Closed 2005-2007
Rainier Rush Formerly Typhoon Formerly Typhoon	Washington State Fair Los Angeles Country Fairgrounds Santa's Village AZoosment Park	Top Fun	Sit-down	2013 2011 1998	Operating Closed 2012 Closed 2005
Rougarou Formerly Mantis	Cedar Point	Bolliger & Mabillard	Floorless Stand-up	2015 1996	Operating Closed October 19, 2014
Riddler's Revenge	Six Flags Magic Mountain	Bolliger & Mabillard	Stand-up	1998	Operating
Swarm	Thorpe Park	Bolliger & Mabillard	Winged	2012	Operating
Tantrum	Six Flags Darien Lake	Gerstlauer	Sit-down	2018	Operating
Typhoon	Hillpark Sibolangit	Top Fun	Sit-down	2008	Operating

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Inverting	Banana roll Barrel roll downdrop Batwing Bowtie Butterfly Cobra loop Cobra roll Corkscrew Cutback Demonic knot Dive drop Dive loop Diving turn Dog tongue Double inverting dive loop Double inverting stall Drachen fire dive drop Finnish loop Fly to lie / Lie to fly Flying snake dive Heartline roll Immelmann Inclined dive loop Inclined loop In-line twist Interlocking corkscrews Interlocking loops Lagoon roll Negative-g stall loop Norwegian loop Over-banked inversion Pretzel knot Pretzel loop Raven turn Reverse cobra roll Reverse sidewinder Roll over Rollover camelback Saxophone Scorpion tail Sea serpent Sidewinder SkyLoop Step-up under flip Tongue Top-Gun stall Twisted horseshoe roll Twisted in-line rollback Vertical loop Wraparound corkscrew Zero-g roll Zero-g stall Zero-g winder
Non-inverting	Dark/Show section Double down Hairpin dive Hairpin turn Hammerhead turn Helix High five Hill Horseshoe Jr. Scorpion tail Kickflip Non inverting cobra roll Non inverting loop Octopus arm Outward banked airtime hill Over-banked curve Over-banked pretzel knot Pretzel curve Splashdown Splash effect Splash track Stengel dive Switch track Tilt section Trick track Triple dip Tunnel Turntable Twisted dive Twisted top hat Vertical drop track Vertical rollback Vertical spiral Wagon wheel Water brakes Wave turn Windcatcher tower
Variable	Jr. Immelmann Top hat