Out and back roller coaster
Arkansas Twister, a wooden out and back roller coaster
Out and back refers to the design of a roller coaster. Out and back coasters commonly start out with the lift hill, which is followed by a series of hills and drops. The track then takes a 180 degree turn, either directly or through a more complicated turnaround. This is typically followed by several more airtime hills, this time being much smaller. Out and back roller coasters tend to focus on maximising airtime but may also feature inversions.
Examples
- Steel Dragon 2000 at Nagashima Spa Land
- GateKeeper at Cedar Point
- El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure
- Judge Roy Scream at Six Flags Over Texas
- Screamin' Eagle at Six Flags St. Louis
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Steel Dragon 2000, a steel out and back roller coaster
| Roller coaster types | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden | ||||||||
| Scale | Kiddie • Family • Hyper (200+ feet) • Giga (300+ feet) • Strata (400+ feet) | ||||||||
| Train configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Motorbike (Steeplechase) • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning (Virginia Reel) • Stand-Up • Suspended • Winged | ||||||||
| Track layouts | Figure 8 • Out and Back • Twister • U-shuttle • Wacky Worm (Big Apple) • Wild Mouse | ||||||||
| Multi-tracked | Number of tracks: 2 (twin, möbius) • 3 (triple) • 4 (quad) • 6 (sextuple) | ||||||||
| Style | Diving • Mine Train • Water (liquid) | ||||||||
| Situation | Enclosed • Indoor • Terrain • Travelling | ||||||||
| Track configurations | Single rail | ||||||||