Pipeline roller coaster
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| Description | The train is located in the middle of the track, instead of above or below it. These coasters often feature a vertical lift, and heartline rolls. The only successful model of this type was the Ultratwister, manufactured by TOGO. |
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| First | Ultra Twister (1985) |
| Oldest in operation | Ultra Twister (1991) |
| Newest Installation | Megaton (1994) |
| Manufacturers | TOGO, Intamin |
A pipeline roller coaster is a type of roller coaster in which the cars travel between the rails, as opposed to above or below them. Only Intamin and TOGO have successfully made a pipeline coaster but a prototype was produced by Arrow Dynamics in their factory which has since been scrapped, due to the company's bankruptcy.[1]
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| Roller coaster types | |||||||||
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| 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 | ||||||||