Shuttle Loop (Schwarzkopf product)

Shuttle Loop
Status	Discontinued
Number built	10
First built	White Lightnin' (14 May 1977)
Statistics
Manufacturer	Schwarzkopf, Germany
Type	Steel - Launched - Shuttle
Inversions	1
Rider inversions	2

The Shuttle Loop was a steel launched shuttle roller coaster product from Schwarzkopf. The first Shuttle Loop coasters opened in 1977, the same year that the first Launched Loop coasters from Arrow Dynamics were built.

Design

The product had three different versions. These featured either a flywheel, weight drop or tyre propelled launch. The Shuttle Loop has a simple layout consisting of one of these launched out of the station, through a vertical loop. This is followed by a vertical rollback to reverse the train back through the loop and through the station again. It enters a vertical spike behind the station and rolls back forwards into the station. The exception for this ia the tyre propelled version, this layout was designed to travel fairs and is thus more compact. That ride experience starts with a backwards launch out of the station, cresting the spike. This is where the train falls back into the station and gets a second launch into a diving turn where it ends up under the station. This is where the ride's vertical loop is located, wrapping around the station. The train then enters a rising turn and ends up on the rollback, where it reverses and traverses the layout again.

Installations

These are in order of opening.

Name	Park	Launch system	Country	First opened	Opened	Status
Golden Loop formerly White Lightnin'	Gold Reef City Carowinds	Weight drop	South Africa USA	May 14, 1977	1989 14 May 1977	Operating Closed 16 October 1988
Katapul formerly Thunderlooper formerly King Kobra formerly King Kobra	Hopi Hari Alton Towers Jolly Roger Amusement Park Kings Dominion	Weight drop	Brazil UK USA USA	May 26, 1977	1999 1990 1987 26 May 1977	Operating Closed 3 November 1996 Closed 1989 Closed 1986
Greezed Lightnin' Formerly Viper Formerly Tidal Wave	Kentucky Kingdom Six Flags Over Georgia Six Flags Great America	Weight drop	USA USA USA	1978	April 25, 2003 29 April 1995 1978	Closed 2009 Closed 16 September 2001 Closed 1991
Greezed Lightnin'	Six Flags AstroWorld	Flywheel	USA	1978		Closed October 30, 2005
Montezooma's Revenge	Knott's Berry Farm	Flywheel	USA	1978		Under refurbishment
Cascabel 2.0 Formerly Cascabel 2.0 Formerly Laser Loop	Indiana Beach La Feria Chapultepec Magico Kennywood	Flywheel	USA Mexico USA	1980	N/A 1994 1980	In storage Closed 28 September 2019 Closed 1990
Shuttle Loop	Nagashima Spa Land	Flywheel	Japan	1980		Operating
Shuttle Loop	Toshimaen	Flywheel	Japan	1980		Closed August 2007
Bullet Formerly Bullet Formerly Shuttle Loop Formerly Wiener Looping Formerly Wiener Looping	Selva Mágica Flamingo Land Goetzke (Travelling) Circus World Prater	Tyre propelled	Mexico UK Germany USA Austria	1982	December 20, 2013 1991 1988 1985 1982	Operating Closed 25 September 2005 Closed 1989 Closed unknown Closed 1982
Psyké Underground	Walibi Belgium	LIM previously weight drop	Belgium	1982		Operating

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