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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||
| Product | Shuttle Loop | ||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Launched - Shuttle | ||||||||||||
| Track layout | Shuttle loop | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Flywheel 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 | ||||||||||||
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Shuttle Loop was a steel launched shuttle roller coaster located at Toshimaen in Mukouyama, Nerima, Tokyo, Japan. The ride was built by Schwarzkopf and opened in 1980.
History
The ride would be put in storage after its removal in 2008, and was eventually bought by Dutch bushiness-man Henny van der Most. The ride was intended for the then new Attractiepark Rotterdam. The park eventually opened after numerous delays, with the coaster missing from the park. The plan of it operating in the park had been canceled, and it would be listed for sale, sitting in storage until a potential buyer would show up. It is unknown if this buyer eventually showed up.
Design
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The ride had a single vertical loop which riders passed through once forwards and once backwards. The vertical loop was covered with a soundbarrier on the right side to prevent screams from reaching the nearby residential area.
Colour scheme
Yellow track and blue supports
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.
Images
The vertical loop
The 70° vertical rollback
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External links
- Shuttle Loop on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Shuttle Loop on the parks website (Japanese)