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| Builder | Gravitykraft Corporation | ||||||||
| Designer / calculations | The Gravity Group, LLC | ||||||||
| Type | Wooden - Shuttle | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 8 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||
| Serial number | 19-01-14 | ||||||||
| Height | 64 feet | ||||||||
| Drop | 56 feet | ||||||||
| Top speed | 41 mph | ||||||||
| Length | 1196 feet | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
| Drop angle | 87° | ||||||||
Switchback is a wooden roller coaster located at ZDT's Amusement Park in Seguin, Texas, USA. It is the first, and currently only, modern wooden shuttle roller coaster.[1]
History
The ride was announced on November 18, 2014 at the IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida, USA.[1] It opened to the public on October 17, 2015.[2]
The ride was listed for sale by The Gravity Group at the 2024 IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida, USA.[3]
Design
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While Switchback has 1,196 feet of track, the train travels over 1,980 feet of track per cycle. The ride has a spike with a maximum angle of 87 degrees. There are nine airtime points and a maximum bank angle of 104 degrees.
Switchback makes two passes through a building, which was formerly a small grocery store.
Ride experience
After rolling out of the station, the train makes a right turn and climbs the chain lift hill, followed by a drop. Riders go past a tunnel, which was a former small grocery store and a 104 degree over-banked curve. The train goes through a second tunnel and an airtime hill. Following a left turn, riders ascend a vertical rollback. The train completes the circuit in reverse, before slowing down on the brakes after the drop. Riders move through a switch track, followed by a left turn that returns to the station.
Trains
2 trains with 4 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 8 riders per train. The front car of Switchback was on show at Gravity Group's booth at the 2014 IAAPA Expo in Orlando, Florida, USA. The trains have a locomotive theme.
Images
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The lift hill
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Switchback at ZDT's Amusement Park". Coaster101.
- ↑ "ZDT's Amusement Park in Seguin opening world's steepest wooden coaster this weekend". MySA.
- ↑ "@zdtamusement switchback is listed for sale here at @thegravitygroupllc booth!". Instagram. midwaymayhem. 2024-11-22. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
External links
- Switchback on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
