Ultratwister

Ultratwister

Status	defunct
Number built	7
First built	Ultra Twister (1984)
Last built	Megaton (1994)
Statistics
Manufacturer	Togo
Type	Steel - Pipeline
Riders per train	6
Propulsion	Vertical chain lift hill
Inversions	3 One installation has a different layout with 4 inversions.
Angle	85°

Ultratwister was a steel roller coaster model manufactured by the now defunct Togo. It was the first working and only successful pipeline roller coaster.

When it debuted in 1984, the Ultra Twister was the steepest roller coaster in the world. It is believed the Ultratwister was acquired by Premier Rides, who list the product on their website.^{[citation needed]}

Design

Elements
Vertical chain lift hill Heartline roll Tilt section Heartline roll Heartline roll

Togo offered two variants of the Ultratwister. The most common variant features a tilting track section after the first heartline roll. The car is stopped on this track section facing forwards and is tilted such that the car can now roll backward. Two more heartline rolls follow, taken in reverse. There was only one installation of the second variant built. Instead of the tilting track section, it has a dive loop. Because of this, the final two heartline rolls are taken facing forwards.

Trains

7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 6 riders per car.

Installations

This is a list of installations, in order of opening date.

Name	Amusement park	Location	Opened	Status
Ultra Twister	Nagashima Spaland	Nagashima, Kuwana, Mie, Japan	1984	Operating
Ultra Twister	Tokyo Dome City	Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan	1985	Closed 1997
Ultra Twister Formerly Ultra Twister Formerly Ultra Twister	Six Flags America Six Flags AstroWorld Six Flags Great Adventure	Upper Marlboro, Maryland, USA Houston, Texas, USA Jackson, New Jersey, USA	Never operated 1990 1986	Scrapped 2010 Closed October 30, 2005 Closed 1988
Ultra Twister	Brazilian Park Washuzan Highland	Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan	July 19, 1990	Operating
Ultra Twister	Rusutsu Resort	Rusutsu, Abuta, Shiribeshi, Hokkaido, Japan	1994	Operating
Megaton	Greenland	Arao, Kumamoto, Japan	March 19, 1994	Operating
Ultra Coaster Formerly Ultra Twister	Marah Land Sabahiya Ikoma Skyland	Sabahiya, Kuwait Ikoma, Nara, Japan	2008 Unknown	SBNO Closed 2005 - 2006