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Does V2 at SFDK have an inversion?

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elephant58

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I've been wondering about this for a while. RCDB says it doesn't, but Wikipedia says 2-6 (depending on where you sit) and it looks like it does.

What does everyone else think?
 
Phil needs to bring out the diagram here.

I'd say yes, and it does feel like one, but, it's proper borderline.

And really doesn't actually matter.
 
I've never ridden it, but yes, it does because one of the towers are at 45 degree angle and it does a heartline roll. It's kind of like an inline heartline roll. :D
 
Ben said:
Phil needs to bring out the diagram here.
Click to expand...

And remember, it's in yellow, which makes it official!

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I have no idea what V2 looks like though, so can't officially comment ;)

I think we need to sticky the diagram somewhere - or somebody else should be "keeper of the sacred diagram" :)
 
Not officially, no. The tower in question is tilted at a 45 degree angle, which nullifies any supposed inversion that would happen. 180-45=135, it's a 135 degree roll officially, and thus, not an inversion. Sure does look like one though. ;)
 
... Does anybody really give a **** though?

But I would personally count it as an inversion.
 
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It depends on the axis of rotation, I'd say.

Along the axis of the track, it is an inversion. You make a full, heartline-centered, barrel roll.

In the vertical plane parallel to the track, you'd be dangerously close to that 160 degree criterion Furie posted. Your head is the lowest point of your body, for sure, but I don't think it's quite enough to be an inversion in that plane.

I'd class it as a semi-inversion. We know from the "cred or not" debates that there should always be a grey zone. This should also go for inversions. You class it as an inversion for most uses and purposes, but if asked by a nit-picker how many inversions you've done, you can say "X proper and Y debatable", hopefully rendering him silent.
 
The spike is officially registered as a 45 degree element - not within the inversion zone.
 
Thing is though, inversions like an incline loop are just steeper overbanks, doesn't fit into the accepted inverted rotation and its considered an inversion... I don't get that one, its a bit of a mix n match rule :/
 
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