Hobbes
Mega Poster
Why don't flying coasters use traditional vertical loops?
B&M usually use pretzel loops, which are pretty much just vertical loops upside-down. Starry Night Ripper and the Vekoma Flying Dutchmen DO have vertical loops, but they all have a fly-to-lie before the inversion. Why do fliers not just go straight through a loop and have riders face the sky at the apex? Does it have something to do with the forces that make it impossible to do correctly, or do parks just not want normal vertical loops?
B&M usually use pretzel loops, which are pretty much just vertical loops upside-down. Starry Night Ripper and the Vekoma Flying Dutchmen DO have vertical loops, but they all have a fly-to-lie before the inversion. Why do fliers not just go straight through a loop and have riders face the sky at the apex? Does it have something to do with the forces that make it impossible to do correctly, or do parks just not want normal vertical loops?