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Post March 29th, 2015, 8:35 pm

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Okay, so please freely share your favorite element on a rollercoaster. It can be any element from any coaster from any manufacturer, or even just your favorite element to use in NoLimits 2 / NoLimits 1 / Theme Park Studio / Hyper Rails / Scream Machines / RollerCoaster Tycoon 1/2/3 / Ultimate Rollercoaster / Google SketchUp or whatever CAD program / simulator / video game you use! You don't have to give an example, but you can :)

Okay, for me my favorite element is a slow heartline roll, but I also like floater hills.
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Zero-g rolls!

I also love loops on wingriders.
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El Toro's airtime hill is the best, followed by Magnum's coat hangers, Maverick's first hill, and Batman's loop.
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Outward facing airtime

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El Toro's airtime hill is the best, followed by Magnum's coat hangers, Maverick's first hill, and Batman's loop.


I heard the airtime there was INSANE that is was like getting catapulted from your seat into the stratosphere.
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nerdygeeknl2 wrote:
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El Toro's airtime hill is the best, followed by Magnum's coat hangers, Maverick's first hill, and Batman's loop.


I heard the airtime there was INSANE that is was like getting catapulted from your seat into the stratosphere.


Specifically, the airtime hill right before the S-turns is incredibly strong. I'd wager about -1.8 Gs.

One of my all time favorite elements was the inverted top hat from the Batman side of Chiller.


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First drop on tatsu, x2 and goliath. The vertical loop on full throttle is pretty effing insane.
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X2's first 185ft raven turn is the best element I have ever experienced on a coaster, followed by Skyrush's lift hill and ejector first drop.
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Powerful launches. The airtime hill after the top-hat on Helix (Liseberg). And I love high G turns/helixes.
Of course loops/corkscrews/zero G rolls/ heart line rolls are fun to.

I like to make zero g rolls in NL2.
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Non-inversions:
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Really powerful launches.
And Really powerful airtime hills.

Essentially, if they built a hydraulic launch Intamin pre-fab woodie somewhere, it would probably be my favourite coaster in the world.

Further to the earlier comments; El Toro's airtime hills specifically, are my favourite. Absolutely incredible.

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My favorite coaster element would be a tie between Goliath's (SFGAm) drop and Manta's (SWO) pretzel loop.


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The directional change on Atlantis Adventure, right here. It's a lot more intense than you think; there's floater airtime during the banking transition as you come out of the building, but suddenly there's this tight-radius left-hand turn taken at high speed back into the darkness, pulling some pretty strong Gs. It's full of forces you'd never expect just by watching onride POV videos, and it's easily the biggest surprise of the ride for me.

Also the entire first part of T Express is the standard every single roller coaster out there that is built to be the best should be compared with. (That's not to say the 2nd part isn't anything short of amazing either, but that opening act is just perfect.) Sustained ejector airtime during the drop and the succeeding airtime hill, and the sustained speed during the flat turn that comes afterward is breathtaking. Absolutely phenomenal.
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I'm a big fan of dive loops and any hill that really gives you a kick in the ass like the triangle hills at the end of Magnum.
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Hmmm... I think I gotta say the first raven turn on Eejanaika and Dinoconda. It's completely different than X2's since it has a backflip which makes it so much better. Also Dodonpa's 2,7g launch is absolutely insane as well that's it's somewhere at the top of my favorites. Although a good airtime hill or zero G roll can make me just as happy. :)
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Pretzel loop on Tatsu <3
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TTD launch, El Toro back row airtime, and Tatsu Pretzel loop


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2nd drop on Phantom's Revenge and Fahrenheit's Norwegian Loop in the back seat :)


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I love Intamin's airtime hill (0g version, not ejector air type) that seems to be on a par with B&M Vertical Loop! Weightlessness that lasts for almost or over 3 seconds on both coasters. Time for heaven! 8-)
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Titan's first 540 degree helix, New Texas Giant's back seat ejector airtime, Shockwave's consecutive loops, as well as Shockwave's random bursts of airtime

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X2's first drop and final raven turn, Tatsu's pretzel loop, goliath's helix (sfmm), xcelerator's launch
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Actually mine's a little different. Very long and drawn out hills. Feeling the speed and wind pick up ever so gradually as you can literally see the build up gain barreling towards you (see Revolution at SFMM).

Second favorite probably the Norwegian Loop.
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Actually mine's a little different. Very long and drawn out hills. Feeling the speed and wind pick up ever so gradually as you can literally see the build up gain barreling towards you (see Revolution at SFMM).

Second favorite probably the Norwegian Loop.


oh. wait
no I change my mind that was the best thing ever! (I've ridden Nemmie too recently)
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I've always really loved dive loops. Not sure exactly why, but I do. I remember being really young and looking at pictures from my 2001 CP trip and obsessing over the shaping of Mantis's dive loop. They're cool maneuvers.
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