Batwing

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For the Batman vehicle, see Batplane.

For the roller coaster at Six Flags America, see Batwing (roller coaster).

For the ride at Warner Bros. Movie World, see Batwing Spaceshot.

A batwing is a heart-shaped roller coaster inversion that turns riders upside down twice. The train goes into a mini-diving loop, followed by a mini-Immelmann. This inversion is the inverse of a cobra roll.

Like other inversions, the batwing has different names depending on the manufacturer. This element is called a “batwing” on B & M coasters, such as Top Gun: The Jet Coaster at Carowinds. On Arrow Dynamics coasters, such as Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure, it is called a boomerang. The first roller coaster to use this element was Orient Express at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. The ride was also the second roller coaster to have "Interlocking Loops" where two vertical loop elements are threaded through each other. The ride was demolished after the 2003 season.