Olympia Looping
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Olympia Looping | |
Location | Portable |
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Type | Steel |
Manufacturer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
Designer | Werner Stengel |
Lift/launch system | Drive tire lift hill |
Height | 107 feet (32.6 m) |
Drop | 88 feet (26.8 m) |
Length | 4,101 feet (1,250 m) |
Max speed | 52 mile per hour (83.7 km/h) |
Inversions | 5 |
Duration | 1:45 |
Max Vertical Angle | 52 degrees |
Max G force | 5.2 |
Olympia Looping is a portable steel roller coaster built by Anton Schwarzkopf. It is the largest portable roller coaster in the world, and the only one with 5 loops. It appears at many carnivals in Germany, most notably the Oktoberfest. Olympia Looping is named for its 5 vertical loops, which resemble the olympic rings. These loops are circular (as opposed to the clothoid-shaped loops on most roller coasters) so they exert unusually high g-forces on the passengers. The entire structure weighs 875 tons and requires a space 85 meters wide by 36 meters deep.
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