Olympia Looping

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Olympia Looping

Location Portable
Type Steel
Manufacturer Anton Schwarzkopf
Designer Werner Stengel
Lift/launch system Drive tire lift hill
Height 110 ft (34 m)
Drop 99 ft (30 m)
Length 4,101 ft (1,250 m)
Max speed 52 mph (84 km/h)
Inversions 5
Duration 1:45
Max vertical angle 52°
Max g-force 5.2
Height restriction 3 ft 9 in (110 cm)

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. Although these loops are clothoid-shaped their shape is closer to circular than the loops on most other roller coasters so they exert unusually high g-forces on the passengers (up to 5.2 g[1]). The entire structure weighs 875 tons and requires a space 85 meters wide by 36 meters deep.

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