Launched Freefall

Construction
The tower is constructed from steel girders and contains large pneumatic cylinders to launch the car upwards.

Approximate Cost
~$800+

Size
3 x 3 tiles

RollerCoaster Tycoon
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Scenarios

 * Blast-Off (Mel's World)
 * Fire Flied (Thunderstorm Park)
 * Power Tower (Megaworld Park)
 * Ice Blast (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)

Build-menu only

 * Escape Hatch

Scenarios

 * Space Shot (Six Flags Holland)
 * Blue Lagoon (Fun at the Beach)

Other information
The Whoa Belly has an additional operating mode, "Downward Launch" (Corkscrew Follies/Added Attractions and onward). This pulls the ride up to the top of the tower and drops it, like the Roto-Drop, but then it "bounces" back up after hitting the bottom.

The ride ratings are glitched when a tower is operating in downward launch mode. The ratings of a tower in downward launch mode are affected by the speed set for the tower's upward launch, even if upward launch mode isn't used. Two downwardly launching towers can be constructed - one up to the height limit and the other as short as possible without crashing - and the two will have identical statistics if both have the same upward speed. If two identical towers are constructed, but one is given the highest possible speed and the other is given the lowest, the two towers will have wildly differing ratings, even when operating in downward mode. The actual height of the tower is irrelevant when determining the ride's ratings.

This ride is called Launched Freefall in the European version of RCT1 and all versions of RCT2.

In real life
The Whoa Belly is modeled after the pneumatic drop/launch towers manufactured by S&S.