Air Powered Vertical Coaster
Construction
Track consists of steel girders. Trains run on rubber tires to give a smooth ride, with up-stop wheels below.
Special Track Elements
- Banked Curves
- Vertical Track
Vehicles
- Air Powered Coaster Train
- Boomerang Coaster
- Hot Rod Coaster
Pre-built designs
RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- Wings of Apollo
Scenarios
- Vertical Spike (Grand Canyon)
Operating Modes
- Powered launch
Other Info
- The train is launched out of the station using an air-powered launch system. To achieve a comfortable ride, the launch speed should be carefully chosen so the train is travelling at minimum speed over the crest of the hill.
- This ride is called Air Powered Vertical Coaster in both RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2
- This coaster can only have 1 train, even if your station platform is long enough to support two trains.
In Real Life
- The Air Powered Coaster is made by the company S&S (who bought out Arrow Dynamics in 2002). There are two notable roller coasters of this distinct type and they are HyperSonic XLC (abbr. Xtreme Launch Coaster) which was removed in 2007, and Dodonpa (once was the world's fastest roller coaster) in Japan. There have been make overs of the Air powered coaster (all by S&S) and the latest remake was ring°racer in Germany, which reached a top speed of over 130 mph.