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Construction

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

Vehicles

RCT2 Icon

Launched Freefall
(Launched Freefall)
RollerCoaster Tycoon 1

Pre-built designs

RollerCoaster Tycoon

-Nil-

Scenarios

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

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Build-menu only

Escape Hatch

Scenarios

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

Other information

The Launched Freefall has an additional operating mode, "Downward Launch" (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 is fixed in OpenRCT2.
This ride is called Whoa Belly in the American version of RCT1.

In real life

The Launched Freefall is modeled after the pneumatic drop/launch towers manufactured by S&S.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 Rides and Attractions
Transport	Chairlift • Lift • Miniature Railway • Monorail • Suspended Monorail • Trams
Gentle	Car Ride • Circus • Crooked House • Dodgems • Ferris Wheel • Flying Saucers • Ghost Train • Haunted House • Maze • Merry-Go-Round • Mini Golf • Mini Helicopters • Monorail Cycles • Monster Trucks • Observation Tower • Space Rings • Spiral Slide
Roller Coasters	Air Powered Vertical Coaster • Bobsleigh Coaster • Compact Inverted Coaster • Corkscrew Roller Coaster • Flying Roller Coaster • Giga Coaster • Heartline Twister Coaster • Hyper Twister Coaster • Hypercoaster • Inverted Hairpin Coaster • Inverted Impulse Coaster • Inverted Roller Coaster • Junior Roller Coaster • LIM Launched Roller Coaster • Lay-down Roller Coaster • Looping Roller Coaster • Mine Ride • Mine Train Coaster • Mini Roller Coaster • Mini Suspended Coaster • Multi-Dimension Roller Coaster • Reverse Freefall Coaster • Reverser Roller Coaster • Side-Friction Roller Coaster • Spinning Wild Mouse • Spiral Roller Coaster • Stand-up Roller Coaster • Twister Roller Coaster • Steel Mini Roller Coaster • Steel Wild Mouse • Steeplechase • Suspended Swinging Coaster • Vertical Drop Roller Coaster • Virginia Reel • Water Coaster • Wooden Roller Coaster • Wooden Wild Mouse
Thrill	3D Cinema • Enterprise • Go Karts • Launched Freefall • Magic Carpet • Motion Simulator • Pirate Ship • Roto-Drop • Swinging Inverter Ship • Top Spin • Twist
Water	Boat Hire • Dinghy Slide • Log Flume • River Rafts • River Rapids • Splash Boats • Submarine Ride
Shops & Stalls	Art Deco Food Stall • Balloon Stall • Beef Noodles Stall • Burger Bar • Candyfloss Stall • Cash Machine • Chicken Nuggets Stall • Chip Shop • Chips Stall • Coffee Shop • Cookie Shop • Doughnut Shop • Drinks Stall • First Aid Room • Flower Power T-Shirts • Fried Chicken Stall • Fried Rice Noodles Stall • Fruity Ices Stall • Funnel Cake Shop • Hat Stall • Hot Chocolate Stall • Hot Dog Stall • Iced Tea Stall • Information Kiosk • Lemonade Market Stall • Lemonade Stall • Meatball Soup Stall • Moon Juice • Neptune's Seafood Stall • Pizza Stall • Popcorn Stall • Pretzel Stall • Roast Sausage Stall • Star Fruit Drink Stall • Sea Food Stall • Soft Toy Stall • Souvenir Stall • Soybean Milk Stall • Sub Sandwich Stall • Sujeonggwa Stall • Sunglasses Stall • T-Shirt Stall • Toffee Apple Market Stall • Toffee Apple Stall • Toilets • Witches Brew Soup • Wonton Soup Stall

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 {{Infobox Ride
+|RCT1=Launched Freefall
- |pic=WhoaBelly.jpg
+|RCT2=Launched Freefall
- |type=Thrill Ride
+|type=Thrill Ride
- |descr=An intense, nauseating, and short thrill ride <br> involving launching the car upwards followed <br> by the car free-falling back to the staion.
+|descr=An intense, nauseating, and short thrill ride <br> involving launching the car upwards followed <br> by the car free-falling back to the staion.
- |cost=800+
+|cost=800+
- |size=3x3
+|size=3x3
- |game=[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]], [[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]], <br> [[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]
+|game=[[RollerCoaster Tycoon]]<br>[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 2]]<br>[[RollerCoaster Tycoon 3]]
-}}
+|maxcap = 8 passengers}}
 ===Construction===
 The tower is constructed from steel girders and contains large pneumatic cylinders to launch the car upwards.
-===Approximate Cost===
+===Vehicles===
+<div class="ridebox-list">
-$800 upwards
+{{Ridebox2D|Launched Freefall|RCT2}}
+</div>
-===Size===
+===Pre-built designs===
+====RollerCoaster Tycoon====
-x 3 tiles
+-Nil-
+=====Scenarios=====
+*Blast-Off ([[Mel's World]])
+*Fire Flied ([[Thunderstorm Park]])
+*Power Tower ([[Megaworld Park]])
+*Ice Blast ([[Blackpool Pleasure Beach]])
+====RollerCoaster Tycoon 2====
+=====Build-menu only=====
+*Escape Hatch
+=====Scenarios=====
+*Space Shot ([[Six Flags Holland]])
+*Blue Lagoon ([[Fun at the Beach]])
+===Other information===
+* The Launched Freefall has an additional operating mode, "Downward Launch" ([[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|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 is fixed in [[OpenRCT2]].
+* This ride is called Whoa Belly in the American version of [[RCT1]].
-===Other Information===
+===In real life===
+The Launched Freefall is modeled after the pneumatic drop/launch towers manufactured by S&S.
-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.
+{{RollerCoaster Tycoon Rides & Attractions 2D}}
-This ride is called Launched Freefall in both [[RCT2]] and [[RCT3]].
 [[Category:Thrill Rides]]
+[[Category:Rides]]
+[[Category:Attractions]]
+[[Category:Thrill Rides in RCT2]]
+[[Category:Thrill Rides in RCT3]]