Spiral Roller Coaster

Spiral Roller Coaster
Type:	Roller Coaster
Description:	A compact tracked steel roller coaster with a spiral lift hill and cars with in line seating.
Cost:	£-$2,650
Size:	Medium - Large (variable)
Appearance:	RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

Construction

Track has a spiral lift hill and a tubular steel spine, connected to the inside edges of tubular steel running rails. Supports are large tubular steel posts. Trains are held on the track by wheels above, below, and outside the running rails.

Special Track Elements

• Curved Lift Hill
• Banked Helix

Constraints

• Banked curves - 50° banking
• Maximum height above ground - 140 ft

Variations

• Rhino Ride (Wacky Worlds)
• Battering Ram Coaster (Time Twister)

Vehicles

RCT2 Icon Spiral Roller Coaster (Spiral Roller Coaster) RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

RCT2 Icon Battering Ram Coaster (Spiral Roller Coaster) Time Twister

RCT2 Icon Rhino Ride (Spiral Roller Coaster) Wacky Worlds

Pre-built designs

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2

Build menu only

• Percolator
• Siege Breaker
• Twisty Towers
• Wicked Whizzer

Other Information

• Gives a very smooth ride, and allows the design of long, fast & twisted track layouts, but no ride restraints.
• Is similar to a Mini Roller Coaster in design.

In Real Life

• Schwarzkopf designs the spiral roller coaster in these designs: Jet Star 2, Jumbo Jet, & Speedracer.
• In Six Flags Great America (Chicago) there is a spiral roller coaster called Whizzer, which has been around since the park's opening in 1976.

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