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{{Infobox Ride
{{Infobox Ride
|pic=Suspended Coaster.jpg
|pic=High Flier.png
|type=Roller Coaster
|type=Roller Coaster
|descr=A very twisted and nauseating roller coaster, <br> due to the swinging cars.
|descr=A very twisted and nauseating roller coaster, <br> due to the swinging cars.
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===Construction===
===Construction===

Track has a tubular steel spine, connected to the inside edges of tubular steel running rails. Supports are large tubular steel posts. Trains hang underneath the track, swinging freely from a chassis held on by wheels above, below and outside the running rails.
Track has a tubular steel spine, connected to the inside edges of tubular steel running rails. Supports are large tubular steel posts. Trains hang underneath the track, swinging freely from a chassis held on by wheels above, below and outside the running rails.

===Special Track Elements===
===Special Track Elements===

*Helix
*Helix

===Constraints===
===Constraints===

*Maximum Track Slope - 60°
*Maximum Track Slope - 60°
*Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
*Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
*Maximum Height - 105 Feet
*Maximum Height - 105 Feet

===Vehicles===
===Vehicles===

*Suspended Swinging Cars
*Suspended Swinging Cars
*Suspended Swinging Airplane Cars
*Suspended Swinging Airplane Cars
*Suspended Swinging Floorless Cars (RCT2 And RCT3 only)
*Suspended Swinging Floorless Cars (RCT2 And RCT3 only)

===Operating Modes===
===Operating Modes===

*Continuous circuit mode
*Continuous circuit mode

===Other Information===
===Other Information===

A good Suspended Roller Coaster requres plenty of curves and helixes to provide the high lateral G's required to swing the cars.
A good Suspended Roller Coaster requres plenty of curves and helixes to provide the high lateral G's required to swing the cars.

===In Real Life===
===In Real Life===

*This was the first instance of the [[Inverted Roller Coaster]]s now popular among many parks around the world. It was first introduced in the 1980's as a prototype built by Arrow Dynamics. The floorless model of the suspended coaster is made by Vekoma and is still being built today.
*This was the first instance of the [[Inverted Roller Coaster]]s now popular among many parks around the world. It was first introduced in the 1980's as a prototype built by Arrow Dynamics. The floorless model of the suspended coaster is made by Vekoma and is still being built today.
===Photo Gallery===
<gallery captionalign="left">
Suspended Coaster.jpg|Suspended Coaster in [[RCT2]]
</gallery>
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[[Category:Roller Coasters]]
[[Category:Roller Coasters]]