EagleFan344 Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I think it is simply because the track inverts.
bgwfreak Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 If my body goes from an upright position, to upside down...then it is an inversion. The only time it's not, is like the 1/2 loops on the Vekoma flying dutchmans. Borg is only 5 inversions, but Carowinds said it had 8 because they counted each 1/2 inversion. If you don't count an inline as an inversion, they you shouldn't count an Immellmann as one either.
IceDragon Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I think it does count as an inversion. As long as it goes upside down (if the ride was a normal sit-down), it counts. Well then if you count it like that inverted coasters are all one big inversion except for the parts that actually make riders go upside down I guess I didn't make myself clear... I really can't describe it... It's perfect in my head, but it sounds crap outside... Basically, if the trains flip either 180 or 360 degrees from how it was originated (i.e. if it was facing down, then it went through the inline so it was facing up) it counts.
TPDave Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Techncally, you are inverted on a horizontal axis, so it's an inversion on the ride, not necessarily of the rider. That makes no sense, but think about it...
IceDragon Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 Techncally, you are inverted on a horizontal axis, so it's an inversion on the ride, not necessarily of the rider. That makes no sense, but think about it... That's what I was trying to explain... Cheers!
cobra_roll06 Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I'm stuck in the middle of the two. From a rollercoaster point of view it is an inversion, but from the riders perspective it's not. Does that make sense?
FeelTheFORCE Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I think inline twists do not count as an inversion on a flying coaster, but on a sit-down (or stand up) coaster, they do. I consider a pretzel loop to be an inversion.
coasterdude5 Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 I think they count as an inversion in this case. Your body is "inverted", just not vertically. I'm not sure though, but in my books it is an inversion.
Janster Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 What's the big deal here?!? Why do you want to lumb this either into the category "inversion" or "not an inversion"? It's is an inline twist in a flying coaster. PERIOD.
robbalvey Posted July 16, 2007 Posted July 16, 2007 This debate is WAAAAY too coaster dorky and pointless to keep it going on. For the record we at TPR say it's an inversion. Watch any video of a flying coaster and when you go through the element the world goes upside down. That's good enough for me. If you want to disagree, that's fine, but I think this discussion needs to end now before my head explodes. --Robb "Thread closed." Alvey EDIT: I added a couple of clips from Tatsu's B-Roll supplied by the park. How is that NOT considered an inversion? Yeah...thought so! tatsu_roll.wmv
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