Could a Track Jumping Coaster Be Possible?

[Airtime&Gravity]

I'm surprised the topic has gone on this far. Sure the idea is good, but it could never happen. The reenter would be very painful, the train and track would be destroyed, and it would be an insurance nightmare. Even if possible, it would never happen in America because...well it's America. The closest we'll get to the track jump rill be the tilt coaster or the cantilevered coaster.

[eltorobaby]

^It doesn't hurt to believe that it could happen. Seriously, i bet roller coaster enthusiasts 20-60 years ago never dreamed of coaster as high as Kingda Ka, as good as Expedition G-force, a coaster going above 200 ff, and i bet noone ever dreamed of a coaster as smooth, tall, and as fast as MF. Heck, if you look back far enough when there wasn't any steel coaster, noone could imagine any inverted, floorless or flying coasters. Look where we are now. I'm not saying it's likely to happen anytime in our lfietime's unless technology increases rapdily but it will happen EVENTUALLY.

[Scaparri]

^While you bring up a decent point, it's still rather invalid. It's not like people weren't capable of building a 400 ft coaster back in the day, they just never thought it would happen. Granted, they didn't have the technology to launch a ride back then, but it's not like they didn't have the technology to build a 400ft traditional coaster. It's just nobody ever expected it to get to that point. Hypothetically, they could have easily built a 400 ft traditional coaster. It would have simply been a matter of adding the support to hold such a structure.

 

At the moment, this is without a doubt impossible. There are too many variables; weight, wind, trajectory, weight distribution. Even if you had weights to counter balance the weight of the passengers, those passengers aren't going to stay still. They are going to move, and every movement they make screws up the distribution. Because of this, simply making it to the other side wouldn't be the only worry. The car could likely twist in the air. Wind will only screw this up more.

 

As everybody has said, it's impossible. Stupid question.

 

However, THIS is possible :