Inversions vs. Angle of Descent

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I'm gonna call Steel Hawgs drop a drop. I think that drops should be categorized as conventional and non-conventional. SH has a non-conventional drop since it is braked. I think that a drop without any breaks is a conventional drop.

 

Now when you watch a coaster go over an inversion(it is really easy to see on inverts) you can look at the track and the cars and see that for a split second, on most coasters, there is some complete up-side-down-ness. I think a Cobra Roll that is supposed to be a Cobra Roll, but doesn't completely go up-side-down should be called two inversions anyway, because the element is design to be a Cobra Roll. Therefore the park and designers wanted the element to be an inversion.