Yellow Jacket Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 I like the triple down in the tunnel on the Voyage. Not the strongest airtime; but it sets you up perfectly before the longer third drop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterbill Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Â A picture is worth a thousand words... El Toro's OMFG ejector drop over Rolling Thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRHcoasterki Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 ^WOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KI Kidd Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Wooden: Raven's 5th drop. Â Steel: The final airtime hill on Maverick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3Mutts Posted January 31, 2013 Share Posted January 31, 2013 Steel: ALL of Skyrushs hills, Magnum XL 200s return bunny hops and hill right before the turnaround. Â Wood: El Toros first two hills and the Rolling Thunder hill, The Pheonixs ending bunny hops (you FLY out of that seat due to those Buzz Bars! ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WFChris Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 With my limited west coast exposure, my favorite is still "The" Drop on Ghostrider, circa 1999. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mightypotato Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Well, since everyone says El Toro's Rolling Thunder Hill (and they're right...god damn), I put forward Maverick's ejector hill for your consideration. Â Small and unassuming, it packs one heck of a punch. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natertater Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I'd have to go with New Tx Giant. Loads of airtime in the very back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Gumball Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 It's not really an airtime hill but it does deliver a crazy amount of air...being the drop after the barrel roll on Superman Ultimate Flight at SFDK. You are literally being pulled out of your seat the entire trip down but are immediately forced into your seat pretty hard once the track levels out and heads into the non-inverting loop. Yes, my thighs were a bit sore afterwards (after riding it 6 times in a row within the first hour). Â I'm really looking forward to Gold Striker's flyby/speed hill. It is nice and low and the train will pass through it immediately after the initial drop. It should provide a nice bit of floater air in every seat and should also provide some nice head choppers from the overhead frame work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronWolfman Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 I really like the Lakeside Cyclone's first hill in the front seat. Not a particularly forceful hill, but the lack of restraint allows you to come off your seat about 6-12 inches. Â Since I now live near Denver, this is good news. I am officially reassured that there IS a good wooden coaster in Colorado. Â Wood: Cyclops, back seat. Terrifying! Steel: Bizarro was probably the best, even with my bad rides To bad Raging Bull has that trim..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Curt Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Wild Thing at Valleyfair, hands down the 2nd and 3rd hills are huge floater air. If you actually like Wild Thing, then you will love the other Morgans. I pretty much adore all of them except Wild Thing. Â Â Well I am not really a huge fan of the rest of the ride, fairly boring to say the least. The only really fun aspects of the ride are the 2nd and 3rd hills. Â I will have to look into the other Morgans and see if I can get a ride sometime. Â Maverick is my favorite ride at CP and the airtime in it is fantastic, only problem is that the float is over too fast Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randomman295 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Wild Thing at Valleyfair, hands down the 2nd and 3rd hills are huge floater air. If you actually like Wild Thing, then you will love the other Morgans. I pretty much adore all of them except Wild Thing. How could you not like Wild Thing? It's really fun, re-ridable and very enjoyable. And, in the backseat/frontseat, provides many out-of-control and unpredictable pops of airtime. It happens to be #13 on my top coaster list of all time, one spot higher than Millennium Force. Yes, I enjoyed it that much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpengeist04 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 If we are talking just one hill, it would have to be El Toro's hill over Rolling Thunder followed by Bizarro's 3rd hill. Now if we are talking a series of hills, I would say Phoenix and Phantom's Revenge are my favorites. Â I guess it's no wonder why these four coaster, along with Boulder Dash, are my top 5 overall favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viking86 Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 This hill on Wild Train has some wild airtime in the front seat, it slams you into the lapbar. Â Â For personal favorite its definately the first two hills on El Toro + the RT hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eltororider Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 As somebody who has ridden El Toro probably more than most of the people commenting, I can say the RT hill is INSANE! BUT, I think that hill is really overshadowing the first airtime hill right after the big drop. That hill has awesome momentum carrying from the drop and to be honest, I like it just as much, if not more, than the RT hill. I just felt like I should give that hill its respect. I absolutely love both though and they're probably my 2 favorites. I love a lot of airtime hills so if I had to do a top 5 this would probably be it. Â 5. Drop on Maverick (really feel like you're falling out of the seat) Â 4. Last tunnell hill on Magnum XL 200 (Surprise airtime that I love) Â 3. 1st hill on Nitro (best floater airtime by far) Â 2. 1st hill on El Toro (awesome momentum from the drop) Â 1. RT hill on El Toro (way more ejector airtime than you would expect for that part of the ride) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomNick Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Love me some awesome airtime hills! As for my favorites/best ones I've ridden: Â Wooden: 1.) Put another one in the column for El Toro's RT hill. Holy crap is that hill powerful! 2.) Phoenix with it's double-down/double-up combo. Standing air! 3.) El Toro's 1st airtime hill after the 1st drop. 2 hills from the same coaster?? You betcha, and all that copious airtime is the main reason why that incredible creation is firmly planted in my #1 spot, both wooden and overall. Â Honorable Mention - The old school double dip on Kennywood's Jack Rabbit. Super fun with super airtime! Â Steel: 1.) Skyrush. All of them. Holy moses, that airtime is almost unreal! Love, love, LOVE every second of that thing!! 2.) Phantom's Revenge with the back-to-back double downs near the ride's end. Holy ejector airtime, Batman! 3.) Ride of Steel, Darien Lake, 3rd hill. Coming out of the 1st helix, you peel down that straightaway and hit this hill and are catapulted skyward! Â Honorable Mention - 2nd hill on Intimidator 305. Simply awesome, especially towards the front. Â High on my list of coasters I'd call "must get to and ride" that seem to fit this topic - Bizarro @ SFNE, Boulder Dash, Expedition GeForce, New Texas Giant, and any freaking Megalite! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PKI Jizzman Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 Maverick's airtime hills, all of Cornball Express, Thunderhead has many airtime dips, Goliath SFOG's last few bunny hills, Titan's massive sustained airtime hill, and Millenium Force's hill coming back from the island. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Cow Posted February 1, 2013 Share Posted February 1, 2013 The second hill on Speed at Oakwood is pretty OMFG awesome. Â Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SingleRiderCam Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 As I said, the "best airtime hill" thread would move into another thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aceattack52 Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 I heard that Superman at SFMM has somewhere like 7 seconds of airtime at the apex of the climb. Which is amazing because it's quite a lot for one occurrence during the ride. I think that Intimidator at Carowinds has some pretty good airtime on just about every hill. If they didn't trim it it would be that much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voxelmatic Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Wild One's double-up and double-down gives some amazing floater airtime. But for sheer power, it's a tie between El Toro's RT hill and every hill on Skyrush. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Movieguy Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Of the ones I've ridden, Phoenix has by far the best airtime. I didn't even know what good airtime was all about before I rode that thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster_Fanatic Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I-305's first/second drops both have some serious ejector airtime. Â El Toro's "Rolling Thunder Hill" is OMFG AMAZING, with some EXTREME ejector air! Â Nitro has some really nice floater air on every hill too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJLehto Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I-305's first/second drops both have some serious ejector airtime. El Toro's "Rolling Thunder Hill" is OMFG AMAZING, with some EXTREME ejector air!  Nitro has some really nice floater air on every hill too!  100% Yes! Glad someone can appreciate some nice long floater. If its not ejector it gets ridiculed. That hill on ET is vicious! And people bash I305 for little airtime...I never got that. Had my shoulders flying against the restraint.   Anywho, no doubt the best air is Skyrush and El Toro. Skyrush, just damn...that's beyond ejector, that's ripping airtime, just ripping you out of the seat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XYZ Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 I heard that Superman at SFMM has somewhere like 7 seconds of airtime at the apex of the climb. Â It's weightlessness not airtime. The 7 seconds of weightlessness isn't that big of a deal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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