charles.hunter Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 At some point (this year or late last year i think) rcdb changed all the corkscrews on B&M batman clones into "wing overs"... wat? It seems no different than any other corkscrews on the other b&m inverts. Wtf is goin on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charles.hunter Posted April 28, 2020 Author Share Posted April 28, 2020 also carowinds lists afterburn as having a "space drop". the only thing i could imagine this applying to is the first drop, which is just a regular drop. guess it just sounds cool in advertising, along with a "flatspin", which i guess is their version of a "wing over" aka a cooler way to say corkscrew. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarmor Posted April 28, 2020 Share Posted April 28, 2020 Wing over = Batwing. Banshee's is not typical. It enter/exits over and under vs side by side. Flat spin = corkscrew. It is also an air maneuver on planes, which some inverted coasters elements come from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Platinum Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 B&M has been known to call what we know commonly as "corkscrews", wingovers. They are interchangeable names, in layman's terms, for the same element. The "space drop" is certainly a marketing buzz-word. The drop provides a weightless experience (like in space), so that's likely where it's derived from. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillseeker4552 Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 I stopped trying to understand how we label inversions long ago. I realized that parks and manufacturers will call them whatever sounds marketable, and trying to distinguish between different types is a headache and, honestly, a waste of time because they are constantly changing! Who cares? Just my two cents... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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