what tf is a "wing over"

[charles.hunter]

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?

[charles.hunter]

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.

[jarmor]

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.

[Platinum]

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.

[thrillseeker4552]

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...