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#1 Maxwell58

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 08:44 PM

What's your favorite part(s) of a rollercoaster? What makes a coaster good in your opinion?

Mine are Headchoppers and Airhills.

Headchoppers scare the living hell out of me even if I've ridden the same coaster and seen the same headchopper 50 times.

Airhills are just plain awesome. Everybody likes those.

What elements do you guys like?

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#2 IOAgeek

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 08:47 PM

I think zero g rolls and barrels rolls very twisty and fun to go upside down on like on Hulk and Chettah Hunt. Batwings are cool to and are unique like on Montu!


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Posted 26 August 2012 - 09:31 PM

My favorite is the immelmann just because its fun.

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 10:28 PM

Out of all the elements I've experienced, I would say batwings are my favorite.

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 10:52 PM

Pretzel loops are probably the most intense single element I've experienced. Launches too.


#6 Old_Hag

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Posted 26 August 2012 - 11:39 PM

Cable lifts, hydraulic launches and ejector air hills are the best.


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Posted 27 August 2012 - 12:15 AM

Norwegian loops are fun! But I've only been on one, so zero g rolls are my favorite.


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Posted 27 August 2012 - 01:02 AM

I think my favorite element is an ejector airtime hill, a nice 2nd place would be a forceful helix, and on 3rd place i would choose a fast accelerating launch :)

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#9 Helmut

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 05:03 AM

Huge drops and airtime hills. I am sure there are more awesome elements but I haven't experienced them yet.

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#10 maarten12

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 05:16 AM

Launch. Or a top hat... I'm not really sure, but the combination of these two is absolutely my favorite :).

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#11 LaMbChOpZ

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 06:27 AM

Lift hill-launch combo: Skyrush's lift hill - That thing is crazy fast and super fun to be on.

Stengel Dives - Only been on 1, but that is my 2nd favorite element on Skyrush (aside from the lift hill). The air hills are intense, but not my favorite part.

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#12 Chubs33

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 08:44 AM

The Triple-Up on Boulder Dash, Tatsu's Pretzel Loop, Kingda Ka's Launch, Xcelerator's Launch, every airhill on Diamondback or Goliath.

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Posted 27 August 2012 - 09:11 PM

i love cobra rolls, dunno what it is but i love riding raptor because of it


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Posted 28 August 2012 - 10:12 PM

0-g roll, especially when they roll slowly. Patriot's is the single best inversion I've experienced.

Goliath's helix, Leviathan's drop, Skyrush's drop, Toro's ejector hill, and Dragster's launch are more of my favorite elements as well.

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#15 Jplaz

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Posted 28 August 2012 - 11:50 PM

Kingda Ka's launch, Pretzel Loops on flying coasters, and El Toro's drop.

EDIT: Oh, and Hydra's jojo roll. That thing is awesome. Also, whatever the first element on X2 is called.

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 09:51 AM

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Loops that are slow on the top or just gigantic and pretzel. Slow corkscrews(zero g, inline twist, arrow)or extremely fast ones, fast whipping turns, ejector air hills, drops like I305,Mav,MForce, and I just got bored.


#17 Chubs33

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Posted 29 August 2012 - 10:10 AM

I forgot to mention the loops on Vekoma Flying Dutchmans... I love those things. Such unique elements.

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 02:30 PM

Anything on flying coaster is my favourite element. Went on Air at Alton Towers and loved it. Would have gone on it so many times if the queue wasn't so long. I guess other people liked it too.

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#19 RidesByDaan

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 02:54 PM

I got a quite unique favorite element, wich one it is I wont tell you yet. If you watch my new coaster ( http://www.sscoaster...9-2012-a-14856/ ) you will see the element. Im sure its never been build because I aks gump and he told me no one did try to buy it before ^^


#20 The Stig

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Posted 03 September 2012 - 04:40 PM

Flight Deck coming into the brake run sideways, Mamba's giant headchopping helix, Mr. Freeze's top hat hang-time, and the diving turnaround thing after Georgia Scorcher's loop are among my favorites.

I really want to experience a Stengel and a Norwegian Loop. Those look awesome.