Roller Coaster Design

[SirNim]

Just curious, but does anybody know if technology exists (or if there have been either rumors or ideas like this before) that would allow a seemingly "standard" rollercoaster car to, mid-ride, hook up to inverted tracks and leave the bottom tracks in a mild fashion, to create the impression of flying? I've gotten these ideas for an indoor rollercoaster using this technology and I don't know where the idea came from. It could've been sparked by some Disney rumors, for all I know. Just wondering...

 

[FigmentDream]

I think that this type of technolgy was the orginal concept or alteast rumored concept for Fire Mountain

 

[SirNim]

That's where it came from - thanks.

 

[Katherine]

Sounds like an awesome idea!Don't know if it's possible, but definantly very cool!

 

[Testtrack321]

Not right now. I've come up with some possible scenarios for the car transformation, but the most probable would be a helix manuver when the vehile stays put and an outer frame spins to below/above the track.

 

[jmarc63]

I think conceptually it sounds cool but I think there could be too many engineering nightmares to facilate it in reality as well as if it could be done safely .

 

[juan]

it possible and rather simple
have the train go into an inversion
while upside down, the coaster underbelly hits a switch which releases the car pod causing it to flip over, thus becoming inverted

 

[TheOneVader]

I would really like to see a ride design like that. It would be fun to become dangling in the middle. I would be possible, just have a track on top and bottom. The top track will slde into the top track and the bottom will just stop.

 

[jmarc63]

Originally posted by juan
it possible and rather simple
have the train go into an inversion
while upside down, the coaster underbelly hits a switch which releases the car pod causing it to flip over, thus becoming inverted

If the wheel trolly was independant from the car and the car was connected by a pivot of some kind while still being secure to the wheel trolly and it would allow it to rotate it could work.