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Maurer Söhne will unveil plans at this month’s IAAPA Attractions Expo in Atlanta for a launched version of its Sky Loop rollercoaster. Riders will travel skywards at a constant acceleration of about 1G in X-Car vehicles via the use of an LSM (linear synchronous motor) drive.
This new ride offers not only the world’s highest vertical launch but also the highest inversion.
“Lifting off vertically at more than 25mph hour, patrons will feel like they are on the Space Shuttle as it leaves the launchpad,” says a Maurer spokeperson. Making the experience all the more thrilling will be the open design of the X-Car: Passengers can experience inverted ride elements and negative G, without being held in by shoulder restraints. Instead they will be secured by an ergonomically sophisticated bucket seat and hip bar.
- 10 - 12 September, 2008
FUN EXPO - Las Vegas - 23 - 25 September, 2008
LIW 2008 - Birmingham, UK - 23 - 24 September, 2008
TILEZONE - Lódz, Poland - 27 - 29 September, 2008
IAAPA SUMMER MEETING - Munich, Germany - 30 September - 02 October, 2008
EURO ATTRACTIONS SHOW - Munich, Germany - 16 - 18 October, 2008
SUREXPO - Warsaw, Poland - 29 - 31 October, 2008
INTERSCHAU / TECHNOFOLIES - Stuttgart, Germany - 29 - 30 October, 2008
WWA TRADE SHOW - Las Vegas - 18 - 21 November, 2008
IAAPA ATTRACTIONS EXPO - Orlando, Florida
