Batwing element on Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
Batwing
An element seen on roller coasters like Montu where the train navigates a dive loop directly into an immelman. The riders come out facing the opposite direction they entered at.
Bent Cuban Eight
An element created by Maurer Sohne where the train enters an inversion similiar to a vertical loop, except it exits directly to the side, then goes directly in an immelman.
Boomerang
The Vekoma or Arrow Dynamics version of a Cobra Roll.
Bowtie
Similar to a batwing, but instead, the riders exit the element going the same direction in which they entered.
Bent Cuban Eight element on G Force at Drayton Manor Park
Butterfly
It is a half corkscrew entrance, half loop, half loop, then another half corkscrew which makes the exit. The entrance and exit half corkscrews overlap so as to provide a head-chopper effect.
C Camelback Half-Twist
This inversion found on B&M Flying Coasters is similar to a camelback twist, or zero-g roll, however the train exits this inversion on the opposite side of the track to which it enters
Camelback Twist/Zero-G Roll
This is the Intamin version of an inline twist. The track rotates 360 degress in a straight line around the rider's heartline so that they feel weightless.
Cobra Loop
An inversion developed by Intamin. This is basically half a cobra roll, with a gentle dive out from the upside-down section.
Cobra Loop element as seen on Hershey Park's Storm Runner
Cobra Roll
The cobra roll is a double inversion element that is most widely seen on Boomerang coasters and B&M coasters. It consists of a half loop entry, a half corkscrew, followed by another half corkscrew and then a half loop exit. The riders are turned upside down twice in rapid succession and exit the element going the opposite way that they entered.
Corkscrew
The corkscrew is a variation of the loop. It would be as if a loop was taken and the exit was stretched in a lateral direction. It turns the riders upside down while turning them approximately 90 degrees at the apex, only to return them to the same direction of the entrance for the exit.
Cutback
Similar to a corkscrew, but with the second half reversed so the riders exit the opposite direction in which they entered. Looks like an overbank turn that is inverted fully at the top.
Corkscrew elements on Cedar Point's Corkscrew & Six Flags New England's Batman: The Dark Knight
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Dive Loop on Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain
Diving Loop
A diving loop is the opposite of an Immelman Loop. The rider is talking up through a large half-corkscrew entrance and then is brought down through a large half loop exit so that they have turned about 90 degrees.
F Flying Snake Dive
An inversion seen on Hersheypark's Storm Runner in which the riders are turned upside down through one zero-g roll, then again through another half zero-g roll, then are thrust down into a vertical drop. Riders exit the inversion 90 degrees to the left or right of the direction which they entered at.
H Heartline Loop
A standard inversion on Vekoma Suspended Looping Coasters. Looks like the outline of a heart, consisting of a half-loop, a twist and another half loop.
Heartline Roll
The track rotates 360 degress in a straight line around the rider's heartline so that they feel weightless.
I Immelman Loop
An immelman is most widely seen on B&M inverted coasters. It consists of a half loop entrance to a large zero-g roll/corkscrew exit. The exit is a large dive that brings the riders back almost the opposite way that they entered the element in.
This Immelman is one of two on Griffon, at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.
Incline Loop
Also known as an oblique loop. This element is esentially a vertical loop tipped a bit on it's side. At the top, the riders aren't directly inverted, but are at about 160 degrees.
Inline Twist
The track rotates 360 degress in a straight line around the rider's heartline so that they feel weightless.
O Oblique Loop
Also known as an Incline loop. This element is esentially a vertical loop tipped a bit on it's side. At the top, the riders aren't directly inverted, but are at about 160 degrees.
P Parallel Loops
A set of Vertical Loops positioned Parallel to each other. Often seen on roller coasters designed by Anton Schwartzkopf.
Pretzel Loop
This inversion is seen only on B&M flying coasters. The riders enter the inversion in the flying position, go into a downward half loop which turns the riders onto their back, then go back up into another half loop. The riders exit the inversion the same direction they enetered it at and in the flying position. The Pretzel loop was first designed by Arrow Dynamics for Moonsault Scramble in Japan. Moonsault Scramble has been since removed.
Prezel Loop on Six Flags Over Georgia's Superman: Ultimate Flight & Six Flags Magic Mountain's Tatsu.
R Raven Turn
A raven turn is only seen on one type of coaster: the 4-D. Invented with the debut of X, a raven turn is either a half loop entrance and inverted drop exit or a non-inverted entrance hill into a half loop that exits inverted. During this element, the seats can rotate different ways to give riders different perspectives of the surroundings around them.
Ravine Turn on X, at Six Flags Magic Mountain.
S Sea Serpent Roll
A sea serpent roll is cobra roll with the second corkscrew going the other direction. The riders exit going the direction that they entered.
Sidewinder
The first half of a boomerang element.
T Top Hat
An inversion seen on Mr. Freeze by Premier. The riders ascend a vertical section of track, twist approximately 90 degrees, navigate through a half loop, twist back down approximately 90 degress, then pull out of the drop. The riders exit about the opposite direction that they entered at.
Twisting Dive
An inversion that starts with an inline twist and finishes with a half-loop dive downwards. This inversion is featured on Mystery Mine at Dollywood and Manhatten Express, at the New York, Newyork hotel.
Left: Twisting Dive on Mystery Mine at Dollywood. Right: Twisting Dive on Manhattan Express, located at the New York, New York hotel in Las Vegas.
V Vertical Loop
The vertical loops is the most popular and most basic inversion element used on coasters today. It consists of a straight entry, full inversion, and an exit facing the same direction as the entry. If viewed from the side, it would look like an upside down raindrop.
W Wraparound Corkscrew
An element designed by Arrow Dynamics similar to the corkscrew built into the first drop of Drachen Fire at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. Drachen Fire was the only coaster to be designed with this element and has since been removed from the park.
Z Zero-G Roll/Camelback Twist
This is the Intamin version of an inline twist. The track rotates 360 degress in a straight line around the rider's heartline so that they feel weightless.
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