Inverted Coaster (B&M model)

Inverted Coaster
Katun's vertical loop at Mirabilandia in Italy.
Status	In Production
First manufactured	1992
No. of installations	32
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Vehicle type	Floorless seats located bellow the track
Rows	8
Riders per row	4
Restraint Style	Over-the-shoulder/Vest restraint
Inverted Coaster [1] at RCDB

Inverted Coaster is a model line from Bolliger & Mabillard. It has produced 32 models 28 years of production, the most successful model produced by the company.

History

The first installation was Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America, which was also the first inverted roller coaster. This roller coaster was what put Bolliger & Mabillard on the map as a household name in the Amusement ride world. This was their third roller coaster after producing two Stand-Up coasters which were given good reviews. It was so popular that other manufacturers took on their own designs of the coaster model.

In 1999, with the opening of Universal's Islands Of Adventure, B&M created its first and only pair of dueling coasters. However, in 2017, the ride closed to make way for a Harry Potter themed attractions to fit the theme of a film based park.

Design

B&M style inverted roller coaster car.

The design never really varies from park to park, where ride vehicles are arranged in 8 rows of 4 seats meaning overall 32 people fit on the train. Each ride car is 4 seats in one row.

Inversions found on B&M Inverts are: Corkscrews (with 52), Vertical Loops (with 46), Zero G Rolls (with 33), Immelmanns (with 11), Cobra Rolls (with 8), The Dive Loop (with 2), one Pretzel Knot and one Inline Twist.

Each coaster of the model have 2 or 3 trains. You tend to find 2 on smaller versions and on the Batman clones. 3 trains are found on larger versions of the roller coaster. Banshee opened in 2014 and is the first and currently only installation to use Bolliger & Mabillard's vest harnesses. Previous installations all use over-the-shoulder harnesses. The same year, the first Bolliger & Mabillard family inverted roller coaster opened, however these are a separate product: the Family Coaster. After 7 years Monster at Gröna Lund was built being the second B&M Invert with vest restraints.

Layout

Batman clones

There have been 12 clones of this version. The layout follows:

Elements

● Chain lift hill ● Vertical loop ● Zero-g roll ● Vertical loop ● Corkscrew ● Final Brake run

Raptor clones

There have been 2 clones of this version. The layout follows:

Elements

● Chain lift hill ● Vertical loop ● Zero-g roll ● Cobra roll ● Mid-course Brake run ● Corkscrew ● Corkscrew ● Final Brake run

Installations

Some B&M Inverts

Batman: The Ride at Six Flags Great America, the first B&M Invert

Nemesis at Alton Towers

Alpengeist at Busch Gardens Williamsburg

Dragon Challenge at Universal's Islands of Adventure

Black Mamba at Phantasialand

Phaethon at Gyeongju World

Banshee at Kings Island

Name	Park	Country	Layout	Opened	Status	RCDb
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Great America	USA	Batman	May 9, 1992	Operating
Flight Deck	California's Great America	USA	Custom	March 19, 1993	Operating
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Great Adventure	USA	Batman	May 1, 1993	Operating
Nemesis	Alton Towers	UK	Custom	March 19, 1994	Operating
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Magic Mountain	USA	Batman	March 26, 1994	Operating
Raptor	Cedar Point	USA	Raptor	May 7, 1994	Operating
Diavlo	Himeji Central Park	Japan	Batman	July 1994	Operating
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	Batman (mirror)	April 22, 1995	Operating
Montu	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	Custom	May 16, 1996	Operating
Pyrenees	Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village	Japan	Custom	1997	Operating
The Great White	SeaWorld San Antonio	USA	Batman	February 1997	Operating
Alpengeist	Busch Gardens Williamsburg	USA	Custom	March 22, 1997	Operating
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Over Georgia	USA	Batman	May 3, 1997	Operating
Great Bear	Hersheypark	USA	Custom	May 23, 1998	Operating
Afterburn	Carowinds	USA	Custom	March 20, 1999	Operating
Batman: The Ride	Six Flags Over Texas	USA	Batman	May 26, 1999	Operating
Dragon Challenge	Universal's Islands of Adventure	USA	Custom	May 28, 1999	Closed September 4, 2017
Katun	Mirabilandia	Italy	Custom	April 1, 2000	Operating
Talon	Dorney Park	USA	Custom	May 5, 2001	Operating
Batman: Arkham Asylum	Parque Warner Madrid	Spain	Batman	April 6, 2002	Operating
Le Vampire	La Ronde	Canada	Batman (mirror)	May 18, 2002	Operating
Nemesis Inferno	Thorpe Park	UK	Custom	April 5, 2003	Operating
Lightning	Kuwait Entertainment City	Kuwait	Batman	2004	SBNO, closed June 5, 2016
Silver Bullet	Knott's Berry Farm	USA	Custom	December 7, 2004	Operating
Patriot	Worlds of Fun	USA	Custom	April 8, 2006	Operating
Black Mamba	Phantasialand	Germany	Custom	May 24, 2006	Operating
Phaethon	Gyeongju World	South Korea	Custom	May 5, 2007	Operating
Goliath Formerly Batman The Ride Formerly Gambit	Six Flags Fiesta Texas Six Flags New Orleans Thrill Valley	USA USA Japan	Batman (mirror)	April 18, 2008 April 12, 2003 1995	Operating Closed August 21, 2005 Closed May 6, 2002
The Monster Formerly Orochi	Walygator Parc Expoland	France Japan	Raptor	July 9, 2010}} 1996	Operating Closed December 9, 2007
OzIris	Parc Astérix	France	Custom	April 7, 2012	Operating
Banshee	Kings Island	USA	Custom	April 18, 2014	Operating
Monster	Gröna Lund	Sweden	Custom	2021	Under construction

Records

	Tallest inverted roller coaster	Fastest inverted roller coaster	Longest inverted roller coaster
1992	Batman: The Ride (Six Flags Great America)	Batman: The Ride (Six Flags Great America)	Batman: The Ride (Six Flags Great America)
1993
1994	Raptor (Cedar Point)	Raptor (Cedar Point)	Raptor (Cedar Point)
1995
1996	Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa)	Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa)	Montu (Busch Gardens Tampa)
1997	Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)	Alpengeist (Busch Gardens Williamsburg)	Pyrenees (Parque Espana-Shima Spain Village)
1998		Record Held by Intamin
1999
2000
2001
2002	Record Held by Intamin
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014			Banshee (Kings Island)
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020

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