Steepest Airtime Hill

[Kyle]

It’s a strange question but what is the steepest pure airtime hill? Most B&Ms are around 45 degrees but are there any mental Intamins or Gerstlauers that are closer to 70. It’s hard thing to confirm but was curious

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[Gazza]

New enthusiast debate; when does an airtime hill become a top hat?

This one on Kondaa is pretty steep though

Kondaa - Walibi Belgium (Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium)

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[Tonkso]

New enthusiast debate; when does an airtime hill become a top hat?

This one on Kondaa is pretty steep though

Kondaa - Walibi Belgium (Wavre, Walloon Brabant, Wallonia, Belgium)

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I'd assume verticality. Top hats generally have at least one section of 90 degree track.

I now stand firmly against the barrage of examples otherwise coming rapidly in my direction.

 

[HandsUpPantsDown]

Flucht von Novgorod's airtime hill following the lauch has to be a contender here. I am wondering whether any of the Mack BigDippers can compete?

 

[Rob Coasters]

I reckon it would've been the now-dead top hat on the two S&S airlaunches as apparently you got some deadly ejector on those, plus 90 degrees up and down. Whether or not this can be classified as an 'airtime hill' might be up for debate... but it's a hill that provides airtime.

As for an existing element, the twisted top hats on the intamin launches I guess? But I don't think those would count. Maybe.

 

[Pokemaniac]

Superman Escape straddles the line between airtime hill and top hat, I think:

Superman Escape - Warner Bros. Movie World (Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia)

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[JoshC.]

On the top hat vs airtime hill debate, I think - for me - what classifies something as a top hat is not so much the verticality, but more the twisting involved in the incline/descent.

I reckon it would've been the now-dead top hat on the two S&S airlaunches as apparently you got some deadly ejector on those, plus 90 degrees up and down. Whether or not this can be classified as an 'airtime hill' might be up for debate... but it's a hill that provides airtime.

So yeah, I'd be of the view that these were airtime hills, not top hats. But I guess on this front, it's kinda splitting hairs, and can be argued to not be a "pure airtime hill".


There's certainly no park that has claimed to have the 'steepest airtime hill', I guess in part because it's a very obtuse claim to make, and 'steepest' probably isn't the correct word. So no way to confirm directly in that sense. I think Kondaa is a really good shout if we're ignoring verticality.

 

[Indy]

RIP

 

[Gazza]

I'd assume verticality. Top hats generally have at least one section of 90 degree track.

I now stand firmly against the barrage of examples otherwise coming rapidly in my direction.

Something like this? is it a top hat or an airtime hill?

 

[Nitefly]

 

[Inverting_Thrills]

Skyrocket at Kennywood a contender depending on what you consider a top hat.

 

[Crazycoaster]

This question becomes moot if top hats are included, it’s like asking what has more inversions, a single vertical loop or a single corkscrew?

 

[Hyde]

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Something like this? is it a top hat or an airtime hill?

Yeah, I was thinking something like that, or Maverick's front-half airtime hill. Top hats, etc. do straddle both "airtime hill" and "other element" territory like folks are saying.