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Top 10 Individual Moments of Airtime?

Jarrett

Jarrett

Most Obnoxious Member 2016
We all love a good airtime machine and the sensation of being ripped from your seat, but do you have a top ten dedicated to not coasters as a whole, but just the individual moments of airtime on coasters? There could be a coaster out there that you hate except for one fab, fab burst of negative Gs, this thread is that coaster's time to shine!

10. Kentucky Rumbler's drop in the back
9. El Loco's (Adventuredome) drop
8. Thunderhead's drop off of the high turn
7. Maverick's airtime hill
6. Any hill on Behemoth
5. Voyage's final hill before the spaghetti bowl in the back
4. OMG WHAT THE HECK!!!???? crazy standing airtime on Skyrider
3. Entry into Cheetah Hunt's windcatcher in the front
2. Raven's big drop afterthe lake turn in the back
1. Magnum XL-200's final bunny hills in the ejector seat

Has anybody thought about this other than me? Post your top ten bursts of airtime here!
 
Not really a top ten:

*Devil's Mine, Fort Fun, Backseat first drop. Insane!
*Wild Train, Parc Saint Paul, Backseat First Drop.
*Revolution, Blackpool. What the hell?
*Helix, Liseberg the last hill. right after the inverted tophat. wow.
*Superwhirbel, Holiday Park. Not exactly massive airtime, but there was some and it was good.
*Grand National, Blackpool. The whole way around.
*Superman, Parque Warner. Why does this thing have more airtime in it's first drop when compared to Silver Star!?
*Winjas, Phantasialand. When seated backwards, exiting the lift is an amazing experience.
*Thundercoaster, Tusenfryd. That second drop is worth the slow queue!
*Polar X-plorer, because no one expects Airtime from Zierer <3
*Wild mouses with good brakes (Travelling ones in Germany, the one in Mer du Sable), the big drop can be insane!
*Many more actually, too much to list them all.
 
Haven't really ridden many airtime machines that stick out but second backwards drop on Revolution (BPB) and parts of Grand National. Do dragon's fury and spinball have actual airtime? I haven't been on them in ages so can't remember exactly but those sideways hairpins (do they have an official name?) give you some sort of weird airtime.
 
I haven't ridden many coasters, but I still think I've ridden quite a few decent airtime coasters considering I have such a low count. I'll rank them in order:

10. Troy (back seat): The little twisty bump before the big hill halfway through has a great pop of sudden airtime mixed with some laterals <3
9. Balder (back seat): Front is much superior, but the best moment of airtime on the coaster is the first drop in the back.
8. Sky Scream (front seat): When you launch all the way up and crest the top, you get such a great pop of unexpected airtime!
7. Twister (back seat): Similar to Balder. Superior in the front, but the relatively small first drop packs a lot of punch.
6. Joris en de Draak (back seat): The entire middle section from the double dip until the turnaround is non-stop floater goodness with a great flow and pace.
5. Anubis (front seat): Unexpected pop of wonderful ejector at the top hat. Such a brilliant way to start of the ride after a great launch.
4. Goliath (front seat): The first hill of Goliath in Walibi is still a "wow" moment for me. Excellent once it has warmed up.
3. Silver Star (front seat): The entire ride is airtime goodness. A standout moment is the exit of the helix, because it's so unexpected.
2. Expedition GeForce (back seat): Like Silver Star, the entire ride has great airtime, but the first drop is something else in the back.
1. Helix (front/back seat): Easy winner. The final airtime hill is just pure bliss. Sustained, powerful, gorgeous view and comfy restraints.

Basically, almost my entire top 10 with Sky Scream and Balder in the place of Blue Fire and Black Mamba. Airtime <3
 
Interesting topic. Too hard to order them for me, but these are the ones that come to mind.

Storm Runner: Entering the snake roll thing, you get a big boost of air which is sustained throughout the entire element. One of the best moments of any coaster ever <3
El Toro: First drop in the back. Just ridiculous and actually a little scary.
Expedition GeForce: Obviously the twisted first drop, which is tied with El Toro as my favourite first drop. Though the following airtime hill is equally good.
Piraten: The second twisted airtime in the middle portion of the ride. Really caught me off guard the first time.
Phoenix: The final four hills provide the most fun moments I've ever had on a coaster.
Wild Mouse (BPB): After you've done the first proper airtime hill of the ride, you're once again thrown out of your seat straight into lateral-filled turn. So out of control, I love it!
Shambhala: Another first drop. You feel like your out of your seat for an eternity.
Goliath (WH): I love it when coasters end strong and this coaster ends with three excellent bunny hills each providing very strong ejector.
Megaphobia: May seem like an odd choice, but being so abruptly yanked out of my seat in the bar car on the first drop was shocking (in a good way obviously).
Colorado Adventure: The drop after the second lift. The airtime isn't particularly amazing, but it's a great moment because you're going straight down into a dark tunnel.
Manta (SWO): This was probably the most unexpected. On the front row as you're coming into the pretzel loop, you experience a very weird moment where you're lifted back into the back of seat (away from the restraint). Not sure if it really counts as airtime, but it was a very strange moment; not something I noticed on other pretzel loops.
Dive Machines: Any of the vertical drops have fantastic moments of airtime. Griffon's drop were my most fond memories of this sensation though.

These aren't necessarily the best ten as they're are loads more, but I thought they were worth a mention.
 
Shambhala's first drop, first hill and speed hill.

Balder's first drop, first tunnel drop and the double hills straight after.

Helix's hill over Lisebergbanan.

G-Force's hill after the lift.

Velocity's last bunny hop before the brakes.
 
In no particular order:
Shambhala - pretty much every drop
Helix - The whole way round
Balder - First drop and towards the end
Expetition Everest - the drop out of the mountain
Space Mountain - The whole way round
Wild Mouse BPB - All of the drops
Big Dipper - Over the drops
Grand National - Whole way round
Big Thunder Mountain Railroad - over the drops
White Lightning - First drop

That's all I can think of for now.
 
Goliath(SFGAm)'s hill, back seat.

Any hill on Viper(SFGAm) back row.

All hills on Maverick.

Skyrush's hills, front row, at night.

Mr. Freeze's vertical spike.

That's really all I can think of.
 
3 moments.

Triple down on Jack Rabbit at Kennywood
Boulder Dash triple up
El Toro extreme ejector hill which used to jump over Rolling Thunder


To me, no SINGLE moment jumps instantly to my mind like these 3 rides.
 
Snoo said:
3 moments.

Triple down on Jack Rabbit at Kennywood
Boulder Dash triple up
El Toro extreme ejector hill which used to jump over Rolling Thunder


To me, no SINGLE moment jumps instantly to my mind like these 3 rides.
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+1 and i'd include phoenix's Double up into double down.

Honorable mention to Outlaw Runs wave turn sideways airtime thing
 
*Goliath's (SFGAm) drop in the back row
*Goliath's (SFGAm) ejector airtime hill
*New Texas Giant's ejector hill right before the mid course brake run
*That INSANE 2nd major drop on Cyclops, any seat. I actually put my hands down the first 2 times, wasn't ready for it AT ALL.
*Steel Venom's holding brake
*The final series of bunny hops on Prowler
*Titan's camelback immediately following the massive turnaround
*Mr. Freeze's spike
*Viper's airtime hills
*Patriot's zero G roll
 
1) Skyrush cross over hill. Insane
2) Lightning Run final bunny hill.
3) El Toro Rolling Thunder hill.
4) Iron Rattler first drop in the back seat.
5) Outlaw Run sideways hill
6) Full Throttle drop after the top hat into the brakes.
7) Twisted Colossus green side high five. Insane.
8) Goliath air time hill (SFGam)
9) I305 first hill
10 Maverick airtime hill.
 
Top moments of airtime, 10 in quantity. :wink:

- Skyrush cable lift into the first drop.
- Jack Rabbit double down.
- Iron Rattler final drop.
- Maverick first drop and both airtime hills.
- Diamondback first drop.
- RF II bridge airtime hills.
- Outlaw Run first drop, double down, and twist & turn. (So basically the ride)
- MF first drop.
- Apocalypse the Ride first drop
- Boardwalk Bullet first drop
 
Some of mine..

ignoring rides which are pretty much all airtime

phoenix final hops are a real giggle fest!
Thunderbolt coney some of THE airtime hills are goodish
saw indoor drop
saw airtime hill
and
polar explorer has lovely pops of air
 
This is hard, and I'll probably forget about some.. But here it goes:

10) Oblivions drop into the tunnel (somehow this feels more powerful than the other DMs')
9) Airtime hill of Krake; pure floater perfection!
8) Tripple up on Boulder Dash
7) 2nd hill on Nitro + the finale
6) Top hat on Stealth: with a powerful launch this is a beast!
5) The big airtime hill on Helix
4) Any hill on Phoenix really!
3) 1st and 2nd hill of Colossos
2) Skyrush's 1st and 2nd hills
1) Skyrush's cable into first drop


Skyrush! <3
 
In no particular order;

1. First drops on Leviathan & Fury
2. Ravine Flyer II bridge section
3. Every single hill on Goliath (SFOG)
4. Wooden Warriors' airtime into the tunnel
5. Goliath's stall inversion (SFGAm)
6. Vipers first airtime hill
7. Nitro's first hill (the downwards left one)
8. All 3 of Helix' airtime hills
9. Intimidators 2nd airtime hill
10. Jarrett's mum after a glass of wine
 
In no order;

1. Goliath at WW's first hill.
2. Bizarro's third hill.
3. Shambhala's first hill.
4. Iron Rattler's last drop.
5. The outward banked hill on Extreme Rusher.
6. Any of Phoenix's last four hills.
7. Goliath at SFoG's first hill.
8. Wicked Cyclone's first little hill.
9. Helix's hill after the top hat.
10. Boulder Dash's ending.
 
Ben said:
6. All of Phoenix's last four hills.
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*Fixed :wink:
Unless you catch it on a bad day, your ass is in the air throughout those last four hills.
 
No particular order...

El Toro-Rolling Thunder hill
Twisted Colossus-Hill after high-five (Blue side)
Maverick-Airtime Hill
Magnum 200-Final bunny hops
Goldstriker-Hill after first drop
 
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