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19-500: Scorcher may refer to: Georgia Scorcher , a roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia HMS Scorcher (P258) , a decommissioned S class submarine of the Royal Navy Perth Scorchers , an Australian men's cricket team Perth Scorchers (WBBL) , an Australian women's cricket team Scorcher: The Dirty Politics of Climate Change , a 2007 book by Clive Hamilton Scorcher,

38-450: A futuristic racing video game by now-defunct developer Zyrinx Scorchers (women's cricket) , an Irish women's cricket team Scorchers , the 1991 film See also [ edit ] Scorch (disambiguation) Scorched (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Scorcher . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

57-453: A phenomenon, and many parks hastened to build roller coasters featuring them. In 2000, a modern looping wooden roller coaster was built, the Son of Beast at Kings Island . Although the ride itself was made of wood, the loop was supported with steel structure. Due to maintenance issues however, the loop was removed at the end of the 2006 season. The loop was not the cause of the ride's issues, but

76-521: A record label run by Jamaican deejay Errol Scorcher Scorcher , a fictional movie franchise referenced in the 2008 movie Tropic Thunder Scorcher (comics) , the name of a Marvel Comics supervillain Scorcher (film) , a 2002 science fiction disaster film Scorcher (magazine) , a football-themed British comic magazine Scorcher (rapper) , a grime artist from London, who has collaborated with Wiley, S.A.Q and Wretch 32 Scorcher (video game) ,

95-745: A roller coaster produced by Mack Rides at Lewa Adventure in Shaanxi, China. The record is shared by Hyper Coaster in Turkey's Land of Legends theme park, built in 2018, which is identical to Flash at Lewa Adventure. In 2002, the Swiss company Klarer Freizeitanlagen AG began working on a safe design for a looping water slide. Since then, multiple installations of the slide, named the AquaLoop and constructed by companies including Polin, Klarer, Aquarena and WhiteWater West , have appeared in many parks. This ride does not feature

114-460: A steel structure, however more people wanted to watch the attraction, rather than ride. In 1904, Beecher further redesigned the vertical loop to have an even more elliptical design with Olentangy Park 's Loop-the-Loop . Vertical loops weren't attempted again until the design of Great American Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain , which opened in 1976. Its success depended largely on its clothoid -based (rather than circular) loop. The loop became

133-441: A vertical loop, instead using an inclined loop (a vertical loop tilted at an angle), which puts less force on the rider. AquaLoop slides feature a safety hatch, which can be opened by a rider in case they do not reach the highest point of the looping. Most roller coaster loops are not circular in shape. A commonly used shape is the clothoid loop, which resembles an inverted tear drop and allows for less intense G-forces throughout

152-465: The brake run , returning to the station via a U-turn to the left. Vertical loop The generic roller coaster vertical loop, also known as a Loop-the-loop, or a Loop-de-loop, where a section of track causes the riders to complete a 360 degree turn, is the most basic of roller coaster inversions . At the top of the loop, riders are completely inverted. The vertical loop is not a recent roller coaster innovation. Its origins can be traced back to

171-524: The 1850s when centrifugal railways were built in France and Great Britain. The rides relied on centripetal forces to hold the car in the loop. One early looping coaster was shut down after an accident. Later attempts to build a looping roller coaster were carried out during the late 19th century with the Flip Flap Railway at Sea Lion Park , designed by Roller coaster engineer Lina Beecher. The ride

190-506: The Georgia section of the park. It replaced the Ragin' Rivers "wet-dry" raft slide tower that was added for the 1991 season, which itself replaced one of the two Log Jamboree log flumes . Unlike Mantis , Chang and The Riddler's Revenge , which opened at Cedar Point in 1996, Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom in 1997 and Six Flags Magic Mountain in 1998 respectively, Georgia Scorcher did not continue

209-399: The element for the rider. The use of this shape was pioneered in 1976 on The New Revolution at Six Flags Magic Mountain , by Werner Stengel of leading coaster engineering firm Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH. On the way up, from the bottom to the top of the loop, gravity is in opposition to the direction of the cars and will slow the train. The train is slowest at the top of the loop. Once beyond

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228-496: The left, entering a non-inverting inclined loop that threads through the center of the vertical loop. After exiting the element, the roller coaster then climbs a small hill and is twisted over on its right side, twisting back as it enters its second inversion, a corkscrew . The roller coaster climbs up to the left, crossing over the start of the lift hill, before diving down and performing a ground-level 270-degree helix turn, crossing itself again as it rises one final time to enter

247-434: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Scorcher&oldid=1025207925 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Georgia Scorcher Georgia Scorcher is the third attraction to occupy this location in

266-415: The rider time to cope safely with the changing force. This "gentling" runs somewhat contrary to the coaster's raison d'être . Schwarzkopf -designed roller coasters often feature near-circular loops (in case of Thriller even without any reduction of curvature between two almost perfectly circular loops) resulting in intense rides—a trademark for the designer. It is rare for a roller coaster to stall in

285-410: The top, gravity helps to pull the cars down around the bend. If the loop's curvature is constant, the rider is subjected to the greatest force at the bottom. If the curvature of the track changes suddenly, as from level to a circular loop, the greatest force is imposed almost instantly (see jerk ). Gradual changes in curvature, as in the clothoid, reduce the force maximum (permitting more speed) and allow

304-460: The trend of the world's tallest and fastest stand-up roller coasters. Its layout is more modest, in fitting with the long, narrow site selected for it. On November 10, 1998, Six Flags Over Georgia announced that they would be building a new stand-up roller coaster . It would be named Georgia Scorcher and was scheduled to open for 1999 season. Georgia Scorcher would open to guests in May 1999. The track

323-548: Was designed with a completely circular loop (rather than the teardrop shape used by many modern looping roller coasters), and caused neck injuries due to the intense G-forces pulled with the tight radius of the loop. The next attempt at building a looping roller coaster was in 1901 when Edwin Prescott built the Loop the Loop at Coney Island . This ride used the modern teardrop-shaped loop and

342-415: Was originally painted yellow with purple supports. For the 2019 season, the track was repainted cherry red with dark grey supports. Georgia Scorcher departs the station and climbs its 107-foot (33 m) lift hill, then drops down a 101 ft drop. Then the roller coaster enters its 81-foot (25 m) vertical loop . It then climbs to the right, circling back towards the station before diving sharply down to

361-412: Was removed as a precautionary measure. Due to an unrelated issue in 2009, Son of Beast was closed until 2012, when Kings Island announced that it would be removed. On June 22, 2013, Six Flags Magic Mountain introduced Full Throttle , a steel launch coaster with a 160-foot (49 m) loop, the tallest in the world at the time of its opening. As of 2016 , the largest vertical loop is located on Flash,

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