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Suspended roller coaster

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A suspended or suspended swing roller coaster is one in which the car hangs from the bottom of the wheel assembly by a pivoting fulcrum or hinge assembly. This allows the car and riders to swing side to side as the train races along the track.

The first successful suspended roller coaster was XLR-8 at Six Flags Astroworld. It was the second generation suspended coaster from Arrow Dynamics. The first generation, The Bat at Paramount's Kings Island, was built a few years earlier, but failed due to serious design flaws. The same year XLR-8 opened, Big Bad Wolf, another Arrow suspended coaster opened at Busch Gardens Williamsburg.

One example is Ninja at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.

Besides the coasters at Six Flags Astroworld and Busch Gardens Williamsburg, there are suspended roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain "Ninja", Paramount's Kings Island "Top Gun", Paramount Canada's Wonderland "Vortex" and Chessington World of Adventures "Vampire".


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