Amusement parks

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ratchet

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A toothed steel bar or device that is usually placed on the lift hill or other hills on a roller coaster that prevents the train from rolling backwards when the ratchet dog (anti-rollback device) ...

running rails

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe the track or rails the train or car on a roller coaster rides on.

double out and back

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe the layout on a roller coaster where the track heads away and returns to the station twice. See related terms: out and back, triple out and back

inversion

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe any portion of a roller coaster track that turns the riders upside down.

heartline

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe an inversion where the center of gravity is designed around the riders heart line. TOGO was the first company to design a heartline inversion on Viper at Six Flags Great ...

vertical loop

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe an inversion that is a 360-degree loop placed in a vertical position where riders are sent upside down once.

bowtie

Entertainment; Amusement parks

A term used to describe an inversion similar to a boomerang inversion, but in a bowtie inversion the train enters and leaves heading the same direction.