America's Best HANGTIME Moments

We all know about airtime, but what's hangtime? That's where you go upside down, centripetal force is lost, and you have a feeling of weightlessness. This is becoming more popular on coasters, so today let's find the 10 best moments in America.
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[@micycles1200]

Personally, I would switch number 1 and number 2 but I agree that they both need to be on the list. A while ago I suggested the best inversions/hangtime moments at Magic Mountain and I think this list proves why that video needs to be made. That park is chock full of amazing inversions that do everything from trying to rip your face off, trying to compress you into your seat, or holding you upside down to try to get you to fall. Some people may be airtime junkies, but I'm one for hangtime. Although I have my personal issues with Magic Mountain, I can't deny that I have the best home park to satisfy my preferences in coasters.

[@johnfoltz8183]

Hydra’s dive loop didn’t feel like a dive loop, but an upward banked turn

[@iamdigbick4675]

Velocicoaster's zero-g stall followed up by the mosasaurus roll is my favorite way to get thrown from a roller coaster seat. I really want to ride ArieForce one. To see how that zero G stall is

[@Heatherofscots]

Knowing his love of velocicoaster, I thought this would be on the list. I thought of Steel Curtain but knowing his dislike of it , I didn't think it would be on the list, lol.

[@iamdigbick4675]

@@Heatherofscots I guess he was impartial

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

The mosasaurus is more like upsidedown ejector airtime, getting thrown out of your seat as opposed to falling out of your seat (hangtime). It's still my favorite inversion ever, but I don't see it as hangtime.

[@randalheller7460]

@@OklahomaCoasterFanagreed it’s not a falling sensation more of a launched toward the ground sensation which is even better

[@theheardtheorem]

Front row of Copperhead Strike is one of the best front row rides I’ve experienced that’s not a Giga or Hyper. I was expecting stellar hangtime, but the airtime in the front row was very unexpected. I think it’s severely underrated due to people comparing it to Maverick before it opened.

[@ogbubs5300]

True I just wish it wouldn’t shake around so much nowadays

[@newhyperspace43]

@@ogbubs5300 yeah especially the back of the trains every single turn is super rattly it’s prolly just an issue with the mack trains

[@theheardtheorem]

@@ogbubs5300 I rode it in May and it was glass smooth for me.

[@NS10Fan]

I had zero shake over mother's day weekend. Rode it marathon style for about an hour (7-8 times I think). Total blast of a ride!

[@newhyperspace43]

@@NS10Fan huh it might just be one of the trains idk it doesn’t bother me but it is kind of noticeable

[@FeastablesPark]

Only if HANGTIME could have this much Hangtime

[@zacg_]

Honorable mention for the barrel roll down drops on several RMCs if you are toward the front of the train. It's a really cool sensation going downhill with hang time.

[@TheSonicsean]

Those are literally my favorite RMC element and it seems nobody else likes them.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

@@TheSonicsean I love those too. Storm Chaser & Twisted Timbers are 2 of my all-time favorite rides, but people always want to trash on them. Iron Gwazi's death roll is loved by most people, and it is a barrel roll down drop, but many people don't even realize that. Don't tell them, because then they won't like it anymore. On Twisted Cyclone, the exit of the double inversion is a small barrel roll down drop.

[@lacrls]

I think copperhead strike would have the most hangtime total if you added it all up. I love how it has several varieties of hangtime in the inversions as well as snappy inversions like that corkscrew following the first airtime hill. Copperhead was designed for hangtime but it is also well rounded out with many other elements like positives in the helixes and surprise airtime. I haven't ridden most of this list, but copperhead is my #1 fir hangtime currentlt. I need to get out to SMFF to see what these coasters are about!;

[@cableliftcoasters4369]

Full throttles loop has gotta be my favorite of all time, it’s right at the beginning so you get tons of room on the restraint and you hang there for forever

[@jmburgess2003]

I'm shocked Velocicoaster wasn't on here. I loved the stall loop on that.

[@AirtimeThrills]

Yeah it seems to be going too fast to give great hangtime, IMO

[@kohowch]

Another person chiming in to sing the praises of Copperhead Strike. That thing is just pure fun, I just got a few rides in today and it just doesn't get old. Praying that Carowinds has more Macks in their future

[@Coyotek4]

I admit that I haven't ridden any of these (despite at least two of these being very close to home); the best I've done is the relatively benign "Impulse" at Knoebels ... but that one is also the first inverting coaster I ever got my daughter on, so it will always hold a special place in my heart.

[@ChibiProwl]

Neither have I, but they sound awesome.😊

[@Spike-sk7ql]

RMC lap bars are great. Once you learn to keep them off of you during the ride. It's not hard either. I always get about the maximum air time all the way through steel vengeance.

[@lacrls]

What's the secret?

[@boilercoasters8442]

Copperhead is probably my favorite coaster for hangtime. That jojo roll is pure insanity, and I can’t wait to ride the other US jojo roll next week!

[@AirtimeProductions]

Magic Mountain definitely has some of the best inversions out there! Full Throttle was the perfect coaster for that park and that loop might be one of the craziest elements of all time

[@RTRC_2012]

I’m going to re-ride Monster next week, it’s gonna be a blast. And as a SFMM enjoyer, 4 entries from my home park made me feel vindicated, lol

[@sammysamsam6070]

My number 1 is the first and last pass through the barrel roll on the Flash Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom. Just recently opened back up and even better then I remember.

[@thomasxl200]

Yes I'm so glad you mentioned Viper! I'm kinda glad they trim it so hard, that back half is a masterclass in hangtime.

[@TheAlternateYT]

What you said about Viper makes me remember all the times I said Vortex at KI had great hangtime on its corkscrews 😢

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I distinguish the 2 sensations of this list differently. I see hangtime as that feeling like you're falling out of the seat, but I view the zero-G stalls as upsidedown floater and not hangtime, since you don't quite reach that falling sensation. Both sensations are awesome though. For what I see as hangtime, Full Throttle's loop is my favorite moment, because of the size & amazing view. I did see it roll back once, while I was in the other train on the brake run. The best coasters for hangtime, with multiple quality moments, are (1) Monster & (2) Copperhead Strike.

[@midnightgreenamusements1345]

As a former ride op at Hydra, we did find a lot of loose articles around there after the park closed every night, so valid point right there!

[@theheardtheorem]

Ever find anything funny, memorable or valuable?

[@midnightgreenamusements1345]

@@theheardtheorem not really, some of my other crewmates were the ones that did that job the most, but they’re was nothing that really stood out to us, just like phones and that type of stuff.

[@ejectorairtime]

I appreciate the placing of Monster and Goliath. SInce I have yet to visit the parks that have your top 3, those two are my current favorites I've experienced.

[@jenb5792]

I love Viper… I hope they keep this vintage coaster!! A little rough BUT not bad enough to get rid of history!! I love it!

[@mmocken]

Monster is very underrated and you are spot on about the flattened loop...also Velocicoaster honorable mention

[@reg1m0nz83]

twisted colossus will always be a first-ride-of the-day coaster for me, because when it's running slow the stall is impeccable

[@bigfatrockstar4991]

The last zero g roll on Wicked Cyclone will always stand out to me since it feels like you’re twisting forever in the air despite the fact that you’re still going pretty fast depending on the day

[@maincoasters]

honestly a underrated force

[@BertDaMonkey]

Honestly my favorite one other than airtime

[@huntzzio]

If it’s combined with good positive G force it makes a great combo

[@solarwinds5114]

Abismo and the B&M wing coaster twisted drops are incredible

[@gridiron_coasters]

I've only ridden 49 coasters, but my top 3 hang time moments all reside in the same park. Superman and Joker were already mentioned, but I also want to add V2. In the front, you get two moments of awesome hangtime

[@AirtimeThrills]

True, the hangtime really depends on the row

[@EmberMcLain87]

that jojo roll on copperhead strike is beauty. got credit 70 on it in the back row, and it was amazing. lifted me out of my seat.

[@IceCreamIslander]

Back seat on Full Throttle also gets some pretty great hangtime on that backwards-launch dive loop

[@MattMcIrvin]

The one of these I have actually experienced is Phobia Phear Coaster's high-altitude roll. It's nice. It scares the crap out of bystanders looking at the ride from the ground. The various Eurofighter 320/320+ coasters have a couple of nice moments: the vertical loop (which seems almost as tall as the lift) and the roll both have a lot of hangtime.

[@kingkoopa6442]

X Coaster at Magic Springs should 100% be on here but so few enthusiasts have ridden it.

[@AirtimeThrills]

True. I wanna get there. Not too far from my house

[@ToastGhost]

Best hangtime I've ever experienced has to be on Sik at Flamingo Land 5 back to back Heartline Rolls with an Intamin lap bar is absolute insanity, also a shout out to the Inline Twist on Icon at Blackpool which is enhanced even further with that spinning back car!

[@CoasterCount]

Thank you man, you are my favorite creator of roller coaster content and I bond with my dad a ton when I watch your videos, as we watch them together, you also give us ideas for road trips, thanks dude

[@joshuamoore3049]

Canninal's Lagoon Roll is an excellent element. Since Lagoon is my home park, I have experienced it multiple times. I have also ridden Superman at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom and experienced its Zero G Roll.

[@michael7054]

Great video! Yeah Banshees hang time element is so good!

[@rikp]

When the animated POV of Twisted Colossus came out I had to rewatch the stall moment over and over to check that what I thought I was seeing was true. And then actually being on it was even better (though I think of it as looking "up" when in the stall to see the train underneath, or above, or whatever). But I do think it's odd it took so long to get coasters to do inversions and hangtime stalls when fairground flat rides had been doing them for decades even before the first modern coaster inversions in the 1970s.

[@BigDCoasterFam]

OUTLAW RUN’S finale. Double corkscrew and you are crawling through those inversions

[@DjKrypticBMG]

Id wager that Outlaw Run has some good hang time on not only the Double Barrel Roll finale, but the first inversion gives a small bit of hanging in the middle rows. I've never experienced a stall or jojo roll but id assume those beat it out relatively easy for hangtime haha. But OR's finale is crazy for hanging on a wooden coaster

[@Mr._Kagle]

All three inversions on Outlaw Run are outstanding.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

Yes, that double barrel roll should've made the list. Row 11, right seat for the best hangtime, confirmed to me by the ride ops. Zero-G stalls don't actually give hangtime. You're floating through them as opposed to feeling like you're falling out. It's still awesome, and I prefer that to hangtime, but it's not hangtime.

[@DjKrypticBMG]

@@OklahomaCoasterFan Ive always been a fan of row 11 left side for the whip going into the first inversion and coming out of it. Hitting that low banked turn so quick after the inversion is insane! Theres really no bad spots on Outlaw except wheel seats and even then it is bare-able. Although when it was brand new there was not a single bad seat

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

@@DjKrypticBMG The left seat has it's advantages too. The right seat gets a smidge more hangtime in the final barrel roll.

[@russ4moose]

Copperhead strike has the best hangtime I've experienced. I haven't been to Magic Mountain yet, though.

[@hamslice3159]

Thunderbird at Holiday world last element has insane hangtime

[@HebegoiN]

X-Coaster at Magic Springs has some absolutely crazy hangtime during the lift and first drop. Terrible park but incredible moment

[@coasterfamilyfeud3247]

I had weeks of dreams about the TC Rop Gun stall! That’s my favorite all-time element on a coaster!

[@huntzzio]

great video! i’m lucky to have experienced some of these great hangtime moments and it is cool to have a list like this out there

[@doug8381]

Yes this is a great list, and I was looking forward to it as a hangtime enthusiast. I would probably give an honorable mention to the inline twist on thunderbird. I go back and forth between your 1 and 2 because full throttles loop is one of my favorite elements of all time but I prefer the overall ride of twisted colossus and the top gun stall is my favorite part of it.

[@CoasterParadise12323]

Great Video! My favorite moment of hangtime is the JoJo Roll on Copperhead Strike at Carowinds!

[@static_gmedina]

My favorites are the stalls on Velocicoaster, Goliath and Wildcats Revenge one is nice. I wish Gwazi's was longer.

[@wuklo]

I personally think the best hangtime moment is when Demon at SFGAM got stuck upside-down in the loop.

[@808CoasterLife]

I can confirm Full Throttle’s loop has insane hangtime. Was thoroughly impressed!

[@mitchel4361]

I'd like to give an honorable mention to the hangtime on gatekeeper over the entrance...mostly the inline twist after the turnaround....

[@TheNinjaDC]

Surprised the barrel roll drop on Storm Chaser and Twisted Timbers didn’t make the list.

[@backpacking_trombonist]

The only reason I would swap your #1 and #2 is because not only do you get that insane hang time on the Full Throttle loop but you get ANOTHER great moment of it on the backwards launch, if you sit in the back few rows of the train. Twisted's top gun stall beats both Full Throttle moments individually, but if considered together, then Full Throttle just barely takes the win in my book.

[@elevatoralarmcoasterandarc1214]

I'm riding The Monster at Adventureland this fall!

[@NS10Fan]

Copperhead Strike is the only hang that's literally frightened me. I love that ride!

[@danielwalker875]

Having ridden the top 3 I don’t think there’s a wrong order. Personally I have cannibal #1 because of the change of direction while upside down and how sustained it is

[@VeiledArctic]

Lagoon is my home park and that hang time is wild. Personally I love airtime (like on millennium force) but the hang time on that lagoon roll will always scare the shit out of me. Especially over the water. With only your lap bar holding you down it genuinely feels like you're about to take a swim in that water.

[@Ink_For_Life]

Video Idea:The best Whip moments on coasters

[@ericthomason8463]

Your top 2 picks are pretty spot on. 2 of my favorite elements on any coaster, let alone at Six Flags Magic Mountain!

[@ryanb398]

Of the ones on your list I've ridden: 1. Full Throttle, 2. Goliath, 3. Joker, 4. Twisted Collossus, 5. Superman. TC would probably move up to #1 if I had gotten even ONE duel on the green side on my 8 rides when I went to Magic Mountain. But Full Throttle - that's such a cool moment. Honorable mention to the reverse launch portion in the back row when you back up partially into the dive loop. My least favorite hang time on any ride is waiting in the brake run of any B&M Flyer. Those restraints are not fun when you're not moving.

[@Metal_Groove45]

RMC lapbars are not that bad, as long as you don't get stapled.

[@sshawauthor4583]

I loved the Copperhead Strike jojo roll. But the element that popped into my head was the mosasaurus (sp?) roll on Velosicoaster! It’s not super slow like some of these, but I absolutely loved that element. I’ve only been on it once and I’m dying to get back on it soon.

[@OklahomaCoasterFan]

I thought about that too, but that probably is viewed more as upsidedown ejector airtime. You're getting forcefully thrown down to the water by the inversion, as opposed to hangtime, which is a feeling like you're falling out from being upsidedown or sideways long enough.

[@caydenwaltersmusic]

I know comfort collars aren’t your thing but I think West Coast Racers has hangtime good enough for this list too, like very good hangtime.

[@justiceleaguebattleformetr9239]

The best hang time I’ve experienced is Mr. Freeze’s inverted top hat in the back row when I got a rollback

[@topbaker4651]

The first time i rode full throttle, i was sooo sure i would never come out of that loop. Seemed like FOREVER !!

[@Rolling_Coasters]

Copperhead was hauling today giving unreal airtime and the hangtime was still great

[@Missglam67]

Thank you for saying Twisted Colossus was your number 1! It’s my favorite coaster. To me Twisted Colossus will always be the GOAT!

[@cchild12789]

I'm glad to see my home park Discovery Kingdom getting some love on this list.

[@micahmagnet]

Twisted Colossus 💙💚

[@TheSonicsean]

You'd think Afterburn, the Jet Coaster would have the Top Gun Stall. Also supposedly, the Seaworld Skyrocket 2s are losing the comfort collars this year. According to rumors I've heard on Reddit.

[@ProFartMonger]

Matugani at Lost island has stupid hangtime on its in-line twist

[@AirtimeThrills]

Just experienced that, pretty solid

[@masterwatermelonthemeparks]

Hangtime sees this video Hangtime: I hope I’m on this list Knotts: Ghost rider had more hangtime Hangtime: but Knotts: No

[@mikewalker4950]

No B&M wings? Gatekeeper has a few moments and the second roll over the gates hits -.9g in the middle. I’d say that’s on par with banshee. X flight hits -1.2g in the seat rotating away from the rider in the in line twist and I would assume thunderbird is the same. Not sure where they’d place, but at least an honorable mention.

[@TuaGlazer]

Video idea - the top ten strongest moments of laterals

[@AlphaW0LF]

Good list, but no mention of Wing Coaster inline twists? Thunderbird's is LOOOOOONG

[@me-myself-i787]

My guess: Copperhead Strike's JoJo roll will be included, as well as Full Throttle's loop and Cannibal's Lagoon roll.

[@MacRay14]

As SFDK and SFMM are my home parks, I love that they're featured so many times on this list. And of course I expected TC to be number 1 haha.

[@ShrekOnionshavelayers]

I love your videos! Keep ‘em’ coming!

[@William_Does_Coasters2255]

Time Warp’s second heartline roll! 😂😂😂

[@georgetanner9953]

The Lagoon roll is definitely #1 for me , that whole ride is insane

[@joelmoore886]

I was expecting you to place the stall from Arie Force One on the list. I was wrong!

[@AirtimeThrills]

Check out my joker/goliath entry again, i snuck it in there

[@samraymond4464]

As a UK enthusiast, so glad to be able to say I've ridden three of these! 😍

[@Chase251]

There’s one really underrated hang time moment and that’s orions giant wave turn seriously with the clamshells they are unbelievable hanging

[@identity1168]

The 0-G stall on Aireforce 1 was incredible for me

[@NoahIsCool24]

I think The Flash Vertical Velocity is the best for hangtime

[@prodky33]

Always a good day when Chris uploads

[@MichaelMyers3000]

Pantheon’s hang time moment is one of my absolute favorite hang time moments

[@supremefan]

Matugani has a decent hang time roll like Outlaw Run, surprised neither made the list.

[@lkeshow86]

Glad to see pantheon on here.. def has the best stall I've ever experienced

[@inlinechris]

I don’t know if I would consider arieforce one’s stall technically hangtime. More like inverted floater. You never really feel like you’re hanging

[@garretgaming5605]

when i went on tidal twister at sea world san deigo i got major airtime, even though it was not a good ride in general going over the corkscrew slow every time it left me out of my seat

[@cedarflags]

My favorite hangtime moment is actually not in America. It’s Altair’s (10 inversion coaster) quad heartline roll, which is nauseating even for me, a veteran thoosie

[@DispatchProductions]

Chris, Video idea: will falcons flight defy the laws of physics

[@stephenfeigenbaum3634]

i love how aggressively SFMM-centric these lists always are lol

[@CoastersRUs-us]

So, upon reflection, the inversion that deserves to be on this list is Storm Runner’s flying snake dive. You get unique and just wrong hang time on that coaster (I’m in the minority and I love this coaster’s restraints). Also surprised that Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach was not with El Loco.

[@Mystiquemina]

I felt like I was going to fall out of Copperhead Strike, I loved it.

[@rct2nerd]

Buy or sell: Amusement parks continue to find more cracks in the supports for B&M coasters like on Fury 325.

[@industrect5337]

Just heard on the dutch television that Fury 325 has a crack in one of it’s supports in a helix, saw a video of it.. looked sick they closed it just in time 😅

[@TheRealSkaterr]

Twisted colossus was definitely my fave ride at magic mountain, better than X2

[@coyote_bravo2723]

Not even a honorable mention for Larson loops, unbelievable.

[@SirMrDrProfRick-fq2lm]

*VIDEO IDEA* Top Roller Coaster Finales, based on what u said about Mystery Mine haha