I Built an Epic Roller Coaster Track with a Reverse Incline Start!

[@jakewynn]

Its a vekoma boomerang. They are very common as they are relatively cheap for a rollercoaster and a standard layout offered by Vekoma which doesnt take up much space in the park. However, they are starting to die off due to their appauling capacity as there can only be 1 train per coaster unless a transfer track is used for the station. BTW im a rollercoaster enthusist, the first difficult turn which kAN called an "inverted upside down turn" is called a Cobra Roll and is present on a lot of Rollercoasters :)

[@MatroxMillennium]

I looked it up and according to Wikipedia there are currently 55 of them in operation!

[@ghamerons6287]

Imagine if Kan made a Giant inverted boomerang instead

[@jakewynn]

@@ghamerons6287 What? Like the SLC boomerang?

[@ghamerons6287]

@@jakewynn they are a design that Vekoma made which are similar to regular boomerang models but inverted and have a vertical lift hill

[@jakewynn]

@@ghamerons6287 I would like someone to recreate a major caster like smiler or Rita in Zeepkist with realistic trim brakes and block sections having checkpoints haha

[@hellgast0]

Track theme ideas: - Pirates - Improper directions - shrinking or growing - full stop Always enjoy your builds Kan! Keep up the good work :)

[@roninb4826]

- underwater - automatic - story?

[@ummmyeah8458]

improper directions?

[@persekore]

I was thinking that the design seemed vaguely familiar but I couldn't place it, and then you mentioned La Ronde and yes! It's always a rare treat to find youtubers from parts of Canada where I've lived! The nostalgia hits hard.

[@theldraspneumonoultramicro405]

would be cool if we could get one way checkpoints, i.e, it is only triggered if you enter it from the intended direction, that way you could put two checkpoints on a there and back track and only trigger one on the way out and the other on the way back. oh, and theme idea: checkpoints

[@swskitso]

Same could be achieved with numbered checkpoints, meaning you must go through in sequence. Either method i think could expand track builds.

[@HonestAuntyElle]

You could pull off a mid checkpoint here, just do 2 side by side.

[@Gpz0]

kAN always finds creative ways to make a hard technical track, but very cool. 👍 PS: Didn't know about the accident until just now but 13 people were injured at Six Flags in New Jersey on Thursday, August 25. 5 taken to the hospital with back, mouth, and neck injuries with all being released. Doesn't seem serious so obviously the guys didn't know about it and it's unrealistic to think they should. Socks, you should know better.

[@ledocteur7701]

plus, it's just people getting hurt, the entire world isn't gonna stop just for that. sure, locally it can be a pretty big deal, but it's pretty common worldwide.

[@GuillaumePerronNantel]

@@ledocteur7701 it seems like some people think the world turns around them. The world won’t stop if someone stop. These people seems to lack thinking.

[@swskitso]

Socks was making a joke. Too soon? Is a common joke

[@GuillaumePerronNantel]

@@swskitso first time I hear Too soon? as a joke. It’s not common in Quebec but it might be because french is the principal language in most of Quebec.

[@hunterford6963]

We have one at Kings Island called Invertigo. It's a hanging one with the seats facing both forwards and backwards so you always go backwards at some point in time. Never had it in me to get on and still don't lol

[@Targetstrike]

Wait I REMEMBER THAT ONE

[@LastBaws]

i love kings island.

[@Focalpoint223]

It was called Face/off after the movie when Paramount owned KI. At Geauga Lake it was Mind Eraser then name change to head spin. Literally the most generic Layout.

[@moebius1881]

Note for what Scrapman said about "it's not suppouse work for ride a theme park attraction". Here in Italy, near Treviso, there a little theme park built since 1969 with human powered contraptions, scrap metal and zero electricity with about 40 different rides. It's called "Luna Park Ai Pioppi" built by the artisan and inventor Bruno Ferrin.

[@Galactic_pls]

Love the zeepkist content lately kan! I just got my steam deck! Zeepkist is perfect for steamdeck!

[@jaredpero6237]

I've been on the Flashback. I think you did it justice with this track kAN!

[@TheYvian]

When you first mentioned it's a reverse coaster i was sure you'd make everyone go backwards in it. Glad you didn't, it would have been terrible (and fun, but terrible) 😆

[@DarkEyesJade]

This rollercoaster was called Boomerang in Wild Adventures Valdosta, Georgia. It’s one of my favorites.

[@jakewynn]

Its a vekoma Boomerang, actually. As kAN mentioned, its a standard layout offered by Vekoma and its relatively cheap for a rollercoaster so they are EVERYWHERE. 😂

[@LucasL512]

There is also the Speed Of Sound in Walibi Holland

[@GooseGaming457]

There’s also the same one even the same color as Kan’s at Kings Island

[@blackoak4978]

I think the one at Canada's Wonderland that Kan mentioned was named The Bat because it opened not long after a big Batman movie back in the 80's or 90's. They often either play off a recent big movie or they directly partner, so there's a lot of that kind of thing there

[@maxhagenauer24]

Why do GP love Boomerangs so much?

[@Jeroen_a]

@0:03 Funny, this is a prefab coaster. It's a Vekoma Boomerang model. And Vekoma is a Dutch company... the offices are in Vlodrop :)

[@alexandretherrien1234]

At La Ronde in Montreal, it’s called the boomerang. It’s such a cool rollercoaster. Nice video!

[@1nicube]

they removed it, right? or im mistake it with another one? 🤔

[@socks2423]

o.o it's me...again. (yall should do workshop hunters in zeepkist. Give more people insintive to make some good tracks)

[@Baer1990]

In Walibi (former sixflags in the Netherlands) this is the Speed of Sound, they made a tunnel with lights and some music to go with it

[@nessa6859]

The Bat was always my favorite rollercoaster as a kid, loved this map!

[@butterbee9692]

the roller coaster like that at the closest six flags to me is called the boomerang

[@christophersmall19]

Is no one gonna talk about how at 4:26 you can see that it's almost 2 am?

[@klikklak6099]

Content creators don’t sleep till three then they enter the demon world

[@N7Turk]

Think this was also the Boomerang at Worlds of Fun in Kansas City, Missouri

[@happyhippoeaters4261]

Covid track! That's a Brilliant idea!

[@Frankie_Fish]

We even have one in The Netherlands, called The Speed of Sound at Walibi Flevo.

[@linkfoush]

there is no way… the video was released while i was actually in 1 of them irl, speed of sound is amazing! 🇳🇱

[@hayebuesink4202]

I like the untamed more🙃

[@more-reasons6655]

Great looking inverted freefall coaster, it's a shame no one could figure out the inversion I have an idea for a theme "Correct Choice" or "Memory Game", have the track constantly split into multiple roads to take then back to one, but only put a checkpoint in one of the roads so drivers have to learn and remember the correct order throughout the track

[@samvise85]

There's one in Italy too. So much fun!

[@Null8fuenf10]

6:38 I'm guessing Socks is talking about the incident that happened at Six Flags NJ on Thursday, Aug 25. If so, nothing serious happened. 13 people complained about back pain after they rode on the El Toro, 'first opened in 2006, featuring the steepest drops of any wooden roller coaster in the world at the time'. My guess, it's already a rough ride and over the time, the wood got a bit rougher. So besides it being ridiculous to think someone can't do something because somewhere something unrelated to You happened, it really isn't something people should freak out about.

[@mcmadness110]

From what I heard there was a “pothole” which is a small dip/divet, in the metal plates on the wooden rails at the bottom of the hill. It happens on area that has lots of weight on it at that one place at the same point. That is dealt with by replacing the section of the metal plates. The fact that the incident happened meant there was a lack of maintenance. From what I heard, employees told maintenance about it and they did nothing to fix it. An article with a quote from an employee says they have in the past tried fixing it but it just keeps coming back.

[@Null8fuenf10]

@@mcmadness110 yeah, makes sense and I had something like that in mind. If it's a recurring issue and the interval too short/the fix too expensive, I can see why they skipped it once or a couple times, especially since it's the first year of a more like pre-sniffles era. They closed it now indefinitely, didn't they? Depending on how popular and lucrative the ride is, I can see them fixing or razing it. Wooden coasters are usually more like a nostalgia thing, that aren't that popular. Since I don't know Jersey amd it being (one of) the steepest, I'm pretty much 50/50 on that though

[@maxhagenauer24]

And here people are making a massive freaking fuss about an incident that really isn't that big. Yes people have been sent to the hospital but why does this get so much more attention than people literally dying on rides? Anyways they can easily fix the issue with retracking El Toro with possibly GCI Titan Track and that will fir sure fix the issue but they do not have to di anything to slow the ride down and ruin the experience. Also right now, the CEO of Six Flags is a freaking horrible CEO and doesn't know how to run an amusement park chain.

[@benmabry2280]

Looks like the boomerang from six flags Fiesta Texas. Pretty cool.

[@thomaskersting9935]

Always lovin your videos.

[@jonathanwoods3136]

Funny enough, I’m a ride operator and the image you used of the inverted boomerang also known as the invertigo model, I have worked on before. We have one at kings island here in Ohio and though it was a short time at the ride specifically as I mainly work other rides, I have worked it before!

[@maxhagenauer24]

Invertigo is seriously so much better than the traditional Vekoma Boomerangs because it'such smoother and still has strong positive Gs on the inversions as well as good whip on the cobra roll.

[@jonathanwoods3136]

@@maxhagenauer24 it’s somehow not my favorite. Got to ride Jolly Rancher Remix and wow that ride is fantastic but invertigo pulls better forces I’d say.

[@maxhagenauer24]

@@jonathanwoods3136 Yeah, well even a traditional Boomerang still pulls 5.2 positive Gs which is a very lot fir a roller coaster but it doesn't really feel thst intense, I think it's probably only a second long and it's where the train reaches the tight pull out at the bottom of the first drop.

[@chrisduplooy4639]

Another idea : choose your own path and have the different paths have slightly different speed boosts And they then have to find the fastest one

[@foxracerdrew]

I remember the one at the park near me, the park closed back in 2006, but it had the same one called 'the rocket'. This ride has been around for atleast 30+ years.

[@error404fnf]

Years back, I rode one of these in Vienna at the Würstlprater.

[@Null8fuenf10]

Was wondering if we had one, only remember this back and forth F1 ride, and the Olympia, which was my first 'eighter rail' ride ever; if there were 6 Olympic rings I would've blacked out completely lol Servus und noch einen schönen Sonntag! :)

[@error404fnf]

@@Null8fuenf10 If I calculated correctly, my ride with this rollercoaster was nearly 20 years ago. 😅 Danke! Wünsch dir auch noch einen schönen Sonntag! 👋

[@Null8fuenf10]

@@error404fnf Eh auch ein Zeitl her also ^^ Danke retour!

[@louisaumond1021]

5:11 It’s called The Boomerang at La Ronde in Montréal

[@jiyuueno]

Ah, the boomerang, fun ride!

[@ravendhx]

Knotts Berry Farm in southern California had one too. It was called Boomerang and was my favorite coaster. They took it our a few years ago. 😢 Its a Ceder Fair special, they own Knotts and Six Flags.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Vekoma Boomerangs are actually so underated, they pull 5.2 Gs and aren't all that rough. The Invertigo ones have a whippy cobra roll and the giant inverted ones are good if it's not Goliath at SFNE.

[@OmegaDoesThings]

Scrapman: I came here to have fun, not *do* things! Me: Says the guy that also made an extremely technical track this theme :V

[@cbadcruiser]

I was one of the early testers of I h8 spaghet. literally the first multiplayer track I tried. The early versions were even harder than the current one.

[@ScottaHemi440]

8:20 Ferb, i know what we're going to do today.

[@derekmcguire1504]

Wildwood, NJ, USA has one of these coasters called the Sea Serpent.

[@mammalianmolasses4724]

I’ve also been on this ride at several theme parks. It must be an IKEA roller coaster

[@justinc_9623]

The coaster near me like this is at King’s island and it’s named “Invertigo”

[@Targetstrike]

I REMEMBER THAT ONE

[@fleentstones117]

At King's Island in Ohio it's called "Invertigo", it used to be called "Face/Off" when Paramount still owned it. I went there all the time as a kid!

[@danielwright7368]

This Rollercoaster is at six flags The Great Escape. It's called The Boomerang, makes more sense than The Bat lol. It's been there's for like 25 years.

[@patrickbliss9264]

Chronological order is in the start of dapper's video.

[@progamerfish5389]

when KAN talks about that there is a vekoma boomerang rollercoaster called the bat close to where he lives is it the rollercoaster in Canada's Wonderland then? just wondering.

[@enethion]

This track... I bet it's in Rollercoaster Tycoon 2. It looks familliar.

[@cdredstone]

This rollercoaster is also in Worlds of Fun in Kansas City. It’s called the boomerang there. But yeah, this coaster is everywhere.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Both fortunately and unfortunately it's everywhere.

[@HarryLikesLambos]

there one at plesurewood hill here in UK and its called "wipeout" but its really rough

[@Frumpyjones2]

It's called sea serpent in Wildwood, NJ

[@falin9557]

I remember riding a roller coaster like this one but the ramps were totally vertical. It is on Warner Theme park on Madrid, Spain

[@cpljimmyneutron]

Yes, it is a standard design, the one I use to go on was at Knott's Berry Farm and called Boomerang.

[@turtleo4732]

Nobody: Literally Nobody: Leo at 14:10: I got Kan inside me.

[@mcb187]

Haha, interesting theme… El Toro just had an oopsie again, as some of the footers broke and caused a dip in the track. I think 13 people reported injuries, but most just went to the park said station. I think 2-3 went to an outside hospital, but were reported to have re-entered the park the same day.

[@zackshere8854]

All 13 were successfully treated and released :)

[@firecompany510]

We have one at Hershey park (Pennsylvania). It used to be called the sidewinder but it was recently re themed to the jolly rancher remix

[@harveybeales1516]

Your trailmakers and scrap mechanic videos where you have the building part you should just make a series with just the building parts but there’s no music or Timelapse just you and the others talking (if you guys do talk with each other) if you I’d subscribe instantly

[@Frank01985]

Now you guys should really do a coronavirus theme!

[@b0bst3r]

Socks v Warcans would be hella interesting matchup but funny how they are never together ....

[@klikklak6099]

coincidence 🕵️‍♀️

[@BLKBRDSR71]

I used to work at 6 Flags America in Maryland back in the 90's. We had a similar coaster called the Python (I think) . But it had just one loop. You start at the top, drop down and do the loop, end up on the other side. Then you go backwards through the loop. Yeah it got taken down after 2 years or so.

[@maxhagenauer24]

That is way different that this, Python was made by American manufacturer "Arrow Dynamics" while this coaster in the video was made by Dutch manufacturer "Veld Koning Machinefabriek" or "Vekoma". That coaster you are referring to is what Arrow Dynamics calls a shuttle loop and I see how you see it's simular in a way. Although Python had an electric winch launch and a drop afterwards while Vekoma Boomerangs just have a cable lift with a catch car that drops you. Python wasn't in operation for long, it opened in 1993 at the park and closed in 1998. It used to be at a different park before, it was at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey before and it was called Lightnin' Loops and opened in 1978 and closed in 1992 before being relocates relocated to Six Flags America.

[@fadedfox1554]

I have a idea I know you guys have been playing alot of zeepkist but you and some of the other of the guys play a fant mod survial series? Just a idea! Love the video keep it up too!!!!

[@maurer3d]

I did this track in a lobby with 6 or 7 top rated players and no one finished it. I think we had 2 people hit the checkpoint once.

[@kidsalex13]

i tried this track when it first hit the workshop with a full lobby, and no one finished, a few got to the checkpoint, its hard AF

[@Pyrrhist]

These kids and their new age demountable roller coasters

[@johns1307]

I bet if you fell off the inverted at first you could land on the other loop going down, but idk if it would give you enough speed to hit the checkpoint

[@Mtnlvn]

Knotts berry farm in Cali used to have one called Boomerang.

[@AhmedUqaili]

It's called the bat at Canada's Wonderland as well. That's probably what y'all were thinking about

[@dusdonniegames]

What about the theme optical illusion

[@jimmymcdaniel1713]

here in texas at the six flags in arlingtion it was called the flashback and i was the first nonemployee to ride the day it was first open and rode it 3 times in a row before the wave of kids came running around the corner.

[@michaelelmore1678]

We have one of these at Carowinds and I got on it in high school [I was scared of roller coasters and still iffy on heights] but we went backwards, and I shouted "Holy hell in a hand basket" someone else apparently said something about the Lord blessing me, I didn't hear it. Once we were launched, I screamed and swore and I stopped on the way backwards because I was fighting to stay conscious.

[@maxhagenauer24]

Why was it hard to stay conscious? Was it do to your fear or the G Forces of the ride?

[@Estus1999]

The Great Escape Six Flags in New York used to call it The Boomerang years ago when it was blue but then they painted it red and yellow and now call it The Flash

[@WhitzWolf92]

I have been up there in years, it was still called Boomerang the last time I saw it, but I don't remember it being as long as this. Same concept of course, so maybe they only used half of it.

[@noahyel]

When I was a kid, Six Flags over Texas had, "Mr Freeze" Might have a new name now.

[@ShAdoWj1995]

Most parks just call it a boomerang. But yes basically every park I have ever been to aside from Disney and universal, has one

[@echoloyalty995]

In the uk. Cleethorpes, pleasure island. Called the boomerang.

[@ValentineC137]

The universal S of rollercoasters

[@McA_1987]

That identical rollercoaster is at a park near me. They call it the boomerang

[@hotzesybesma8549]

we have this rollercoaster in walibi a dutch themepark. it's orange with a purple train and called the speed of sound

[@homevids]

Congrats kAN on there being only one finisher. Dapper now has some catching up to do.

[@happydr_]

I love the I h8 spaghet map

[@kontakt4321]

I'd say we call it the Sidewinder at Hershey Park, but apparently they rebranded it to the Jolly Rancher lol.

[@silent64209]

This is like the invertigo at King's Island

[@thesunnynationg]

We have the same in Austria in the "Viennese Prater" its called Boomerang.

[@ValentineC137]

Kan is trying to make the shortest track without finishers

[@richardhemmafixarn]

We had one of those in Sweden :P it was called "Hangover" .

[@Dragonwing96]

Kings Island in Cincinnati Ohio also has this coaster. It's called Vertigo

[@dubmatique85]

In Montréal this roller coaster is call Boomerang !

[@Andwo0]

Kan you should try track mania cup of the day sometime. I think it would make for a great video if you Kosmo Dapper and Scrapman played it

[@blackoak4978]

I saw the thumbnail and thought he made The Bat! Lol

[@Skylane_Pilot]

This Vekoma’s Boomerang, any others are copies. A classic example of the shuttle coaster with the signature cobra roll and loop.

[@bigrdmp]

There's at least 2 I know in Texas. One in Arlington called the flashback, and one in San Antonio but I don't remember the name

[@bbgeer]

👍

[@fishyseabass5910]

I was wondering why you didn't call it the bat in the first place, from wonderland

[@RoraighPrice]

does zeepkist have numbered / ordered checkpints? so if you went through .C Before .B and .A it wouldn't count

[@ghamerons6287]

We need someone to make a RMC in zeepkist

[@jakewynn]

Hell yeah another Enthusiast :) I live like 15 minutes from Towers so I get to ride smiler whenver i feel like it haha

[@ghamerons6287]

@@jakewynn would love that but instead live only a hour away Thorpe Park. The smiler is still definitely my favourite though

[@jakewynn]

@@ghamerons6287 I actually dont like it that much. All of my friends think their so cool by saying that its their favourite becuase its really intense, but thats why I dont like it. It just too many elements crammed after one another. Theres no air time too (not to sound like an Intamin Fanboy lol). My favourites are actually AIR (Galactica), and Swarm as they are enjoyable. Oblivion is also a good one, too. I like rides that are fun, Smiler is just a bit OTT for me. That being said, I LOVE the themeing and the soundtrack is a banger too until it gets to the ha ha ha bit, then its annoying. If you havent already gathered, I just happen to prefer the B&M's to any other rides, this was before I knew what manufacturer the rides were, a mere coincidence!

[@ghamerons6287]

@@jakewynn I mainly like the smiler due to its theming but also generally prefer coasters made by Gerstlauer

[@Cssisabeautifulthang]

Fancy

[@josephzacherlst6051]

at Hershey park there was the sidewinder but they re-did it.

[@alexanderwagner7891]

And Hersheypark pa, it's the sidewinder

[@rjstandland4459]

The Rollercoaster is the same path as side winder at Hersheypark

[@HappyCrate]

ooh, I know this coaster, think it's called the BOOM-erang

[@speedy_brennan]

The ones with the track below you are all called the bat whereas the hanging ones are called Invertigo

[@sonorangaming449]

I have seen it called Sidewinder at a few different places.

[@GummieI]

tbf, a cheese time would probably be around 50ish seconds, so even socks initial times would have been pretty slow for a cheese time

[@williamtyrrell794]

You guys need to try and get socks on the voice chat for these sessions