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For the roller coaster at SeaWorld Orlando, see Pipeline: The Surf Coaster.
Pipeline roller coaster
Ultra Twister at the defunct Six Flags Astroworld, a TOGO pipeline coaster
Status
Discontinued
First manufactured
1984
No. of installations
12
Manufacturers
TOGO, Intamin
Riders per row
2
Restraint Style
Over-the-Shoulder
The Pipeline Coaster is a roller coaster model where the trains ride between the tracks as opposed to a traditional roller coaster where they ride above them. The concept was first developed by Japanese ride company TOGO, and was known as the Ultra Twister. They built six installations of the design, and four are still in operation. Arrow Dynamics created an alternate version of the concept, but it never made it past the prototype stage in development.[1] Intamin also experimented with the pipeline concept and built and relocated one model, known as the Spiral Coaster,[2] but it is no longer operating. Some of the drawbacks of the design include the need for large, uncomfortable over-the-shoulder restraints as well as the obstruction of the riders' view by the enclosed pipe structure.
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