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Originally announced as Looping Dragon at Six Flags Great Adventure but was renamed El Diablo before its opening. įormerly El Diablo at Six Flags Great Adventure

Height requirement of 48 inches (1.22 metres).

Pull-up-and-move operation toggle that will only move when tip of handle is compressed.

Anti-air double-lock harnesses with secondary precaution belt that activates when air is released.

Dead-man's operator chair that detects the absence of an operator.

These rides have numerous safety features that include: The amount of power needed to operate this ride is 240 volts, 250 amps (60 kW). Operators of these rides have to be knowledgeable of weight distribution and speed-to-distance ratio. This prevents the ride from moving in case the handle is bumped without an operator being sat in the chair. Most of these rides have a dead man's operator chair that detects the absence of an operator. Most, if not all, of the Super Loop-styled rides are manually operated with a toggle handle. Like many amusement rides, these rides should not be operated during inclement weather such as thunderstorms. This action keeps the ride from completing its loop and can sometimes make a loud squeal. Since the Super Loop-styled rides are tire-driven, even the slightest water build-up on the rim can cause the drive tires to hydroplane on the rim. Once a number of consecutive loops are made, it can be shifted to go the other direction. It elevates on every pass through the station until it has gained enough momentum to make it completely around the loop, thus riders experiencing hangtime (the feeling of themselves almost falling out of their seats). The ride's train is rocked back and forth at a generous rate, as not to put too much stress on the tire drive. The rim is run through a shock-absorbent tire drive, which drives the train around the loop. On one section of the rim the train is snugly placed. In this boxed track is a multiple-piece pivoted end-rim (inertia ring) with wheel dogs attached settled within this boxed track.

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The ride structure is a large steel boxed-track loop attached to a concrete base or portable trailer with supporting outriggers and steel cables. Each ride provides a similar ride experience, but are larger than each other in terms of both size and capacity. Larson makes three different versions of the ride: The Fire Ball, the 22M Giant Loop, and the Giga Loop 100ft. This installation is now located at La Ronde as Chaos. This is Larson International's 22M Giant Loop, a larger version of the Fire Ball. Though the ride share similarities with that of a roller coaster, notably having a train which rolls along a track, it is often not considered as such since the ride is powered by motorized drive tires, and not by gravity like a roller coaster.Įl Diablo at Six Flags Great Adventure. Some owners of the older Ring of Fire rides have had the caged train replaced with the new Fire Ball train. In 1998, Larson introduced a new roofless, open-air train with over-the-shoulder harnesses and seats that sit riders face-to-face with each other.

Older models of this ride type have trains with each half of the train facing opposite directions, with a protective metal cage and a rigid lap bar restraining the riders.

The ride features a roller coaster-type train which rolls along a ring-shaped track, turning riders upside down at the top of the loop.

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It replaced a series of Larson rides manufactured prior to its unveiling, the first being the Super Loops and the second being the Ring of Fire. The Fire Ball is a type of amusement ride manufactured by Larson International. For other uses, see Superloop and Fireball (disambiguation). It opened on Augas China's first wooden roller coaster."Super Loops" redirects here. The coaster was designed by American wooden coaster designers The Gravity Group and manufactured by Martin & Vleminckx. Wooden Coaster - Fireball (Chinese: 谷木游龙) is a wooden roller coaster located at Happy Valley in Songjiang, Shanghai, China. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 24 riders per train.