Suspended Looping Coaster
type of roller coaster
The Suspended Looping Coaster (often shortened to SLC) is a model of inverted roller coaster built by Dutch manufacturer Vekoma. There are 42 different installations of this ride type across the world. The minimum rider height requirement is 130 centimetres (4 ft 3 in). Vekoma markets the Suspended Thrill Coaster model as a successor to the Suspended Looping Coaster. The Odyssey at Fantasy Island is the tallest and fastest SLC in existence.
History
The first SLC installation was El Condor, opening in 1994 at Walibi Holland (then known as Walibi Flevo) in the Netherlands. It was initially designed to run with ten cars in each train. Trouble with this configuration led to the trains being shortened to eight cars per train. T2 at Kentucky Kingdom was the second SLC, and the first built in the United States. Like El Condor, it was designed to run with ten cars per train, though its trains were eventually shortened to seven cars for similar reasons.
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