The dive drop is an element found on Bolliger & Mabillard wing riders and the Premier built Full Throttle launched roller coaster. It consists of half an in-line twist, into a drop. At the point of entering the drop, riders are (usually) fully inverted.
Examples[]
Name | Park | Manufacturer | Type | Opened | Status |
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Full Throttle | Six Flags Magic Mountain | Premier Rides | Launched | 2013 | Operating |
GateKeeper | Cedar Point | Bolliger & Mabillard | Wing Coaster | 2013 | Operating |
Swarm | Thorpe Park | Bolliger & Mabillard | Wing Coaster | 2012 | Operating |
X-Flight | Six Flags Great America | Bolliger & Mabillard | Wing Coaster | 2012 | Operating |
Thrill elements | |
Banana Roll • Batwing • Bent Cuban Eight • Bowtie • Butterfly • Cobra Loop • Cobra Roll • Corkscrew • Cutback • Dive Drop • Dive Loop • Diving Turn • Double Dip • Fly to Lie / Lie to Fly • Flying Snake Dive • Helix • Immelman • Inclined Dive Loop • Inclined Loop • In-Line Twist • Interlocking Corkscrews • Interlocking Loops • Non Inverted Loop • Norwegian Loop • Pretzel Knot • Pretzel Loop • Raven Turn • Reverse Sidewinder • Roll Out • Roll Over / Sea Serpent • Saxophone • Sidewinder • SkyLoop • Splashdown • Top hat • Trick Track • Tounge • Triple Dip • Tunnel • Turntable • Twisted Horseshoe Roll • Zero-G Roll |