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An AquaLoop is a body water slide made by WhiteWater. Single riders are dropped down a near vertical slide and into an inclined loop. They are usually located in water parks.
57 Installations in the world
History
Canadian manufacturerWhiteWater
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developed the world's only looping water slide, known as the AquaLoop. There are nearly 60 AquaLoop installations around the world. The first installation was at Terme 3000 water park, Slovenia
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in 2008. Wet'n'Wild Gold Coast was the first to install more than one AquaLoop at a single location. The AquaLoop uses a trap-door to release riders down a near-vertical descent at a speed of up to 80 kmh (40 mph). Riders experience -2.5 Gs in less than 2 seconds. The whole ride is over within 5 seconds.
Ride
An AquaLoop is launched from a platform. A single rider is loaded into a launch chamber where they stand with their hands across their chest. After a countdown, a trapdoor opens and the rider immediately drops inside a near vertical slide. The rider accelerates to in just 2 seconds before entering the loop element. This element is a variation of the traditional vertical loop because it lies on an angle of approximately 45°. This variation of a loop is called an inclined loop. The slide is over within 7 seconds.Installations
57 Installations in the world
Similar water slides
The first known existence of a looping water slide was at Action Park in Vernon, USA, in the mid-1980s. Their water slide featured a vertical loop but was repeatedly closed due to safety concerns.Austin, ''op. cit.'', 21.Fergus, Tom; May 2006; "Another Action Park Employee Spills His Guts", in "The Reaction to Traction at Action Park"; ''Weird NJ'', 29.Braybrook, Steve; May 2006; "A Survivor from Action Park Writes In", in "The Reaction to Traction at Action Park"; ''Weird NJ'', 29.WhiteWater
Whitewater forms in the context of rapids, in particular, when a river's Stream gradient, gradient changes enough to generate so much turbulence that air is trapped within the water. This forms an unstable current that foam, froths, making t ...
also developed the Flatline Loop which features a fast, downward-spiralling helix after a trapdoor release. The first installation was Triton's Twist at Funtown Splashtown. It was marketed as a looping water slide despite riders never actually experiencing an inversion.
References
External links
* {{Official website, http://www.whitewaterwest.com/aqualoop.html Water rides manufactured by WhiteWater West