Wing Coaster

Wing Coaster
StatusIn production
First manufactured2011
No. of installations14
ManufacturerBolliger & Mabillard
Vehicle typeTrain seats are located level with the track on both sides.
Riders per row4
Restraint StyleRubber vest over chest and lap bar
Wing Coaster at RCDB

Wing Coaster is engineering firm Bolliger & Mabillard’s designation for its winged roller coaster designs.[1] Winged roller coasters are a type of steel roller coaster where pairs of riders sit on either side of a roller coaster track in which nothing is above or below the riders. B&M began development on the first Wing Coaster between 2007 and 2008 leading to the opening of Raptor at Gardaland on 1 April 2011. There were sixteen B&M-designed Wing Coasters either under construction or operating worldwide as of December 2020 (14 operational, 2 under construction).[2]

  1. ^ "Wing Coaster | Bolliger & Mabillard". 14 August 2012. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
  2. ^ "Roller Coaster Database - Design: Wing - Make: Bolliger & Mabillard". RCDB. Retrieved 17 December 2020.