Olympia Looping

Olympia Looping
Full layout at night
Oktoberfest
Location	Oktoberfest
Coordinates	48°07′52″N 11°32′56″E / 48.131°N 11.549°E / 48.131; 11.549
Status	Operating
Opening date	September 17, 1989
General statistics
Type	Steel
Manufacturer	BHS
Designer	Anton Schwarzkopf, Werner Stengel
Lift/launch system	Drive tire lift hill
Height	110 ft (34 m)
Drop	99 ft (30 m)
Length	4,101 ft (1,250 m)
Speed	52 mph (84 km/h)
Inversions	5
Duration	1:45
Max vertical angle	52°
G-force	5.2
Height restriction	130–195 cm (4 ft 3 in – 6 ft 5 in)
Trains	5 trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Olympia Looping at RCDB

Olympia Looping, also known as Munich Looping, is a portable steel roller coaster owned and operated by R. Barth und Sohn Schaustellerbetriebe KG.^[1] The ride was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf and Werner Stengel, and built by BHS. It is the largest portable roller coaster in the world, and the only one with five inversions. It appears at many carnivals in Germany, most notably Oktoberfest, where it made its debut in 1989.

It is named for its five vertical loops, which resemble the Olympic rings. Although they are clothoid-shaped, their shape is closer to circular than the ones on most other roller coasters, so they exert unusually high g-forces on the passengers (up to 5.2 g^[2]). The entire structure weighs 900 tons and requires a space 85 m wide by 36 m deep. The ride usually runs with five cars per train, though at events such as Oktoberfest and Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park, London, it runs with seven to increase throughput in busy periods.