Meet the World’s First Looping Go-Kart

Like a video game brought to life, Mack Maniac is the first go-kart in the world to take drivers through a vertical loop. Yes, it’s a looping go-kart.

Adrenaline, start your engine.

Thanks to guide rails on the track and some heavy-duty seat belts, drivers are kept safe and secure as the go-kart accelerates toward and completes the loop. The 6 Gs drivers experience also keep them glued to the seat.

If for any reason drivers are unable to complete the loop, the go-kart is safely guided back down the track.

In addition to the safeguards placed on the go-kart itself, an “electronically controlled barrier” installed at the beginning of each acceleration path leading to the loop acts as a block section, ensuring that only one go-kart occupies the loop segment at a time.

Loony Loop Service GmbH, the company behind the looping go-kart, designed the special “e-kart” vehicle that is built to maneuver the loop.

The e-karts are fitted with sensors that limit the top speed the vehicles can reach as they approach the loop.

  

The company has invited theme park and entertainment center operators to their headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, to test out the looping go-kart.

Watch Mack Maniac in action below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XOcx2-Jo24o


This isn’t the first foray into the amusement industry for Loony Loop. The company also developed the Rollercoaster Restaurant concept:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwHZoMqMUV8


They’re certainly an innovative bunch!

Learn more about Mack Maniac here.

Where do you think one of these looping go-karts could open? Share your thoughts in the comments section below.

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