A batwing is a heart shaped element that inverts riders twice. It is made up of a sidewinder, followed by a reverse sidewinder. This inversion is the inverse of a cobra roll.
The element was first used on Orient Express, where it was called a "kamikaze curve". Orient Express was demolished after the 2003 season.
On later Arrow Dynamics roller coasters, such as Great American Scream Machine at Six Flags Great Adventure, it is known as a boomerang, however on Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters, such as Montu at Busch Gardens Tampa and Afterburn at Carowinds, it is known as a batwing.
A similar element is the Bowtie.
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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 |