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| Manufacturer | Dinn Corporation | ||||||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Curtis D. Summers | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Cyclone | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,200 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 95 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Drop | 78.5 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 50 mph | ||||||||||||||||||
| Length | 2970 feet | ||||||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Duration | 1:48 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters | ||||||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Georgia Cyclone was a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Over Georgia in Austell, Georgia, USA.
History
Georgia Cyclone was built at a cost of approximately $4 million and opened on March 24, 1990.[1][2]
In July 2017, Six Flags Over Georgia announced that Georgia Cyclone would close. Its last day of operation was July 30, 2017.[3]
On August 31, 2017, Six Flags announced that Georgia Cyclone would be replaced by a Rocky Mountain Construction I-Box roller coaster named Twisted Cyclone.[4]
Design
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Georgia Cyclone featured a track layout that is a mirrored image of the original Cyclone which operates at Luna Park in Brooklyn, New York, USA.
Color scheme
Trains
2 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train. There trains where build by Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters.
Images
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References
- ↑ "Georgia Cyclone to take the brave on stormy ride". The Atlanta Constitution. March 19, 1990. p. 13. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Six Flags Over Georgia". The Atlanta Constitution. May 26, 1990. p. 165. Retrieved November 17, 2020.
- ↑ "Six Flags Over Georgia to close Georgia Cyclone this month". WRDW. 2017-07-19. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
- ↑ "Six Flags Over Georgia's next big ride is a new kind of roller coaster".
External links
- Georgia Cyclone on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
- Georgia Cyclone on Coaster-Count.
- Georgia Cyclone on the park's website
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