Launch Coaster (Mack Rides product)

Launch Coaster

A train on the first launch of Icon at the Pleasure Beach Resort
Status	In production
Number built	18
First built	Blue fire Megacoaster (2009)
Latest built	Stardust Racers (2025)
Statistics
Manufacturer	Mack Rides, Germany
Type	Steel - Launched
Propulsion	Linear synchronous motor
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Launch Coaster is a launched roller coaster product offered by Mack Rides. The Launch Coaster uses LSM technology to launch riders one or more times. The first installation was blue fire Megacoaster which opened at Europa-Park in 2009. Several clones of Blue Fire have since opened, as well as custom installations.

Design

Trains

The trains use lap-bar restraints.

The trains can be customised for each installation. Blue Fire has on-board speakers and heart rate monitors fitted to the grab-bars.

Installations

There have been eighteen Launch Coaster installations.

Name	Park	Country	Layout	Opened
Blue fire Megacoaster	Europa-Park	Germany	Blue Fire	April 4, 2009
Manta	SeaWorld San Diego	USA	Custom	May 26, 2012
Serpent Dragon	Sochi Park	Russia	Blue Fire	2014
Helix	Liseberg	Sweden	Custom	April 26, 2014
Battle of Blue Fire	Quancheng Euro Park	China	Blue Fire	April 27, 2014
Velikolukskiy Myasokombinat	Wonder Island	Russia	Blue Fire	May 15, 2015
Velociraptor	IMG Worlds of Adventure	UAE	Blue Fire	August 31, 2016
Star Trek: Operation Enterprise	Movie Park Germany	Germany	Custom	June 14, 2017
Capitol Bullet Train	Motiongate	UAE	Custom	October 20, 2017
Icon	Pleasure Beach Resort	UK	Custom	May 25, 2018
Slinky Dog Dash	Disney's Hollywood Studios	USA	Custom	June 30, 2018
Launch Coaster	Colourful Yunnan Paradise	China	Blue Fire	July 5, 2018
Copperhead Strike	Carowinds	USA	Custom	March 23, 2019
Steam Racers	Wuxi Sunac Land	China	Blue Fire	August 25, 2019
Steel Taipan	Dreamworld	Australia	Custom	December 15, 2021
Giant Digger	Lotte World Adventure Busan - Magic Forest	South Korea	Blue Fire	March 31, 2022
Beyond the Cloud	Suzhou Amusement Land Forest World	China	Custom	July 2022
Bravest Warrior Roller Coaster	Xuzhou Paradise	China	Blue Fire	2023
Stardust Racers	Universal Epic Universe	USA	Custom	May 22, 2025

Similar rides

Intamin's LSM Launch Coaster is similar to Mack's Launch Coaster. Mack themselves also produce the Xtreme Spinning Coaster, which uses the same technology and track as the Launc coaster, but these feature trains with spinning cars.