Maverick

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Maverick
roller coaster
Cedar Point Location Sandusky, Ohio, USA Status Operating since May 26, 2007 Cost $21,000,000 USD
Statistics
Manufacturer	Intamin
Designer / calculations	Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type	Steel - Launched
Model / product	LSM Launch Coaster
Riders per train	12
Hourly capacity	1200
Propulsion	LSM lift hill and LSM launch
Height105 feet Drop100 feet Top speed70 mph Length4450 feet Inversions2 Steepest drop95° Duration2:30
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Maverick is an Intamin launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, USA. It was manufactured by Intamin, and was the five-hundredth roller coaster designed by German engineer Werner Stengel. It is the first LSM Launch Coaster produced by the company. Maverick includes a "beyond vertical" 95° drop and the world's first twisted horseshoe roll - two 360 degree barrel rolls separated by a 180-degree turn.

History

White Water Landing, a log flume ride at Cedar Point, was retired after the 2005 season, to make way for Cedar Point's newest roller coaster. Cedar Point had the name Maverick filed for a trademark, heightening speculation for another roller coaster. During the 2006 season, supports for the new ride began to arrive at Cedar Point, and the park gave up hiding their new roller coaster. During the 2006/2007 off-season, Maverick was constructed.

The former heartline roll.

On May 8, Cedar Point announced that the ride's planned opening on the 12th would be delayed until June as three sections of track had to be replaced. This was due to higher-than-expected stresses on the track and trains and included the replacement of a barrel roll with an s-curve. Maverick officially opened on May 26 following completion of the work.

Design

Maverick's track layout with defunct heartline roll.

Ride experience

Two trains are loaded and dispatched simultaneously. One train is launched while the other sits at the bottom of the lift hill. Once the first train has reached the tunnel, the second train is launched. The ride starts out with a 105 foot tall LSM lift hill at 20 degrees. At the top of the hill, the train drops 100 feet at a 95 degree angle. The train reaches a speed of 57 mph then goes through a series of banked turns. First, the train turns to the right. Then it turns to the left through a canyon then another turn to the right. It then goes over a 74 foot airtime hill followed by a turn to the right into the twisted horseshoe roll which features two 360-degree corkscrew rolls, back-to-back, with a 180-degree banked curve between the two. The train then makes a turn to the right into the tunnel where it is launched 400 feet at 70 mph under the station. The tunnel features special effects such as blue LED strips. At the end of the tunnel, it goes up a hill with trim brakes going up it, followed by a high-banked curve. The train then goes through a turn to the right into a canyon with an S-curve (original heartline roll location). Water canyon shoot off as the train enters the canyon. The train then passes under the lift hill through an over banked turn at 92 degrees. It then turns to the right into another over-banked turn followed by an airtime hill. The train then turns to the right into the brake run

Elements
105 foot tall LSM lift hill with a 100 foot drop at 95° 74 foot tall hill Twisted horseshoe roll 400 foot long tunnel LSM launch from 0-70 mph in 3.0 seconds Over-banked curve Over-banked curve Hill

Color scheme

Maverick has a red track and tan supports.

Trains

3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train.

Photo Gallery

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  The LSM lift hill

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  The 95° drop

External links

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  Maverick on the Roller Coaster DataBase.