Maverick
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Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||
Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
Type | Steel - Launched | ||||||||
Product | LSM Launch Coaster | ||||||||
Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||
Hourly capacity | 1200 | ||||||||
Propulsion | LSM lift hill and LSM launch | ||||||||
Height | 105 feet | ||||||||
Drop | 100 feet | ||||||||
Top speed | 70 mph | ||||||||
Length | 4450 feet | ||||||||
Inversions | 2 | ||||||||
Angle | 95° | ||||||||
Duration | 2:30 | ||||||||
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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.
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.[1] 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.[2]
Design
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
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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
References
- ↑ "Cedar Point coaster won't be ready for opening", Chillicothe Gazette.
- ↑ "Cedar Point's delayed coaster opening this weekend", The Tribune.
External links
- Maverick on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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