Moonsault Scramble

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Moonsault Scramble
The pretzel knot.
roller coaster
Fuji-Q Highland Location Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan Status Defunct Operated June 24, 1983 to 2000
Statistics
Manufacturer	Meisho Amusement Machines, Okamoto Co., Ltd.
Type	Steel - Shuttle
Area	180 metres × 90 metres
Height70 metres Top speed90 km/h Length460 metres Track inversions2 Rider inversions4 G-force6.5 g
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Moonsault Scramble was a Meisho shuttle roller coaster located at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. The ride was the first roller coaster to surpass 61 metres in height, but is not considered a hyper coaster as it is not full-circuit. It is the tallest roller coaster to be demolished. The front car from Moonsault Scramble was kept and put on display in the park in 2019.

Design

Elements
Catch car lift hill Pretzel knot Vertical rollback

Moonsault Scramble featured the first pretzel knot, a double-inversion that is similar to a batwing which crosses over itself. The only other roller coaster to have a pretzel knot is the Banshee at Kings Island.

The ride began with a 70 metres tall reverse-inclined lift hill before dropping backward through the station into the 20.5 metres tall pretzel knot. After the forceful inversions, the train traveled up the second hill, and dropped forward though the design, and into the station.

External links

• 
  Moonsault Scramble on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Tallest roller coaster June 1983 - July 1996
Preceded by Montezooma's Revenge	Tallest roller coaster June 1983 - July 1996	Succeeded by Fujiyama