Moonsault Scramble

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Moonsault Scramble

The pretzel knot
Fuji-Q Highland Location Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan Status Defunct Operated 24 June 1983 to April 2000 Cost 1,500,000,000 JPY Replaced by Do-Dodonpa
Statistics
Manufacturer	Meisho Amusement Machines
Builder	Okamoto
Type	Steel - Shuttle
Riders per train	28
Hourly capacity	560
Propulsion	Catch car lift hill
Area	180 metres × 90 metres
Power consumption	175 KW
Height	70 metres
Top speed	90 km/h
Length	460 metres
Track inversions	2
Rider inversions	4
G-Force	6.5

Moonsault Scramble (Japanese: ムーンサルト・スクランブル) 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 third-tallest roller coaster which has closed, behind Kingda Ka and Tower of Terror II at Dreamworld. 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 backwards through the station into the 20.5 metres tall pretzel knot. After the forceful inversions, the train traveled up the second hill, and dropped forwards through the design, and into the station.

Colour scheme

Red track and white supports.

Trains

Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.

External links

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  Moonsault Scramble on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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  Moonsault Scramble on Coaster-Count.

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