Tatsu
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| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||||
| Product | Custom Flying Coaster | ||||||||||||
| Onsite construction | Valley Iron[1] | ||||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Flying - Terrain | ||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 32 | ||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1600 | ||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||
| Height | 170 feet | ||||||||||||
| Drop | 111 feet | ||||||||||||
| Top speed | 62 mph | ||||||||||||
| Length | 3602 feet | ||||||||||||
| Inversions | 4 | ||||||||||||
Tatsu is a Bolliger & Mabillard steel flying roller coaster located at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, USA. It is the tallest flying coaster in the world and is the joint-fastest alongside Flying Dinosaur at 62 mph. Its cars allow riders to ride face-down in a prone position. It contains a 124 foot pretzel loop, the tallest in the world.
History
Tatsu was announced on November 17, 2005.[2] The ride opened on May 13, 2006.[3]
Tatsu closed in September 2021 to be repainted with dark orange track and green supports.[4]
In December 2021, repainting of Tatsu stopped and the ride was temporarily reopened, but repainting resumed in 2022.[5][6] On March 12, 2022, Tatsu reopened with dark orange track and green supports.[7]
In April 2022, a single-rider queue line was added.[8]
Design
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Trains
3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train.
Name
Tatsu is a Japanese word that means "Flying Beast".
Images
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The train in motion -
Entrance to Tatsu -
The train entering the pretzel loop -
The ride's first corkscrew -
Tatsu at sunset -
The horseshoe -
Turn and roll into brakes -
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References
- ↑ Projects - Valley Iron
- ↑ "Flying Roller Coaster Coming To Six Flags Magic Mountain". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "Tatsu Flying Roller Coaster Unleashed At Six Flags Magic Mountain". Ultimate Rollercoaster.
- ↑ "Six Flags Magic Mountain Wonder Woman Construction Update #38 11/15/21 [WWFOC & Tatsu paint update]". Theme Park ERT.
- ↑ "Bittersweet News". Theme Park ERT.
- ↑ "Nieuwe kleuren voor Tatsu in Six Flags Magic Mountain".
- ↑ Manning, Luke (2022-03-12). "Photos: What's New at Six Flags Magic Mountain". Laughing Place. Retrieved 2022-05-17.
- ↑ MacDonald, Brady (2022-04-15). "Six Flags Magic Mountain adds new single-rider lines to shorten wait times". Los Angeles Daily News. Retrieved 2023-09-25.
External links
- Tatsu on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
