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| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||||||
| Product | Looping Star | ||||||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing-. Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||||||
| Track layout | Figure-8 | ||||||||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1700 | ||||||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||||||
| Area | 252.6 feet × 103.3 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 80.4 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Top speed | 47.8 mph | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 1942.3 feet | ||||||||||||||
| Inversions | 1 | ||||||||||||||
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Viper was a steel roller coaster which operated at two Six Flags parks. These parks were Six Flags AstroWorld and Six Flags St. Louis.
History
The roller coaster initially opened at Six Flags St. Louis on April 4, 1981 and was called Jet Scream.[1] It was closed in 1988 and sent to Six Flags AstroWorld, where it opened the following year as Viper.[2] It was closed and demolished with the park in the fall of 2005.[3]
Design
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The ride featured a tunnel and a single vertical loop.
Color scheme
The ride was painted blue when it originally opened, but it was repainted green when it was relocated.
Trains
2 trains with 7 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.
Images
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The top of the lift hill
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References
- ↑ "Jetscream to zoom at Six Flags". The Rock Island Argus.
- ↑ AstroWorld 1989 brochure
- ↑ "For AstroWorld, the ride is over".
External links
- Viper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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