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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 |
Viper was a steel roller coaster which operated at two Six Flags parks. These parks were Six Flags AstroWorld and Six Flags Over Mid-America.
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 closed with the park on October 30, 2005 and was dismantled and subsequently scrapped after the park's auction in January 2006.[3][4] The trains were subsequently sent to Six Flags Over Georgia to be used as spare parts for Mindbender, another Schwarzkopf coaster. [5]
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
References
- ↑ "Jetscream to zoom at Six Flags". The Rock Island Argus.
- ↑ AstroWorld 1989 brochure
- ↑ "For AstroWorld, the ride is over".
- ↑ "Six Flags Astroworld". Screamscape.com.
- ↑ "Status of former Astroworld attractions". Six Flags Houston.com.
External links
- Viper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.