Viper (Six Flags Great America)

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Viper

Six Flags Great America
Location	Gurnee, Illinois, USA
Coordinates	42°22′05″N 87°56′14″W / 42.368022°N 87.937130°W / 42.368022; -87.937130
Park section	Southwest Territory
Status	Operating since April 29, 1995
Rider height	48 inch minimum

Statistics

Manufacturer

Six Flags

Designer / calculations

Dennis Starkey

Type

Wooden

Track layout

Cyclone

Hourly capacity

1000

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

100 feet

Drop

80 feet

Top speed

50 mph

Length

3458 feet

Inversions

0

Drop angle

53°

Duration

1:45

G-Force

3.6

Rolling stock

Manufacturer

Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters

Riders per train

30

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Viper is a wooden roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. Opened in 1995, it is the only roller coaster to be built directly by Six Flags themselves.Citation needed Viper is a taller, faster and longer mirror image of the famous Coney Island Cyclone. It is a part of the Southwest Territory, along with Raging Bull.

History

Construction of the attraction began in late 1994. Viper officially opened to guests on April 29, 1995.^[1]^[2]

From July 8, 2013 to August 26, 2013, Viper ran backwards.^[3]

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Hill Hill Hill Bunny hill Hill

Trains

2 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows, for a total of 30 riders per train.

Images

Queue line

Barrels in the queue
The Viper store sign
The Pay Master sign
The queue storage area

Exterior

Viper in 1997
Viper in 2003

References

↑ "Hope that summer won't send in the clouds", The Atlanta Constitution (1995-04-27), p. 70. Retrieved on 19 May 2021.
↑ "It's a scream!", The Tennessean (1995-04-30), p. 15. Retrieved on 19 May 2021.
↑ "Viper Ready to Roll Backwards at Six Flags Great America". NewsPlusNotes. http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2013/07/viper-ready-to-roll-backwards-at-six.html.

External links

Viper on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Articles on Six Flags Great America

Coasters

Present	American Eagle Batman The Ride Dark Knight Demon Flash: Vertical Velocity Goliath Joker Little Dipper Maxx Force Raging Bull Sprocket Rockets Superman Ultimate Flight Viper Whizzer X-Flight
Former	Déjà Vu Gulf Coaster Iron Wolf Ragin' Cajun Rolling Thunder ShockWave Tidal Wave Z-Force

Other attractions

Present

Former

[1] "Hope that summer won't send in the clouds", The Atlanta Constitution (1995-04-27), p. 70. Retrieved on 19 May 2021.

[2] "It's a scream!", The Tennessean (1995-04-30), p. 15. Retrieved on 19 May 2021.

[3] "Viper Ready to Roll Backwards at Six Flags Great America". NewsPlusNotes. http://newsplusnotes.blogspot.com/2013/07/viper-ready-to-roll-backwards-at-six.html.

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