Flight Deck (California's Great America)

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Flight deck
The lift hill with first drop

The lift hill with first drop

Data
Location California's Great America
( Santa Clara , California , USA )
Type Steel - inverted
model Inverted Coaster
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH
opening March 19, 1993
length 689 m
height 31 m
Departure 28 m
Max. speed 81 km / h
Travel time 2:26 min
capacity 1380 people per hour
Trains 2 trains, 7 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 4 seats / row of seats
elements Looping ,
zero-g-roll ,
corkscrew
Inversions 3

Flight Deck in California's Great America ( Santa Clara , California , USA ) is a steel roller coaster model Inverted Coaster by the manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard , which was opened on March 19, 1993 as Top Gun . In 2008 it was renamed Flight Deck .

The 689 m long route reaches a height of 31 m and has a 28 m high first drop on which the trains can reach a top speed of 81 km / h. Three inversions were used: a loop , a zero-g-roll and a corkscrew .

Trains

Flight Deck has two trains with seven cars each. Four people (one row of four) can be seated in each carriage. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system.

Web links

Commons : Flight Deck (California's Great America)  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Coordinates: 37 ° 23 '53.1 "  N , 121 ° 58' 18.3"  W.