Medusa (Six Flags Discovery Kingdom)
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| Location |
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom ( Vallejo , California , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Floorless coaster |
| category | Floorless coaster |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| costs | $ 15 million |
| opening | March 18, 2000 |
| length | 1200 m |
| height | 46 m |
| Departure | 46 m |
| Max. speed | 105 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.5 g |
| Travel time | 3:15 min |
| capacity | 1600 people per hour |
| Trains | 3 trains, 8 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 4 seats / row of seats |
| elements | 39 m high loop , dive loop , zero-g-roll , sea-serpent-roll , 2 × corkscrews |
| Inversions | 7th |
Medusa in Six Flags Discovery Kingdom ( Vallejo , California , USA ) is a steel roller coaster of the Floorless Coaster model manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard , which opened on March 18, 2000 as the first floorless roller coaster on the US west coast . The cost was for 15 million dollars .
The 1200 m long route reaches a height of 46 m and has an equally high descent , on which the trains reach a speed of 105 km / h. With a 39 m high loop , a dive loop , a zero g-roll , the world's first sea serpent roll and two corkscrews , it also contains seven inversions .
Trains
Medusa has three trains with eight cars each. Four people (one row of four) can be seated in each carriage. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system.
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Coordinates: 38 ° 8 '25.9 " N , 122 ° 14' 0.8" W.