Carolina Cyclone
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| Carolina Cyclone | |
 The corkscrew element |
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| Location | Carowinds |
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| Park Section | Carolina Boardwalk |
| Type | Steel - Custom Looping |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1980 |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Dynamics |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 95 feet (29 m) |
| Length | 2,100 feet (640.1 m) |
| Max speed | 41 mile per hour (66 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Height Restriction | 48 inches (121.9 cm) |
| Carolina Cyclone at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Carolina Cyclone at RCDB | |
The Carolina Cyclone is a roller coaster located at Carowinds near Charlotte, North Carolina. The Carolina Cyclone, built in 1980 by world renowned coaster builders Arrow Dynamics, was the first ride featuring 4 inversions.
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[edit] Ride layout
Riders exit the station and make a tight left turn before the lift begins pulling them to the top. A small drop, along with a turn, brings the train to the largest drop on the roller coaster. Directly after the drop, the two loops exist followed by a small hill with a banked turn. As the train makes its way over the walkway it flips riders twice in two corkscrews, one directly after the other. After the corkscrews riders are taken to a near-ground helix before hitting the brake run and returning to the station.
[edit] Ride elements
- Two loops
- Two corkscrews (that go over the walkway like Corkscrew at Cedar Point)
[edit] Trivia
- The world's first roller coaster to flip riders 4 times.
- The coaster was originally painted bright red, however the ride was repainted a blue/green color in the late 1980s before taking on its current deep blue in 2001.
[edit] Construction data
- 103 tons of steel
[edit] External links
| Preceded by Corkscrew |
First coaster with 4 inversions 1980–May 1982 |
Succeeded by The Viper |
| Roller coasters at Carowinds |
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Borg Assimilator - Carolina Cyclone - Carolina Goldrusher - Fairly Odd Coaster - Flying Super Saturator - Hey Arnold's Taxi Chase - Hurler - Ricochet - Rugrat's Runaway Reptar - Thunder Road - Top Gun: The Jet Coaster - Vortex |
