Psyclone (roller coaster)

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Psyclone
Location	Six Flags Magic Mountain
Type	Wood - Sit down
Status	Torn Down March 1st, 2007.
Opened	3/23/1991
Closed	January 2007
Manufacturer	Dinn Corporation
Designer	Curtis D. Summers
Track layout	Cyclone
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	95 feet (29 m)
Length	2,970 feet (905.3 m)
Max speed	50 mile per hour (80.5 km/h)
Inversions	0
Duration	1:50
Max Vertical Angle	53 degrees
Capacity	1200 riders per hour
Cost	$5,000,000
Max G force	3
Height Restriction	48 inches (121.9 cm)
Psyclone at RCDB
Pictures of Psyclone at RCDB

Psyclone was a wooden roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain. Opened in 1991, it was patterned after the legendary Coney Island Cyclone. The Psyclone featured 11 hills, 5 high-speed banked turns, and a 183-foot long pitch black tunnel. It also had the only wooden roller coaster trains ever built by Bolliger & Mabillard.

The ride sustained structural damage after the Northridge Earthquake in 1994 and though repaired to operate safely again, the ride dynamics suffered greatly in regards to vehicle tracking. Over the last half decade of operation, ridership at the attraction has drastically declined, due in part to having earned a poor reputation among park visitors because of rider discomfort and its relatively low-thrill factor.

Ride operators at Psyclone are required to load a minimum of 17 passengers in one train prior to dispatch. This policy was enforced to reduce the chances of the vehicles from stalling mid-ride due to lack of momentum.

On January 23, 2007 it was announced by the park that Psyclone would be demolished for future expansion. The Flashback roller coaster is also going to be removed but will be reassembled within the park possibly in 2008.[1] Psyclone was dismantled and scrapped during the last week of February 2007.