The Flying Cobras
Steel Boomerang at Carowinds, Charlotte, North Carolina. Opened 2009.
- Height
- 125 ft
- Drop
- n/a
- Top speed
- 50 mph
- Length
- 935 ft
- Inversions
- 3
- Ride time
- 1 min 48 s
- Designer
- Vekoma
The Flying Cobras is a Vekoma Boomerang roller coaster in the County Fair area of Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina. The shuttle coaster first ran as Head Spin at Geauga Lake in Ohio and opened at Carowinds on March 28, 2009, as Carolina Cobra. It took its current name and a blue and white color scheme in 2017, and got another new color scheme for 2026. The park themes it to a county fair air show.
A catch car pulls the train up a lift and releases it through a cobra roll and a vertical loop. The train climbs a second lift and runs the course again backward, so riders go upside down six times. The park gives a height of 125 feet and a top speed of 50 mph. The track is 935 feet long, and a ride lasts about 1 minute and 48 seconds. A single train carries 28 riders, and the minimum height is 48 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/carowinds/attractions/the-flying-cobras (Park page: The Flying Cobras, County Fair air-show theme; 360-degree loop and cobra roll at up to 50 mph, run forward and backward; upside down six times; 125 feet tall; minimum height 48 inches.)
- rcdb.com/4269.htm (RCDB: operating since March 28, 2009; Vekoma Boomerang; length 935 ft, height 116.5 ft, 47 mph, 3 inversions, duration 1:48; catch car lift, cobra roll, loop; single train of 7 cars, 28 riders; former name Carolina Cobra (2009 to 2016); relocated from Geauga Lake as Head Spin; new color scheme for 2026.)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carowinds (Wikipedia: for 2017 Carolina Cobra was rethemed and renamed The Flying Cobras with a new blue and white color scheme.)
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