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Viper
Steel Looper at Six Flags Magic Mountain, Valencia, California. Opened 1990.
- Height
- 188 ft
- Drop
- 171 ft
- Top speed
- 70 mph
- Length
- 3,830 ft
- Inversions
- 7
- Ride time
- 2 min 30 s
- Designer
- Arrow Dynamics
Viper is a steel looping roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California, in the Baja Ridge area. It is a custom design by Arrow Dynamics and opened on April 7, 1990.
The train climbs a 188-foot lift and drops 171 feet, reaching 70 mph. It then turns riders upside down seven times: three vertical loops, a batwing, which counts as two inversions, and a double corkscrew. The park says the tallest loop is about 14 stories high. The track is 3,830 feet long and a ride lasts about two and a half minutes.
Viper runs up to three trains of seven cars, each carrying 28 riders, and RCDB lists a capacity of 1,700 riders per hour and a cost of $8 million. The park lists a minimum rider height of 54 inches.
Sources
- sixflags.com/magicmountain/attractions/viper (Park page: Baja Ridge, introduced 1990, Arrow Dynamics, 188-ft lift, 171-ft drop, 70 mph, seven loops, tallest about 14 stories, 54-inch minimum)
- rcdb.com/25.htm (RCDB: Arrow Dynamics custom looping coaster, 3,830 ft, 188 ft, 171-ft drop, 70 mph, 7 inversions, 2:30; three loops, batwing, double corkscrew; 3 trains of 7 cars (28 riders), capacity 1,700, cost $8,000,000)
- rcdb.com/4532.htm (RCDB park page: address, opened 5/29/1971, former name Magic Mountain (1971-1978), purchased by Six Flags 1979; operating, SBNO, defunct and under-construction coasters with opening and closing dates)
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