Afterburn (roller coaster)
Afterburn to Top Gun times
Afterburn in Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina, USA is a steel roller coaster from the model inverted coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, who on 20 March 1999 as Top Gun in the former Paramount's Carowinds - Opened The Jet Coaster. It is located in the part of the amusement park, which belongs to the state of South Carolina.
It has a height of 34 m, a length of 901 m, reaches a top speed of 100 km / h and is equipped with six inversions. Afterburn should be initially spurred by the 1998's film Godzilla, but was then discussed on the basis of the limited success of the film after the film Top Gun. After the name of Paramount expired in 2007, the railway had to be renamed. The train is decorated with a worn-out, mock armed F-14 Tomcat U.S. Navy, which is mounted between the rails on one of the pillars.
Ride
The journey begins when the train leaves the station and is pulled up to 34 m high lift hill. Once at the top, passengers can expect a Predrop before the actual first drop. After the departure of the train passes through the loop, followed by a long straight before the Immelmann. Immediately followed by the zero- G- roll, and the bat wing, consisting of two inversions. The route now leads over the foot of the lift Hills before the last inversion, the corkscrew is achieved. A helix closes the gap to the final brakes.
Afterburn has two trains with eight cars. In each car four people can (a series ) take place. Passengers must be at least 1.37 m tall to ride allowed. As restraint system come shoulder strap for use.