Carolina Cyclone

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Carolina Cyclone
The ride's logo
Location	Carowinds
Park section	Carolina Boardwalk
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	1980
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Designer	Ron Toomer
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	95 ft (29 m)
Drop	78 ft (24 m)
Length	2,100 ft (640 m)
Max speed	41 mph (66 km/h)
Inversions	4
Duration	1:26
Max vertical angle	53°
Max g-force	3.5
Height restriction	4 ft 0 in (120 cm)
Carolina Cyclone at RCDB Pictures of Carolina Cyclone at RCDB
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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, two loops and two corkscrews.

1 Ride layout
2 Construction data
3 Ride elements
4 External links

[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] Construction data

103 tons of steel

[edit] Ride elements

Two loops
Two corkscrews (that go over the walkway like Corkscrew at Cedar Point)

Carolina Cyclone's drop	Carolina Cyclone's second loop	Carolina Cyclone's two consecutive loops	Carolina Cyclone's first corkscrew
Carolina Cyclone's first corkscrew

[edit] External links

Carowinds' Official Page For Carolina Cyclone

Preceded by Corkscrew	First coaster with 4 inversions 1980–May 1982	Succeeded by The Viper

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