Flashback (roller coaster)
| Flashback | |
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An artist's renderation of Flashback when it was known as Z Force.
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| Previously known as Z-Force (1985-1990) | |
| Six Flags Magic Mountain | |
| Park section | Six Flags Plaza |
| Coordinates | 34°25′29″N 118°35′44″W / 34.424597°N 118.595542°WCoordinates: 34°25′29″N 118°35′44″W / 34.424597°N 118.595542°W |
| Status | Removed |
| Opening date | April 25, 1992 |
| Closing date | 2003 |
| Cost | $4,000,000 |
| Six Flags Over Georgia | |
| Status | Relocated |
| Opening date | 1988 |
| Closing date | 1990 |
| Six Flags Great America | |
| Coordinates | 42°21′58″N 87°55′52″W / 42.366099°N 87.931116°W |
| Status | Relocated |
| Opening date | 1985 |
| Closing date | 1987 |
| Replaced by | Iron Wolf |
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| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Space Diver |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 86 ft (26 m) |
| Drop | 34 ft (10 m) |
| Length | 1,900 ft (580 m) |
| Speed | 35 mph (56 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Max vertical angle | 89° |
| Capacity | 1,100 riders per hour |
| G-force | 5.77 |
| Height restriction | 48 in (122 cm) |
| Trains | 3 trains with 5 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 20 riders per train. |
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Flashback at RCDB Pictures of Flashback at RCDB |
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Flashback was a steel roller coaster made by Intamin of Switzerland. The coaster was located in the Six Flags Plaza area of Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California.
Flashback first opened in 1985 at Six Flags Great America (at Gurnee, Illinois) as Z-Force. In 1987, the ride was closed. The site was later used for a Bolliger & Mabillard stand-up roller coaster named Iron Wolf.
Following the ride's closure at Six Flags Great America, it was relocated to Six Flags Over Georgia, west of Atlanta. It opened in 1988 before closing two years later in 1990.
The ride's final relocation was to Six Flags Magic Mountain in California. As part of the relocation, the ride was renamed from Z-Force to Flashback. It opened at the park in 1992.
In 2003, the ride was closed and remained standing but not operating until 2007. On January 23, 2007, the park announced that Flashback would be removed along with Psyclone. Originally, the park stated that Flashback may be re-built within the park for 2008, however it was dismantled and scrapped in December 2007.
Flashback was the world's only hairpin-drop roller coaster, with 6 head-over-heels dives and a 540-degree upward spiral. It was also the only Space Dive coaster to ever be built. It was all packed into a relatively small area with 1,900 feet (580 m) of track stacked above each other. The drops were severe, producing a free-fall experience on the plunges; fast steel switchbacks connected the turns just before trains flew into the gravity-defying upward spiral. Trains reached a max of 35 miles per hour (56 km/h), with a 3-g force on the one and a half minute ride.
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