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Tatsu
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| Tatsu | |
 Tatsu's 124-foot-tall pretzel loop |
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| Location | Six Flags Magic Mountain |
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| Type | Steel - Flying |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | May 13, 2006 |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger and Mabillard |
| Model | Flying coaster |
| Track layout | Terrain |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 170 feet (51.8 m) |
| Drop | 111 feet (33.8 m) |
| Length | 3,602 feet (1,097.9 m) |
| Max speed | 62 mile per hour (99.8 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 3:30 |
| Capacity | 1600 riders per hour |
| Cost | $21,000,000 |
| Tatsu at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Tatsu at RCDB | |
Tatsu is a steel flying roller coaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Tatsu is the park's seventeenth coaster.
Built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Seating is designed to simulate flight (like Superman: Ultimate Flight at Six Flags Great Adventure, Over Georgia, and Great America); after the rider is in the seat's safety harness but before the ride starts, the seat is rotated 90° from the upright to a face-down position. The face-down position is kept for the duration of the ride. The 3,602-foot track passes over four areas of the park and features an elevation change of 263 feet. The ride has a maximum speed of 62 mph and broke records with a 124-foot pretzel loop.
Tatsu is a three-and-a-half-minute ride (a little more than one minute "in flight") and accommodates an average of 1600 riders per hour. Two trains can be loaded with passengers at the same time. As with Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, a switch track exists on both sides of the station's exit. The station's floor has a unique design that eliminates the need for a movable floor, which was used on B&M's previous flying coasters. The floor under each car is recessed to allow the seats to flip into flying position with plenty of clearance for the riders' feet, while the floor between the cars is the same height as the rest of the station to allow riders to board easily.
"Tatsu" is a Japanese word meaning "flying beast" or "dragon," and the ride is being promoted with a Japanese mythology theme. The tubular steel structural supports, painted red-orange, make a subtle allusion to traditional Japanese torii gates. The ride opened on May 13, 2006, quickly becoming a park favorite.
- Six Flags Tatsu Fact Sheet
- YouTube video Magic Mountain/PR newswire with unedited back and front POV
- Tatsu video(amateur footage, interior row POV)
| Roller coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain |
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Batman: The Ride - Canyon Blaster - Colossus - Déjà Vu - Flashback - Goldrusher - Goliath - Goliath Jr. - Ninja - Psyclone - Revolution - The Riddler's Revenge - Scream! - Superman: The Escape - Tatsu - Viper - X |
| Past Roller Coasters at Six Flags Magic Mountain: |
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