Afterburn - Carowinds, Cedar Fair by Joey Design

Afterburn - Carowinds, Cedar Fair by Joey Design *Starter Station Scenery / Jet Prop included Prepare for takeoff! Afterburn embodies the high-flying speeds and gravity defying maneuvers of a fighter jet. Introduced to Carowinds in 1999, Afterburn is the park's 3rd tallest and fastest roller coaster. Riders fly through six inversions, including a space drop, a vertical loop, an Immelmann (an actual maneuver used by fighter pilots), a zero "G" roll, a batwing, a flat spin and finally a spiral. The ride previously operated as Top Gun: The Jet Coaster, before it was renamed Afterburn following Cedar Fair's purchase of the park This real Coaster Afterburn is particularly engineered to reflect the actual ride experience. All inversions are carefully crafted About Afterburn The 2,956-foot-long (901 m) Afterburn stands 113 feet (34 m) tall. The ride features a total of six inversions including a vertical loop, an Immelmann loop, a zero-g roll, a batwing, and a corkscrew. Riders over 54 inches (140 cm) achieve a top speed of 62 miles per hour (100 km/h) on the two-minute forty-seven second ride. Afterburn operates with two trains featuring eight cars. To match the original Top Gun theme, the ride's area was designed to feel like a military base. The main queue was housed in a hangar with a two-third scale F14 Tomcat fighter Ride Experience The recreation: As the train leaves the station, a recorded message, "Clear for Takeoff," is played. Afterburn then climbs its chain lift hill, reaching a peak height of 113 feet (34 m). After a small pre-drop, the roller coaster train then drops to the right before entering its first inversion, a vertical loop. Riders then travel through an underground trench and enter an Immelmann loop which sends the train in the opposite direction. The train then drops towards the ground, climbs back up, and spins through a zero-g roll, an inverting element where riders experience the feeling of weightlessness. Afterwards, the train dives back towards