Carolina Cyclone

Infobox roller coaster
name=Carolina Cyclone


caption=The ride's logo
location=Carowinds
section=Carolina Boardwalk
type=Steel
status=Open
opened=March 1980
manufacturer=Arrow Dynamics
designer=Ron Toomer
lift=Chain lift hill
height=95
drop=65
length=2100
speed=41
inversions=4
duration=1:26
angle=53
capacity=1700 riders per hour
cost=$10,000,000
gforce=3.5
restriction=48
rcdb_number=81The 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.

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.

Construction data

*103 tons of steel

Ride elements

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

External links

* [http://www.carowinds.com/attractions/detail.cfm?ai_id=9 Carowinds' Official Page For Carolina Cyclone]