NewsPlusNotes: Maxx Force Blasting Into Six Flags Great America in 2019

Thursday, August 30, 2018

Maxx Force Blasting Into Six Flags Great America in 2019

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Six Flags Great America will build a brand new roller coaster in 2019, named Maxx Force. The ride will break three world records according to the theme park: the fastest launch coaster in North America, the highest double inversion and fastest inversion of any roller coaster in the world.

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Maxx Force will be built in the Carousel Plaza area of the park, located on the land that was cleared from demolishing the Pictorium, plus some currently open space toward Raging Bull. While the park's press materials do not specifically state the manufacturer, it is believe that this air-powered launch ride is being fabricated by S&S Worldwide.

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The trains will be custom themed to model Formula One racing cars, and of note is that in these images feature only lap bar restraints. They will be launched out of the station from zero to 78 miles per hour in just two seconds, which is an extremely strong launch. It will provide quite the sensation of speed, no doubt. Immediately after the launch the trains head into this element, which the press images label as the "dog tongue element." It features two quick inversions at the top, which is 175 feet above the ground.

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The trains plummet back down and head through this "corked roll" at a speed of 60 miles per hour, which the park says is the fastest speed through an inversion on the planet.

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Immediately after the corked roll the train heads up into a "fakey roll," where the trains invert through 3/4 of a corkscrew, then quickly invert once more into a dive loop, followed right away by the final brakes. Six Flags Great America states that there will be a total of 5 inversions on Maxx Force. No track length or other statistics were released yet.

Here is the preview animation that Six Flags Great America has released for Maxx Force:

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