Greezed Lightnin' (Six Flags Astroworld)

Greezed Lightnin' (Six Flags Astroworld)

Infobox roller coaster
name = Greezed Lightnin'

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caption = Greezed Lightnin'
location = Six Flags AstroWorld
type = Steel
type2=Launched
manufacturer = Anton Schwarzkopf
designer = Werner Stengel
model = Shuttle
lift = Flywheel launch
status = Closed
opened = 1978
closed = October 30, 2005
height = 137.8
drop = 130.5
length = 849
speed = 60
duration = 0:33
inversions = 1
capacity = 1300
angle=70
acceleration = 0-60 in 4 seconds
restriction = 48
Track Length = 849'
rcdb_number= 55

Greezed Lightnin' was a steel Shuttle Looper roller coaster at Six Flags AstroWorld.

Greezed Lightnin' was designed by Anton Schwarzkopf and opened in 1978. It used a flywheel launch design and accelerated its 28 riders from 0 to 60 mph in roughly 4 seconds. The launch sends the train into a loop and up a 70 degree incline 100 feet. Once the train lost momentum it proceeded back down the incline, through the loop again (backwards), through the passenger station, and up another incline 137' 10", then forward again to the passenger station, where it stopped.

It has since been relocated to Joyland Amusement Park.

Another Schwarzkopf shuttle loop is named Greezed Lightnin', but this one operates at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom.

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