Mindbender (Galaxyland)
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The Mindbender with the Galaxy Orbiter roller coaster in the foreground.
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| Galaxyland | |
| Coordinates | 53°31′25″N 113°37′13″W / 53.52361°N 113.62028°WCoordinates: 53°31′25″N 113°37′13″W / 53.52361°N 113.62028°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | March 16, 1986 |
| Cost | CAD6 million |
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| Type | Steel – Twister |
| Manufacturer | Anton Schwarzkopf |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Sitting Coaster |
| Track layout | Indoor Twister |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 44.1 m (145 ft) |
| Drop | 38.7 m (127 ft) |
| Length | 1,279.5 m (4,198 ft) |
| Speed | 96.5 km/h (60.0 mph) |
| Inversions | 3 |
| Duration | 1:13 |
| Capacity | 120 riders per hour |
| G-force | 6.8 G according to schwarzkopf.coaster.net or 5.2 G acc. to RCDB |
| Height restriction | 59–77 in (150–196 cm) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 3 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train. |
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Mindbender at RCDB Pictures of Mindbender at RCDB |
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The Mindbender is the world's largest indoor triple-loop roller coaster. It is located in Galaxyland Amusement Park, a major attraction inside West Edmonton Mall, in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Mindbender was designed by Germany's Werner Stengel and built by Anton Schwarzkopf. It was inspired by this team's previous design, Dreier Looping, a portable coaster that travelled the German funfair circuit, before being sold to a succession of amusement parks in Malaysia, Great Britain, and most recently, Mexico. Mindbender is a pseudo mirror-image of Dreier Looping, and is slightly taller, with additional helices at the end of the ride. Mindbender features shorter trains, with three pilot cars, whereas Dreier Looping usually ran with five trailer cars and one pilot car, occasionally rising to seven-car trains at busy funfairs.
The ride's layout features many twisting drops, three vertical loops and a double upward helix finale. The ride twists underneath, in between and around its supports. It also goes underneath the former UFO Maze attraction, which has been removed to make way for another roller coaster; Gerstlauer's Galaxy Orbiter, during the helix.
Often in high season, the last car on one of the trains is reversed, allowing guests to ride the roller coaster without being able to see where they are going.
After boarding the Mindbender, riders put on their seatbelt and lap restraints. Also, the ride operator lowers large shoulder restraints over the riders. All of the restraints keep the riders firmly secured in the seat.
After ascending the curving wheel driven lift hill, the train descends a sharp, twisting left-hand drop (sometimes referred to as a Traver drop) that climbs up to the first of four stacked block brakes. The train negotiates a second left-hand drop that is immediately followed by two vertical loops. The aforementioned process happens yet again, but the height of the coaster is decreased and the next loop is a single one.
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