Tatsu
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Tatsu's terrain layout
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| Six Flags Magic Mountain | |
| Park section | Samurai Summit |
| Coordinates | 34°25′19″N 118°35′51″W / 34.42194°N 118.59750°WCoordinates: 34°25′19″N 118°35′51″W / 34.42194°N 118.59750°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | May 13, 2006 |
| Cost | $21 million |
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| Type | Steel – Flying |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Model | Flying Coaster |
| Track layout | Terrain |
| Lift/launch system | Chain Lift |
| Height | 170 ft (52 m) |
| Drop | 111 ft (34 m) |
| Length | 3,602 ft (1,098 m) |
| Speed | 62 mph (100 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 2:00 |
| Capacity | 1,600 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 54 in (137 cm) |
| Trains | 3 trains with 8 cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 32 riders per train. |
 Flash Pass available |
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 Must transfer from wheelchair |
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Tatsu at RCDB Pictures of Tatsu at RCDB |
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Tatsu is a steel flying roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park located in Valencia, California, United States. Announced on November 17, 2005, the roller coaster opened to the public on May 13, 2006 as the park's seventeenth roller coaster. Tatsu reaches a height of 170 feet (52 m) and speeds up to 62 miles per hour (100 km/h). The ride's name comes from Japanese mythology and means Flying Beast in Japanese. The roller coaster is also the world's tallest and fastest flying coaster; is the only flying roller coaster to feature a zero-gravity roll; and has the world's highest pretzel loop. It was the world's longest flying coaster until The Flying Dinosaur surpassed it.
In the roller coaster's opening year, it was named the 40th best roller coaster in the world in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards; in Mitch Hawker's Best Steel Roller Coaster Poll, the roller coaster placed at the 34 position.
Rumors of a new roller coaster being built at Six Flags Magic Mountain first emerged in the summer of 2004. Land clearing began in mid-2005 around the Samurai Summit area of the park with track for the new roller coaster soon later beginning arriving from Ohio. Construction permits filed by Six Flags Magic Mountain and a trademark for the name Tatsu (filed on August 23, 2005) were later found by the public. Tatsu was officially announced to the public on November 17, 2005. Both Revolution and Roaring Rapids were temporarily closed in order for the roller coaster to be built. After construction and testing was complete, Tatsu opened to the public on May 13, 2006.
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