The Great American Scream Machine
The Great American Scream Machine
Location	Six Flags Great Adventure
Park section	Boardwalk
Type	Steel
Status	Open
Opened	1989
Manufacturer	Arrow Dynamics
Designer	Arrow Dynamics
Model	Custom Looping Coaster
Track layout	twister
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	173 ft (53 m)
Drop	155 ft (47 m)
Length	3,800 ft (1,200 m)
Max speed	68 mph (109 km/h)
Inversions	7
Duration	2:20
Max vertical angle	48°
Capacity	1680 riders per hour
Max g-force	3. Six Flags Great Adventure is a Theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 60 miles from Newark Six Flags Great Adventure is a Theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 60 miles from Newark A steel roller coaster is a Roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of Steel. Arrow Dynamics was a Roller coaster design company based in Clearfield, Utah, United States. A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical Roller coaster that initially transports the Roller coaster g-force (also G-force, g-load) is a measurement of an object's Acceleration expressed in g s 8
Height restriction	4 ft 6 in (140 cm)
The Great American Scream Machine at RCDB Pictures of The Great American Scream Machine at RCDB
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The Great American Scream Machine is a steel roller coaster located in Six Flags Great Adventure. The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first Six Flags Great Adventure is a Theme park in Jackson Township, New Jersey, located 67 miles from New York City, 60 miles from Newark The 173-foot ride was built in 1989 and reaches speeds up to 68 mph. It was designed by Ron Toomer and built by Arrow Dynamics who built its sister coasters Shockwave (dismantled in 2002) at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois and Viper at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, California. Six Flags Great America is the Chicago metropolitan area's Six Flags Theme park located in Gurnee Illinois. Gurnee is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. The population was 28834 at the 2000 census and estimated to be 30772 in 2005 Viper is a common name for rides at the Six Flags chain of amusement parks Six Flags Magic Mountain is an Amusement park located in Valencia, California north of Los Angeles. Valencia is a Planned community located in Los Angeles County California in the northwestern corner of the Santa Clarita Valley, adjacent to All three coastes have three loops after the lift hill, a batwing, and a double corkscrew.

The roller coaster track is painted red and has white supports. The trains are named Freedom (red,) Liberty (white,) and Spirit(blue. ) The ground features a red and white design similar to the stripes in a waving American flag.

28 guests can ride per train. 3 trains can dispatch a total of 84 guests every 2 minute and 20 seconds, 27 times an hour. The capacity is 1680 guests per hour.

The shoulder restraint handles are made of foam instead of metal.

Great American Scream Machine's on-ride camera is located at the beginning of the double corkscrew. An on-ride Camera is a camera mounted alongside the track of a Roller coaster, log flume or other thrill ride that automatically photographs all of the

Modifications

After its first season Great American Scream Machine's vertical loops had their tops removed and replaced with track that had additional bracing due to issues that other Arrow coasters had been experiencing, especially Shockwave at Six Flags Great America. The original top of the first loop can be found in the monkeys' enclosure in the Wild Safari at Six Flags Great Adventure. Along with the new loop tops, a brake run was installed after the first loop. The brake run is not set up to stop a train; it is set up to slightly adjust the speed of the train after its exit from the loop.

References

External links

• Official Six Flags Great Adventure Stat Sheet
• Photos of The Great American Scream Machine at AmusementPics.com