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Tatsu

B&M flying coaster waarop rijders liggend onder de baan door corkscrew, zero-g roll, horseshoe en pretzel loop vliegen.

Tatsu draait om het vlieggevoel: de trein kantelt rijders voorover, waarna de baan over de heuvels van Magic Mountain scheert. De combinatie van hoogte, face-down seating en de grote pretzel loop maakt dit een uitgesproken extreme coaster.

Normal 8 min
Average 32 min
Highest measurement 120 min Measured at 07-09 15:03
Type Ride
Category Roller coaster
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RCDB

Coaster profile

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Classification

RCDB #3305
RCDB status Operating since May 13, 2006
Classification Roller Coaster
Track type Steel
Design Flying
Scale Extreme
Layout Terrain flying coaster
Station Dual Station
Categories Roller Coaster, Steel, Flying, Extreme, Terrain
RCDB track 3,602.0 ft (1,097.9 m) length; 170.0 ft (51.8 m) height; 111.0 ft (33.8 m) drop; 62.0 mph (99.8 km/h); 4 inversions
RCDB elements Chain Lift Hill; 103.0 ft (31.4 m) Corkscrew; 96.0 ft (29.3 m) Zero-G Roll; 80.0 ft (24.4 m) Horseshoe; 124.0 ft (37.8 m) Pretzel Loop; In-Line Twist
RCDB trains 3 trains with 8 cars; 4 across in 1 row; 32 riders per train
RCDB capacity 1600 riders per hour
Official ride profile 54 inch minimum; thrill level 4; Rapids Camp Crossing; up to 62.0 mph (99.8 km/h); 170.0 ft (51.8 m) dragon

Tracks

Length 3,602.0 ft (1,097.9 m)
Height 170.0 ft (51.8 m)
Drop 111.0 ft (33.8 m)
Speed 62.0 mph (99.8 km/h)
Inversions 4

Trains

Arrangement 3 treinen met 8 wagens per trein; rijders liggen 4 naast elkaar op 1 rij, samen 32 rijders per trein.
Trains 3
Cars per train 8
Rows per car 1
Riders per row 4
Riders per train 32
Capacity per hour 1,600

Location

Tatsu ligt bij Rapids Camp Crossing en gebruikt de hoogteverschillen van Magic Mountain voor het gevoel van vliegen boven het park.

Notes

RCDB vertaalt Tatsu als “Flying Beast” en vermeldt een dual station, terreinlayout en capaciteit van 1600 rijders per uur.

Theming

De baan is vormgegeven als een felgekleurde draak; Six Flags beschrijft Tatsu als een flying coaster op de top van Samurai Summit.

Data

Wait statistics

Based on available measurements and historical wait-time data.

Now Closed
Normal 8 min
Average 32 min
Highest measurement 120 min Measured at 07-09 15:03
Measurements 6722
Outage measurements 862
Avg. outage duration 17 min
Often busy 12:00 30 min average
Often quiet 10:00 0 min average
Reliability High 7374 measurements, 14 hour blocks
Distribution

Boxplots

Spread of wait times, outage duration, and the number of outages per day based on available historical data.

Wait times

6722 measurements

0 min 30 min 60 min 90 min 120 min
Min
0 min
Q1
15 min
Median
30 min
Q3
45 min
Max
120 min

Typical wait time: around 30 min.

It usually falls between 15 min and 45 min.

See more than 45 min? It is probably busier than usual — consider a quieter moment.

Less than 15 min? You are in luck: that does not happen often.

Outage duration

317 outages

0 min 25 min 50 min 75 min 100 min
Min
1 min
Q1
5 min
Median
6 min
Q3
17 min
Max
98 min

Outages usually last about 6 min.

Some are over quickly (sometimes within 5 min), others take longer (up to 17 min). That varies per outage.

Already longer than 17 min? The attraction may stay closed a while longer.

Outages per day

75 days

0 3 6 9 12
Min
1
Q1
2
Median
4
Q3
6
Max
10

On days with outages, we see an average of 4 per day.

That usually falls between 2 and 6.

On quiet days it was 1, on busy days up to 10.

Historical

Wait-time build-up

Today compared with historical wait times by hour.

Today Expected Historical
Horizontal axis hours, vertical axis queue minutes. 0 min 10 min 20 min 30 min 10:00 11:00 12:00 13:00 14:00 15:00 16:00 17:00 18:00