Specific Type: Boomerang
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Six Flags Mexico is home to one of the so popular Vekoma Boomerang clones. Their very own, simply called Boomerang, is located towards the back of the park on the southern most border of that park. Boomerang has been in operation since 1987 at Six Flags Mexico, but has not always been called the same name. It started out as Boomerang upon debut in 1987 and then in 1992 it changed name to Escorpión. The coaster operated under this name until 1999, until it changed back to its original Boomerang name, which it still operates today as.
As with Boomerang's other clones, it operates with a single train due to its incomplete circuit. Each train consists of seven cars with two rows each, and two people per row, allowing for a maximum ride capacity of twenty-eight riders per train.Boomerang takes one minute and forty-eight seconds to complete a full circuit. During this circuit, it reaches a maximum speed of forty-seven miles an hour and reaches a top height of roughly 116 feet. The length of its coiled track is 935 feet and riders encounter a maximum of 5.2 G-forces throughout their forwards and backwards journey on Boomerang. Once Boomerang's one and only train is loaded up, riders are hoisted up backwards up the first tower. They are brought up the tower until the tail of the train is just feet from the edge of the lift before the train is released and riders are now officially rushing through the course. Maximum speed is encountered right through the loading station area as this is obviously at the very bottom of coaster and right after the main drop of Boomerang. Riders are rushed straight into the two inversion element known as a cobra roll, and this is where a majority of the 5.2 G's are encountered on this coaster. Following the cobra roll is a single vertical loop where riders still have pretty good speed going through this and a decent amount of G's are pulled through this as well. Once the loop is experienced, half of the ride is over and riders then prepare themselves to experience what they just experienced, only this time in a backwards motion. Once the train is brought up to the top of the second lift, it is released and coils its way through its same course. Once this is done, the back of the train makes its way about half way back up the original lift hill, and then the train is slowly lowered back down into the station and the ride is then over. |
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