astroworld greezed lightning rollercoaster during day in back seat (WWWA Productions)

1978 saw the addition of Astroworld's fourth coaster, Greezed Lightnin', a Schwarzkopf catapult-launched shuttle loop. Unlike other rollercoasters of the same design, this model used the flywheel launch instead of the less intense weight-drop method. Greezed Lightnin' accelerated from 0 to 60 mph in 4 seconds; although modern LIM coasters can accomplish this same result, in 1978 this method was ingenious. After your initial launch, you were thrown into a nearly circular loop and then over 100 feet into the air at a 70-degree incline. As gravity caught up with you, you then fall backwards, repeating the trip through the loop, backwards through the station, and up a second incline (source: SixFlagsHouston.com).
Posted by Mark at April 9, 2006 12:00 PM