Iron Wolf
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 A train in the Iron Wolf's loop. |
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| Location | Six Flags Great America |
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| Type | Steel - Stand-up |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | April 28, 1990 |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Stand-Up Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | chain |
| Height | 100 ft (30 m) |
| Drop | 90 ft (27 m) |
| Length | 2,900 ft (880 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (89 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 2:00 |
| Max vertical angle | 47° |
| Capacity | 1220 riders per hour |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 6 in (140 cm) |
| Iron Wolf at RCDB Pictures of Iron Wolf at RCDB |
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- This article refers to the Iron Wolf roller coaster. For the Lithuanian fascist group see Iron Wolf (Lithuania)
- and for the first studio album by George Canyon, see Ironwolf
Iron Wolf is a steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, on the former site of Z-Force (the first and only Intamin Space-Diver ride ever manufactured). The ride, a stand-up coaster making its debut in 1990, was the first roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard since the formation of their company. The coaster is 100 feet tall and has a track length of 2900 feet and a top speed of 55 mph. It has two inversions: a vertical loop and a corkscrew.
Iron Wolf uses Intamin AG trains.
Both Iron Wolf and Batman: The Ride, the world's first inverted coaster, which also debuted at Six Flags Great America in 1992, are responsible for starting an "Arms Race" for the tallest/fastest coasters of their type. In the following years, Mantis at Cedar Point, Chang at Six Flags Kentucky Kingdom and Riddler's Revenge at Six Flags Magic Mountain would be built taller and faster, and have more inversions, than the stand-ups before them. The coasters opened in 1996, 1997 and 1998 respectively; the latter coaster is the current record-holder for the aforementioned categories. In recent years, this ride has been criticized for being rough and painful, unusual for a Bolliger & Mabillard coaster. For 2007 Fright Fest, its name was changed to Predator.
The Iron Wolf appeared in the movie Ri¢hie Ri¢h.
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