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Afterburn
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General
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Park Carowinds
Location USAColumbia, South Carolina, USA
Status Operating
Operated
Operated
Opened 20 March 1999
Opening
Cost US$10,500,000
Height restriction
Statistics
Manufacturer Bolliiger & Mabillard
Builder
Designer
Type
Type Inverted
Model
Riders per train 32
Riders per hour 1,380
Lift/launch system Chain Lift
Height 113 feet
Drop
Top speed 62 mph
Length 2,956 feet
Dimensions
Duration 2:47
Inversions 6
Steepest drop
Maximum g-force 4.5
Fast Lane Fast Lane available

Afterburn is a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster located at Carowinds in Charlotte, North Carolina.[1] When the ride opened in 1999, it was named Top Gun: The Jet Coaster. 

Design[]

Trains[]

Single-car trains.

Trivia[]

It was featured in Insane Coaster Wars(G-Force Giants)



Photo Gallery[]

References[]

Carowinds Roller Coasters
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Former Flying Super SaturatorWhite Lightnin'Thunder Road
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