Tatsu

Tatsu is a steel flying roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at the Six Flags Magic Mountain amusement park located in Valencia, California. Announced on November 17, 2005, the roller coaster opened to the public on May 13, 2006 as the park's seventeenth roller coaster. Tatsu reaches a height of 170 feet (52 m) and speeds up to 62 miles per hour (100 km/h). The ride's name comes from Japanese mythology and means Flying Beast in Japanese. The roller coaster is also the world's tallest, fastest and longest flying coaster; is the only flying roller coaster to feature a zero-gravity roll; and has the world's highest pretzel loop.

In the roller coaster's opening year, it was named the 40th best roller coaster in the world in Amusement Today's Golden Ticket Awards; in Mitch Hawker's Best Steel Roller Coaster Poll, the roller coaster placed at the 34 position.

History

Rumors of a new roller coaster being built at Six Flags Magic Mountain first emerged in the summer of 2004. Land clearing began in mid-2005 around the Samurai Summit area of the park with track for the new roller coaster soon later beginning arriving from Ohio. Construction permits filed by Six Flags Magic Mountain and a trademark for the name Tatsu (filed on August 23, 2005) were later found by the public. Tatsu was officially announced to the public on November 17, 2005. Both Revolution and Roaring Rapids were temporarily closed in order for the roller coaster to be built. After construction and testing was complete, Tatsu opened to the public on May 13, 2006.

Tatsu (film)

Tatsu (Russian: Тацу) (alternative title: Hound Dogs (Russian: Гончие псы)) is a 1994 Russian film directed by Vera Yakovenko and starring Margarita Pushkina, Nastya, Krematorij, Molotov Cocktail bands and others.

Plot

According to film director Lagunov, "Tatsu is a dragon that sits inside everyone of us. It chokes those of us who yielded to our temptations.". The film is a story of a Soviet hippy who was imprisoned for 5 years and tries to fit in after the release.

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Tatsu (disambiguation)

Tatsu is a roller-coaster in California.

Tatsu may also refer to: