THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity at Six Flags Great America, 2025. Photo by Feather Better via Wikimedia Commons · See Wikimedia Commons file page · Source
Roller Coaster
THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Model
- Unknown
- Opened
- May 18, 2001
Track layout
THE FLASH: Vertical Velocity
Verified schematic · not to scale
- Station
- 1LIM launch forward
- 2185 ft twisted vertical spike
- 3Rollback through station
- 4185 ft straight vertical spike
- 5Reverse drop
- 6Repeated passes through launch track
- 7Final brakes
- Brakes · Station
Shows the order of elements only. Shape, distance, height and direction are not represented.
Known coaster characteristics (not geometry)
- Steel track
- Shuttle layout
Horizontal High ConfidenceSource: The Flash Vertical Velocity SFGAm — official page · Accessed October 7, 2026Version 1
View sources (2)
- DurationThe Flash Vertical Velocity SFGAm — official pageSix Flags Great America · Accessed October 7, 2026
- Height · Inversions · launch_type · length_ft · max_vertical_angle · Opening date · Speed · track_typeThe Flash Vertical Velocity SFGAm — RCDBRoller Coaster DataBase · Accessed October 6, 2026
Specifications
- Track
- Steel
- Height
- 185 ft
- Speed
- 70 mph
- Length
- 630 ft
- Inversions
- 0
- Max angle
- 90 °
- Launch
- LIM