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Sign in to suggest an update →This Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster has carried three different themes since opening in 2003 as Rugrats Runaway Reptar, becoming Flying Ace Aerial Chase in 2010 and finally Kiddy Hawk's Wright Brothers-style aviation theme in 2018. A single train of ten legs-dangling cars climbs a 49-foot lift hill, then eases into a slow looping descent that carries riders briefly out over the Camp Snoopy midway before a run of gentle turns home. It's one of the few inverted coasters built specifically for younger riders, positioned as first-flight training before Thunder Striker and Fury 325.
Specifications
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Ride profile
Scaled against Carowinds's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
49 ft
#9 of 14 at Carowinds
Ride experience
- Inverted
- Junior
- Steel
Ride details
Min height
3'8"
Specs from sixflags.com
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Inverted coasters
Trains hang beneath the track so your feet dangle — B&M made the style famous.
Mine train coasters
Smaller trains, winding layouts, and family-friendly pacing — often themed as mining adventures.
Bolliger & Mabillard (B&M)
Swiss manufacturer known for smooth inverts, hypers, dives, and wing coasters.
Spaghetti bowl layouts
Tight intertwined track where multiple layers cross — visual chaos and quick transitions.
History
Sourced timeline and background for Kiddy Hawk.
Former names & versions
Kiddy HawkCurrent
2018–present · Vekoma
Flying Ace Aerial Chase
2010–2017 · Vekoma
Rugrats Runaway Reptar
2003–2009 · Vekoma
Timeline
2003
Opens as Rugrats Runaway Reptar
Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster debuts with Nickelodeon Rugrats theming.
2010
Renamed Flying Ace Aerial Chase
Ride is rethemed to a Peanuts flying-ace storyline after the Rugrats license lapses.
2018
Renamed Kiddy Hawk
Ride is refreshed again with a Wright Brothers-style aviation theme and its current name.
Background
Kiddy Hawk has carried three different themes since it opened in 2003 as Rugrats Runaway Reptar, a Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster built to capitalize on Nickelodeon's then-popular Rugrats franchise. When that licensing deal ended, the park rethemed it in 2010 as Flying Ace Aerial Chase, casting Snoopy as a World War I flying ace chasing the Red Baron along the same suspended track.
The ride's hardware has stayed essentially the same across every retheme: a single train of ten cars climbs a 49-foot lift hill, then eases into a slow looping descent that briefly carries seatless, legs-dangling riders out over the Camp Snoopy midway before a run of gentle turns back to the station. For 2018, the park renamed it Kiddy Hawk and gave it a Wright Brothers-style aviation theme, positioning it as a first-flight training coaster for kids not yet tall enough for Thunder Striker or Fury 325.
Located near the entrance of Camp Snoopy across from Panda Express, Kiddy Hawk remains one of the more head-banging-prone rides in the Vekoma Suspended Family Coaster line, but it's also one of the few inverted coasters built specifically for younger riders anywhere in the region.
History primarily sourced from sixflags.com. See also our data policy.
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- Carowinds — official sitesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Carowinds on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Vekoma — manufacturervekoma.com(opens in a new tab)
- Hero photo (ZackyWacky · CC BY-SA 4.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Official POV — Official park YouTubeWatch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)
- History & background sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
