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Six Flags Over Georgia · Operating · 1973
Great American Scream Machine
105 ft · 57 mph
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A classic wooden out-and-back coaster with airtime hills — a 1970s woodie icon.
Specifications
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Ride profile
Scaled against Six Flags Over Georgia's operating coasters
Park intensity
Height
105 ft
#6 of 10 at Six Flags Over Georgia
Ride experience
- Out & back
- Wood
Specs from sixflags.com
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Out-and-back layouts
Leave the station, hit a big drop, return parallel — the classic speed hill formula.
Rocky Mountain hybrid coasters
Steel track on reinvented wooden structures — steep, twisted, and often relentless.
Track compliance — why wood feels alive
Wood flexes; steel is stiffer — the same forces feel different on each structure.
Twister layouts
Helixes and direction changes stacked in one direction — classic wooden feel.
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Sources & official links
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- Six Flags Over Georgia — official sitesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Six Flags Over Georgia on Coaster AtlasPark page
- Ride specifications sourcesixflags.com(opens in a new tab)
- Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters — manufacturerptcoasters.com(opens in a new tab)
- Hero photo (See Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0)Image license & attribution(opens in a new tab)
- Official POV — Licensed POVWatch on YouTube(opens in a new tab)