| Steel Venom | |
| Location: | Valleyfair |
| Type: | Steel |
| Type2: | Inverted |
| Type3: | Launched |
| Status: | Operating |
| Manufacturer: | Intamin |
| Model: | Impulse Coaster |
| Lift: | LIM Launch Track |
| Height Ft: | 185 |
| Drop Ft: | 175 |
| Length Ft: | 630 |
| Speed Mph: | 68 |
| Inversions: | 0 |
| Angle: | 90 |
| Capacity: | 950 |
| Cost: | $8,500,000 USD |
| Restriction In: | 52-78 |
| Trains: | 1 |
| Carspertrain: | 7 |
| Rowspercar: | 2 |
| Ridersperrow: | 2 |
| Virtual Queue Name: | Fast Lane |
| Virtual Queue Image: | Cedar_Fair_Fast_Lane_availability_icon.svg |
| Virtual Queue Status: | available |
| Rcdb Number: | 1920 |
Steel Venom is an inverted launched roller coaster located at Valleyfair amusement park in Shakopee, Minnesota, United States. The Impulse Coaster model from Intamin, which opened in 2003, reaches a height of and a maximum speed of 68mph.
Valleyfair unveiled Steel Venom in September 2002, a new roller coaster for the 2003 season manufactured by Intamin. It is an Impulse Coaster model, compact by design, and is also both Valleyfair’s and Minnesota’s first and only launch coaster.[1] Steel Venom opened to the public on May 17, 2003.[2]
The coaster's single seven-car (28-passenger) train runs along a 200 m (656 ft) U-shaped track, incorporating two 185feet vertical spikes. The forward spike incorporates a twisted spiral, and the rearward spike provides a straight freefall. The 20 m (65 ft) train, propelled by linear induction motors (LIMs,) is accelerated in less than four seconds to 68mph toward the forward tower before dropping back down through the station house and up the rearward tower. A holding brake is incorporated on the rear straight tower and is able to suspend the train momentarily (usually on the final ascent during each ride) before dropping it back down to the station house.