Flug der Dämonen (German for "Flight of the Demons") is a Bolliger & Mabillard

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amusement park located in Soltau,

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, Germany. The attraction officially opened to the public on March 29, 2014.

History

During the 2012 season, the ''Wildwasserbahn 2'' was completely dismantled. Before that there were a few speculations about a new rollercoaster on the place of the ''Wildwasserbahn 2''. In the 2013 season of the park, the coaster was announced in late summer, but before that, the themepark announced the new ride as follows: "It's big. It's fast. It comes. Closer and closer and closer. Premiere for Germany 2014. Here at Heide Park Resort.". On August 18, 2013, one day before Heide Park Resorts' 35th birthday, the park announced some details about the new ride to the media. The park also put up a website saying that the full details of the ride will be announced in the morning of August 19, 2013. On this website were construction updates and other stuff about ''Flug der Dämonen''. The name of the new Wing Coaster was announced on January 8, 2014. It officially opened to the public on March 29, 2014.

Ride experience

After being dispatched from the station, the train makes a right hand turn, entering the lift hill. Upon reaching the top of the lift hill, the train enters the first element of the roller coaster, a Dive Drop. This element is similar to the Dive Drop's found on

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at Cedar Point and consists of the train rotating 180 degrees into an upside down position before descending back to the ground. During this drop, the train reaches its maximum speed of 62 miles per hour (100 km/h). Next, the train enters a camelback hill where riders experience the feeling of

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. Upon exiting the hill, the train immediately enters an Immelmann loop. Next, the train goes through a

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, followed by a left-handed 270-degree downward helix. The next element is a new element called a Demonic Knot, it consists of a combination of an inclined Dive Loop followed by an inclined Immelmann Loop. The train then enters a 315-degree left hand turn leading into the final brake run.

Characteristics

Track

Flug der Dämonen's tubular steel track is long and the lift is approximately . The track is white and the supports are dark green. Also, the entire track weighs a total of about .

Trains

''Flug der Dämonen'' operates with two open-air steel and fiberglass trains, each with six cars of four seats each, with two on each side of the track. Each train holds 24 riders and the ride has a capacity of about 1,060 riders per hour. Riders are restrained by flexible over-the-shoulder restraints and interlocking seat belts and riders are required to be between and to ride. Because the seats are on the side of the track, a

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steel arm is used to support the wings. The trains are painted black and white. The front of each train is shaped to resemble the head of a demon. It was designed by German

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artist ''Markus Genesius''. File:FlugDerDämonenImmelmann.jpg, The Immelmann inversion

References

External links

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