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Stealth (roller Coaster)
Stealth is a launched roller coaster in the Thorpe Park#Amity, Amity area of Thorpe Park located in Surrey, England. Built and designed by Intamin of Switzerland for £12 million, the Accelerator Coaster model opened in 2006 as the fastest roller coaster in the UK before being passed by Hyperia (roller coaster), Hyperia in 2024. It is also the third tallest in the UK after Hyperia and the Big One (roller coaster), Big One at Blackpool Pleasure Beach. It reaches a height of and accelerates from 0 to . Riders experience a maximum of 4.7 g-force, ''g''. Ride experience As the train enters the loading platform, a pre-boarding announcement plays with boarding instructions for riders to secure their restraints as the gates open soon after the train parks. In the background plays noises of a car engine revving with sounds of the pit crew performing maintenance on the vehicle. A voice instructs riders to "Place your heads back, face forwards, hold on tight and brace yourselves!" O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Werner Stengel
Werner Stengel (born 22 August 1936, in Bochum) is a German roller coaster designer and engineer. Stengel is the founder of Stengel Engineering, also known as Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH (or Ingenieurbuero Stengel GmbH). Stengel first worked on amusement park rides in collaboration with Anton Schwarzkopf in 1963. He established his own company, Stengel Engineering, in 1965. His collaboration with Schwarzkopf was responsible for many innovations in roller coaster design, including in 1976 the first modern "vertical" looping coaster, ''Revolution'', at Six Flags Magic Mountain. (Arrow Dynamics had debuted the first modern inversion, the corkscrew, a year earlier at Knott's Berry Farm). His Track transition curve, clothoid loop is now standard on many roller coasters, as it produces less intense forces on the human body than a circular vertical loop. In 1976 Stengel and Schwarzkopf established the first horizontal launch "Shuttle Loop". He was a pioneer in heartlining, the principle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Big One (roller Coaster)
The Big One, formerly known as the Pepsi Max Big One, is a steel roller coaster located at Pleasure Beach Resort in Blackpool, Lancashire, England. Designed by Ron Toomer and manufactured by Arrow Dynamics, the ride opened to the public on 28 May 1994 as the tallest and steepest roller coaster in the world, featuring a height of and a drop angle of 65 degrees. It held the title as the tallest until 1996 when Fujiyama opened in Japan. Construction of the ride cost £12 million. The ride was sponsored by Pepsi until 2011, at which time Pepsi Max was removed from the name. History The Big One's construction began in 1992 by Arrow Dynamics with Ron Toomer as its lead designer, and by the time it was completed, the total cost had reached £12 million. The tubular track and supports were airlifted from Bolton to Blackpool and stored at nearby Blackpool Airport. During the start of the construction of the ride, the south of Blackpool promenade was closed and pieces of the structure ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roller Coasters In The United Kingdom
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Thorpe Park Stealth 2024-03-25
Thorpe is a variant of the Middle English word ''thorp'', meaning hamlet or small village. Thorpe may refer to: People * Thorpe (surname), including a list of people with the name Places England * Thorpe, Cumbria * Thorpe, Derbyshire * Thorpe, East Lindsey, Lincolnshire * Thorpe, East Riding of Yorkshire *Thorpe, North Yorkshire *Thorpe, Nottinghamshire *Thorpe, Surrey *Thorpe Arnold, Leicestershire *Thorpe Bay, a suburb in Essex * Thorpe by Trusthorpe, Lincolnshire *Thorpe by Water, Rutland, East Midlands * Thorpe Constantine, Staffordshire * Thorpe Culvert, a hamlet in Lincolnshire *Thorpe Hamlet, Norwich, Norfolk *Thorpe Hesley, South Yorkshire *Thorpe in Balne, South Yorkshire * Thorpe in the Fallows, Lincolnshire * Thorpe Latimer, Lincolnshire *Thorpe-le-Soken, Essex *Thorpe le Street, East Riding of Yorkshire *Thorpe Mandeville, Northamptonshire *Thorpe Market, Norfolk *Thorpe-next-Haddiscoe, Norfolk *Thorpe on the Hill, Lincolnshire *Thorpe on the Hill, West Yorkshire * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollback (roller Coaster)
A rollback occurs on a launched roller coaster when the train is not launched fast enough to reach the top of the tower or hill. It will roll backwards down the tower, and will be stopped by brakes on the launch track. Any roller coaster on which it is possible for a rollback to occur will have these brakes. Intamin, a manufacturer of roller-coasters, refers to the "rollback" as a "short shot". Most coasters contain at least one anti-rollback device to prevent a train from rolling backwards while ascending the main lift. This is typically with chain-driven lifts, not hydraulic launchers such as Kingda Ka. Factors Rollbacks are most common (though still quite rare) on the world's largest launched roller coasters like Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point and Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, along with somewhat smaller rides such as Stealth at Thorpe Park and launched roller coasters of the same type, such as Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm and Storm Runner at Hers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingda Ka
Kingda Ka was a hydraulically-launched steel roller coaster located at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, United States. Manufactured by Intamin and designed by Werner Stengel, Kingda Ka opened as the in the world on May 21, 2005, surpassing Top Thrill Dragster. Although both featured similar designs, Kingda Ka's layout added an airtime hill on the return portion of the track. It was also the second strata coaster ever built, exceeding in height. The ride used a hydraulic launch mechanism to accelerate the train up to in 3.5 seconds. While Formula Rossa at Ferrari World broke its speed record in 2010, Kingda Ka remained the tallest in the world throughout its operational lifetime, featuring a tower. It also featured the longest drop in the world with a drop length of . On November 14, 2024, following months of rumors and speculation regarding the future of the attraction, Six Flags Great Adventure revealed that Kingda Ka had permanently closed. The rid ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
G-force
The g-force or gravitational force equivalent is a Specific force, mass-specific force (force per unit mass), expressed in Unit of measurement, units of standard gravity (symbol ''g'' or ''g''0, not to be confused with "g", the symbol for grams). It is used for sustained accelerations that cause a perception of weight. For example, an object at rest on Earth's surface is subject to 1 ''g'', equaling the conventional value of gravitational acceleration on Earth, about . More transient acceleration, accompanied with significant jerk (physics), jerk, is called Shock (mechanics), ''shock''. When the g-force is produced by the surface of one object being pushed by the surface of another object, the reaction force to this push produces an equal and opposite force for every unit of each object's mass. The types of forces involved are transmitted through objects by interior Stress (mechanics), mechanical stresses. Gravitational acceleration is one cause of an object's accelera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackpool Pleasure Beach
Pleasure Beach Resort, best known by its former name Blackpool Pleasure Beach, is an amusement park situated on Blackpool's South Shore, in the county of Lancashire, North West England. The park was founded in 1896 by A. W. G. Bean and his partner John Outhwaite. The current managing director is Amanda Thompson. The park is host to many records, including the largest collection of wooden roller coasters of any park in the United Kingdom with four: the Big Dipper, Blue Flyer, Grand National and Nickelodeon Streak. Many of the roller coasters in the park are record-breaking attractions. When it opened in 1994, The Big One was the tallest roller coaster in the world. It was also the steepest, with an incline angle of 65° and the second fastest with a top speed of 74 miles per hour (119 km/h). The ride holds the record as the second tallest roller coaster in the United Kingdom, standing at , with a first drop of and the longest roller coaster in Europe, with a track l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hyperia (roller Coaster)
Hyperia is a steel roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England. Manufactured by Mack Rides, the hypercoaster opened as the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the UK on 24 May 2024, with a height of and a maximum speed that reportedly exceeds . It also features two inversions and was built on the site formerly occupied by Loggers Leap and Rocky Express. Hyperia suffered a series of setbacks during its inaugural season, including an unexpected closure the day after its grand opening that lasted two weeks. History Loggers Leap opened in 1989 in the southern corner of the park, where it became the tallest log flume in the UK at the time of its debut. The ride operated through to 2015, but failed to open the following year and was addressed by park representatives as being "under redevelopment". In February 2019, Thorpe Park confirmed that the attraction had been permanently closed, stating that "the area hichLogger's Leap once dominated will be forming p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Accelerator Coaster
An Accelerator Coaster is a hydraulically launched roller coaster model from Intamin. The model usually consists of a long, straight launch track, a ''top hat'' tower element, and magnetic brakes that smoothly stop the train without making contact. The technology was developed by Intamin engineers as an alternative to electromagnetic launch systems, such as the linear induction motor (LIM) and linear synchronous motor (LSM), that are found on earlier launched roller coasters like the Flight of Fear and The Joker's Jinx. Unlike the earlier linear induction motors, the Accelerator Coaster's launch system exhibits constant acceleration and is capable of reaching greater speeds. Formula Rossa, the world's fastest coaster, and formerly Kingda Ka, the world's tallest, are some of the most well-known installations around the world. Accelerator Coasters have a great track record for safety and are extremely power efficient, especially compared to older technologies such as the class ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
