Timber Drop
| Timber Drop | |
|---|---|
 First hill on Timber Drop | |
| Fraispertuis City | |
| Location | Fraispertuis City |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | July 12, 2011 |
| Cost | 3,000,000 Euros |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel |
| Manufacturer | S&S Worldwide |
| Model | El Loco |
| Height | 29 m (95 ft) |
| Speed | 66 km/h (41 mph) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1 min, 20 sec |
| Max vertical angle | 113° |
| Height restriction | 120 cm (3 ft 11 in) |
| Timber Drop at RCDB | |
Timber Drop is a golf roller coaster seated the theme park Fraispertuis-City located Jeanménil in France . With a slope of 113.1 °, he held the world record for the most inclined fall 1 st July 2011 to 16 July 2011 and currently holds the record 'of Europe . Summary [ hide ] 1 Description 2 An ecological approach 3 Course 4 See also 5 References Description [ change | change the code ]
On 8 October 2010 at the trade show of the Euro Attractions Show in Rome , Fraispertuis-City signs the purchase of a new roller coaster at S & S Worldwide 1 , 2 . Named Timber Drop, attraction was inaugurated on 1 st July 2011 and opened to the public the next day. The attraction like El Loco already exists in duplicate. One to Indiana Beach in the United States under the name Steel Hawg and the other at Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo in England under the name Mumbo Jumbo 3 . One after another, these two models were holders of record fall on the world's steepest roller coaster with respectively 111 ° and 112 °. Timber drop is designed to be a drop to 113.1 °, which allows him to win the title when opening 4 , 5 , 6 . However, this record is exceeded fifteen days later, the 16 July 2011 , with the opening at Fuji-Q Highland in Japan , rollercoaster Takabisha , whose inclination is 121 ° 7 . With a total budget of 4 million euros , Timber drop represents the largest investment in the park since its inception. More than one million euros is spent on decoration and arrangement of attraction, entrusted to the company Artistic Concrete Workshop 8 . The theme of the attraction is that of redwoods . Trains and pass through several tree stumps during the run, various cut logs decorate the area surrounding the attraction. An ecological approach [ change | change the code ]
Since its opening, a counter was set up on the attraction, to count the number of passengers Timber Drop. The park, in partnership with the association "Trees for Life" decided to educate visitors to the theme of deforestation . Fraispertuis City is committed to donated some money to replant and maintain, on his early life, one every 500 passengers tree. In 2011, the park has recorded 146,500 passengers, which allowed him to replant 293 trees in Benin 9 . The operation is repeated every year since 2011. Course [ change | change the code ]
Immediately after leaving the station, the car turns right and crosses a redwood stump before climbing to 30 meters high. Once up, the car carries a small passage in S on the right, immediately turns to the left and began a fall inclined 113.1 ° inside a trunk. The car immediately climbed, turns left and crosses the first brake of course. Following two corners on the left, the first being raised outward and the second inwardly chained a diving loop . The car goes back and spends the second brake route. Turn right immediately to address a Heartline roll slightly downward. The car is going back through the trunk before crossing, pass a hairpin turn to the right and then raised arrives on the brakes of the end. See also [ edit | edit the code ]
Records in the field of roller coasters References [ change | change the code ]
↑ http://rcdb.com/m/fr/9503.htm [ archive ] ↑ http://www.engineeringexcitement.com/media/news/el-loco-coming-france%E2%80%99s-fraispertuis-city [ archive ] ↑ http://rcdb.com/m/fr/r.htm?ot=2&mo=8573 [ archive ] ↑ http://recordsgwr.kazeo.com/les-records-francais/la-descente-la-plus-inclinee-au-monde,a2534309.html [ archive ] ↑ http://www.tourisme-lorraine.fr/upload/dossiers-presse/Nouveautes-Lorraine-2011-DP-Dossier-de-Presse-CRT-Lorraine.pdf [ archive ] ↑ http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/Search/Details/Steepest-roller-coaster-made-from-steel/65015.htm [ archive ] ↑ "The height of terror: Thrill seekers plummet 141ft on world's steepest roller coaster drop" on Mail Online [ archive ] ↑ Interview with Patrice Fleurent, director of the park, LOR'Actu [ archive ] ↑ Local Info of 30 December 2011 on the RCM radio.fr [ archive ]