Firehawk (Kings Island)
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| Data | |
| Location |
Kings Island ( Mason , Ohio , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - flying |
| model | Flying Dutchman |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| opening | Geauga Lake: May 26, 2001 Kings Island: May 26, 2007 |
| closure | Geauga Lake: 2006 Kings Island: October 28, 2018 |
| length | 1018 m |
| height | 35 m |
| Max. speed | 81 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.3 g |
| Travel time | 2:10 min |
| capacity | 1430 people per hour |
| Trains | 2 trains, 6 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 4 seats / row of seats |
| elements |
Lie-to-fly , horseshoe , fly-to-lie , 20 m high looping , lie-to-fly, 2 × inline twist , fly-to-lie |
| Inversions | 5 |
| Subject area | Coney Mall |
Firehawk in Kings Iceland ( Mason , Ohio , USA ) was a Flying - steel roller coaster from the Model Flying Dutchman of the manufacturer Vekoma , originally on May 26, 2001 as X-Flight at Six Flags Worlds of Adventure (from 2004 Geauga Lake was opened). In 2006 the railway was closed and transported to Kings Island, where it reopened on May 26, 2007. Here it drove until it was closed on October 28, 2018.
history
X-Flight was the first Flying Dutchman roller coaster with a length of 1018 m. A few weeks after X-Flights opened, Batwing, an identical facility was opened in Six Flags America (Maryland) . Due to the low number of visitors to Geauga Lake, park owner Cedar Fair dismantled the train at the end of 2006 and transported it to Kings Island. In February 2007, Kings Island announced that it would maintain the runway and that it would open on Memorial Day weekend. The neon green rails and the dark gray supports of X-Flight were repainted accordingly in red and silver gray. Firehawk officially opened as planned on May 26, 2007, at the time of Memorial Day weekend. However, the second line was not opened until the following weekend on June 9, 2007. Originally, the seats were supposed to lie back on the lift hill instead of in the station and should straighten up again before the station can be reached again.
Trains
Firehawk had two trains with six cars each. Four people (one row) could sit in each car. The colors of the trains were yellow and red. Firehawk originally had three trains, but the parts of the third train were later used as spare parts for the other two trains.
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Coordinates: 39 ° 20 ′ 34.9 " N , 84 ° 15 ′ 45.1" W.