G-Force (Drayton Manor)
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| Location |
Drayton Manor Park ( Drayton Bassett , Staffordshire , UK ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | X-Car Vertical Coaster XV 2000 |
| Drive type | Chain lift |
| Manufacturer | Maurer AG |
| costs | £ 2.5 million |
| opening | July 26, 2005 |
| closure | 2018 |
| length | 385 m |
| height | 25 m |
| Max. speed | 70 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.3 g |
| Travel time | 0:45 min |
| capacity | 1100 people per hour |
| Trains | 2 trains, 2 cars / train, 3 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements |
Looping , Bent Cuban Eight |
| Inversions | 3 |
G-Force in Drayton Manor Park ( Drayton Bassett , Staffordshire , UK ) was a roller coaster on the model HBX 2000 the manufacturer Maurer , which opened on July 26 of 2005. Besides Dream Coaster in Dream City (Duhok, Dohuk, Iraq) it was the only roller coaster of the X-Car Vertical Coaster XV 2000 model .
The 385 m long route reached a height of 25 m and the maximum speed was 70 km / h. Three inversions were installed: a looping , the driveway of which is also used as a lift hill , and an element called Bent Cuban Eight , which is unique in the world and consists of two inversions. The railway cost 2.5 million pounds sterling .
Trains
G-Force had two trains with two cars each. Six people (three rows of two people) could sit in each car.
closure
The roller coaster had been standing still for a long time. The amusement park announced that it will remain closed in the future. Whether it will ever open again, the park left open. The British theme park magazine Themeparks-UK was told that it was proud to “constantly make improvements and changes”, so it was decided to “retire G-Force for the foreseeable future”.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Thomas Frank: Drayton Manor closes looping roller coaster "G-Force". In: parkerlebnis.de. October 13, 2018, accessed November 6, 2018 .
Web links
Coordinates: 52 ° 36 ′ 45.7 " N , 1 ° 42 ′ 53.2" W.