Great Bear

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Great Bear
Helix to the lift hill

Helix to the lift hill

Data
Location Hersheypark
( Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA )
Type Steel - inverted
model Inverted Coaster
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH
costs $ 13 million 
opening May 23, 1998
length 853 m
height 27 m
Departure 38 m
Max. speed 93 km / h
Travel time 2:55 min
capacity 1300 people per hour
Trains 2 trains, 8 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 4 seats / row of seats
elements 31 m high loop ,
Immelmann ,
Zero-g-Roll ,
corkscrew
Inversions 4th

Great Bear in Hersheypark ( Hershey , Pennsylvania , USA ) is a steel roller coaster model Inverted Coaster from the manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard , which opened on May 23, 1998.

journey

The 853 m long route has a 27 m high lift hill and a 38 m high descent . In contrast to most other roller coasters of this type, the lift hill is not followed by the first descent, but by a helix . It has a total of four inversions : a 31 m high loop , an Immelmann , a zero-g-roll and a corkscrew .

Trains

Great Bear has two trains with eight cars each. Four people (one row of four) can be seated in each carriage. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system.

construction

When building the runway, the manufacturer had to use some special structural elements and foundations because the runway was built over a river and the park had problems getting permits to build supports in the water.

photos

  • Overview

  • The first departure

  • Looping and Immelmann

  • Looping

  • Immelmann

  • Zero-g-roll

  • Great Bear (Hersheypark) 05.JPG

Web links

Commons : Great Bear  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 40 ° 17 ′ 12.7 "  N , 76 ° 39 ′ 11.1"  W.