Catapult (roller coaster)
| catapult | |
|---|---|
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | catapult |
| category | transportable |
| Drive type | Friction wheels |
| Manufacturer | Schwarzkopf GmbH |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| opening | 1980 |
| length | 105 m |
| height | 19.6 m |
| Dimensions | 22.3 x 23.1 m² |
| capacity | 1500 people per hour |
| Trains | 1 train, 9 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Looping |
| Inversions | 1 |
Katapult is the name of a transportable steel roller coaster model from the manufacturer Schwarzkopf GmbH . Only five facilities of this type were built, all of which initially traveled under this name, but were later operated in various amusement parks under different names. The railways that still exist are also no longer in operation. Purely stationary systems were planned, but not implemented.
The 105-meter-long stretch of the railway consists of just one inclined curve, which also serves as entry and exit, and the 19.6-meter-high looping . Thus, for the first time in 1980, a roller coaster with a rollover could be realized on an area of only 22.3 m × 23.1 m, i.e. about the space for a carousel. The train consists of nine cars for four people each in two rows, so there is space for a total of 36 people. For the first time, passengers were secured with shoulder straps on a Schwarzkopf roller coaster. It is driven and braked by friction wheels that are connected by cardan shafts . The train can travel the route both forwards and backwards.
Occurrence
| Roller coaster | operator | country | opening | closure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death Train catapult |
Marah Land Mirabilandia |
Oman Italy |
2014 July 1, 2006 |
2016 2006 |
| catapult | Morey's Piers | United States | 1980s | 1980s |
| catapult | Linnanmäki | Finland | 1992 | 1993 |
| Catapulta | Selva Magica | Mexico | unknown | 1998 |
| Lasso loop catapult catapult |
OK Corral Parque de Atracciones de Madrid Splash Zone Water Park |
France Spain USA |
1993 1990 1985 |
2004 1993 1985-1989 |
| Silver arrow | Skyline Park | Germany | 1997 | 2000 |
(incomplete list - mobile operation of the systems is not recorded)