Kingda Ka
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| Location |
Six Flags Great Adventure ( Jackson , New Jersey , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Drive type | Hydraulic launch 0–206 km / h in 3.5 s |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| opening | May 21, 2005 |
| length | 950 m |
| height | 139 m |
| Departure | 127 m |
| Max. gradient | 90 ° |
| Max. speed | 206 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.5 g |
| Travel time | 0:28 min |
| capacity | 1440 people per hour |
| Trains | 4 trains, 5 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | • vertical 90 ° spiral • 139 m high top hat • vertical 270 ° spiral • 39 m high hill |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Subject area | The Golden Kingdom |
Kingda Ka is a steel roller coaster ( Launched Coaster ) in the US American amusement park Six Flags Great Adventure in the state of New Jersey . On May 21, 2005, it succeeded the Top Thrill Dragster as the previous record holder in the fastest and highest roller coaster in the world. On November 4, 2010, it was replaced as the fastest track by Formula Rossa .
journey
Kingda Ka uses a hydraulic acceleration system to accelerate the trains from 0 to 206 km / h in 3.5 seconds. The passengers are pushed into their seats with an acceleration of 2 g . At the end of the acceleration section, the train travels vertically to a maximum height of 139 m, where it travels over the top of the element known as the top hat . The 127 m high, vertical descent is connected with a 270 ° turn around the heart line. At the foot of the descent, the greatest forces of up to 4.5 g act on the passengers. This is followed by a 39 m high airtime hill on which the passengers feel weightless for a short time before they are slowed down by eddy current brakes and drive back to the station through a 180 degree curve.
Depending on the weather, there is the very unlikely possibility of a "rollback" in which the train does not overcome the top hat and rolls back the driveway. For this reason, Kingda Ka has retractable braking swords on the acceleration track, which shoot up immediately after being shot and, in the event of a rollback, safely brake passengers using the eddy current brakes attached to the train. The Kingda Ka acceleration track is able to start a train every 45 seconds, which, with 18 people per train, theoretically has a capacity of 1440 passengers per hour.
station
The Kingda Ka station has an unusual design: There are two parallel station rails, which are connected to the main line via switches. Each of the two sides can accommodate two trains, so that each of the four trains has its own station, which it uses exclusively. In operation, the train is loaded on one side while the two are shot down on the other side. This constellation results in rapid progress in the queue, but a long waiting time in the station. Kingda Ka needs at least five employees: two each to load and check the trains and one to control the launch.
Due to the opening of the Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom freefall tower, the 2nd side of the station is no longer used, as Kingda Ka is only allowed to drive when the freefall tower is up.
Trains
The trains have a cover behind the last row of passengers on which there are fastenings for an extra row of seats. With the additional seats, the trains would hold 20 people and the capacity would increase to 1,600 people per hour. The Top Thrill Dragster's trains were modified in a similar manner after the decoration motors were removed. The trains don't officially have names, but the staff named them unofficially:
- Orange - gak
- Dark Blue - Blueberry muffin (blueberry muffin )
- Light blue - CP Beat It (It was assumed that "CP" stands for the competitor park Cedar Point , but according to information from the employees the abbreviation should refer to a colleague.)
- Orange - School Bus Badunkadunk ( School Bus Badunkadunk)
Kingda Ka is not the first of its kind. This is the Xcelerator in Knott's Berry Farm , California , which has a very similar design to the Kingda Ka. The Top Thrill Dragster (TTD) at Cedar Point is also built this way. The biggest change from TTD to Kingda Ka is the second hill before the braking distance, also Kingda Ka is 11 m higher and 13 km / h faster. Of all three, Kingda Ka is the only one without a start light, so that the passengers do not know when it starts.
Others
useful information
- The descent is 5.5 m higher than that of the second highest roller coaster in the world, Top Thrill Dragster .
- At the top of the first hill, passengers experience negative g-forces .
- When it rains, the train does not run due to the possible dangers of the fast journey.
- The total of 48 hydraulic motors achieve a peak output of 21,080 HP or 15.5 MW.
- Because of the high speed at take-off, parts of the cable must be cooled with water.
- Kingda Ka can still be seen from the bridge in Seaside Heights, 34 km away .
- Kingda Ka is twice as high as the second tallest roller coaster in the park.
- Kingda Ka has two photo systems which take pictures of the passengers shortly after the start and at the end of the braking section.
- At 206 km / h, Kingda Ka is around 70 km / h faster than Goliath in the Californian theme park Six Flags Magic Mountain and 13 km / h faster than the third-fastest roller coaster in the world Top Thrill Dragster .
Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom
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On August 29, 2013, the park officially announced a new attraction called Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom for the 2014 season. This is a 126 m high Giant Drop with three gondolas , also constructed by Intamin , which is attached to the 139 m high top hat from Kingda Ka. As part of the construction phase, Kingda Ka closed at the beginning of the 2014 season and reopened together with the new ride on July 4, 2014.
literature
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Amanda Oglesby: New Six Flags ride 'Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom' to feature 90-mph drop. Detroit Free Press, August 30, 2013; Archived from the original September 1, 2013 ; accessed on August 14, 2014 .
- ↑ Kelly Heyboer: Great Adventure's 'Zumanjaro: Drop of Doom' ride opens after numerous delays. nj.com, July 4, 2014, accessed August 14, 2014 .
Coordinates: 40 ° 8 ′ 26 ″ N , 74 ° 26 ′ 1 ″ W.