Nighthawk (Carowinds)
| Nighthawk | |
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Overview of the route |
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| Data | |
| Location |
Carowinds ( Charlotte , North Carolina / South Carolina , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - flying |
| model | Flying Dutchman |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Vekoma |
| costs | $ 17 million |
| opening |
Paramount's Great America : April 1, 2000, Carowinds: March 20, 2004 |
| closure | Paramount's Great America: September 2, 2003 |
| length | 843 m |
| height | 35 m |
| Max. speed | 82 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.3 g |
| Travel time | 1:50 min |
| capacity | 1000 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, double corkscrew , fly-to-lie |
| Inversions | 5 |
| Subject area | Carowinds Plaza |
Nighthawk in Carowinds ( Charlotte , North Carolina , USA ) is a steel roller coaster of the Flying Dutchman model from the manufacturer Vekoma , which was opened on March 20, 2004 in what was then Paramount's Carowinds as a BORG Assimilator . It originally opened as a Stealth on April 1, 2000 in Paramount's Great America , but closed on September 2, 2003 to be transported to Carowinds to make way for the Boomerang Bay water park.
history
Nighthawk was built on the site of the previous Carolina Sternwheeler Riverboat . It consists of a total of 1,100 tons of steel. The park's original owner, Paramount Pictures , granted the license to thematize the Star Trek- style train . The license expired in 2007, which meant that the entire decoration was removed.
layout
In the station, the carriages of the train are placed in an upright position and, when leaving the station, turned back into a lying position, with the passengers lying on their backs. There is a small curve in front of the 35 m high lift hill that connects the station with the lift hill. After reaching the top of the lift hill, the train descends a short descent before the passengers are turned on their stomachs for the first time in the lie-to-fly element. Then you drive down the large, albeit not very steep, descent directly into the Horseshoe , which ends in the counterpart of the Lie-to-Fly , the Fly-to-Lie . Lying on their backs, passengers ride the 20 m high loop . Afterwards, the passengers are turned on their stomachs again in a lie-to-fly while they drive through a scenery made of Star Trek elements. This is followed by the double corkscrew and another fly-to-lie element that ends in the final brake.
accident
On March 17, 2007, seven employees were slightly injured during a test drive when a mechanism on the track failed. The train, on which there were currently 16 employees, stopped at the foot of the loop when the emergency brakes applied. An inspection revealed that an operator at the control station had accidentally pressed the button to adjust the seat position while the train was moving. The function has been modified so that the button only works when the train is stationary.
Trains
Nighthawk owns two trains with six cars each. Four people (one row) can be seated in each car. Passengers must be between 1.37 m and 2.03 m tall to be allowed to ride.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 18, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
Coordinates: 35 ° 6 ′ 10.1 ″ N , 80 ° 56 ′ 30.3 ″ W.