Oblivion (Alton Towers)
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| Location |
Alton Towers ( Alton , Staffordshire , UK ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Dive Coaster |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| opening | March 14, 1998 |
| length | 373 m |
| height | 20 m |
| Departure | 55 m |
| Max. gradient | 87 ° |
| Max. speed | 109 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.5 g |
| Travel time | 1:15 min |
| capacity | 1900 people per hour |
| dare | 7 cars, 2 rows of seats / car, 8 seats / row of seats |
| elements | 20 m high lift hill with a 55 m high descent of 87.0 °, tunnel |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Subject area | X-Sector |
Oblivion in Alton Towers ( Alton , Staffordshire , UK ) is a steel roller coaster of the type Dive Coaster from the manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard , which was opened on March 14, 1998 and designed by the engineering firm Stengel .
Oblivion was the first Dive Coaster roller coaster . Together with the Bahn Diving Machine G5 in Janfusun Fancyworld , which opened in 2000, its descent, in contrast to its successors, is not 90 °, but 87 ° steep. The fact that their descent of 55 m is longer than their height of 20 m is due to the fact that their descent leads into a tunnel underground.
Trains
Oblivion owns seven wagons. Each carriage can seat 16 people (two rows of eight people). The passengers must be at least 1.42 m tall to be allowed to ride. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system.
Web links
- Oblivion to the parking site (English)
- Oblivion in the Roller Coaster DataBase
Coordinates: 52 ° 59 ′ 11.7 " N , 1 ° 53 ′ 47.5" W.