Pegasus (Efteling)
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| Data | |
| Location |
Efteling ( Kaatsheuvel , Noord-Brabant , Netherlands ) |
| Type | Wood - sitting |
| model | Wooden coaster |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer |
Intamin / Dinn Corporation / Roller Coaster Corporation of America |
| Designer |
Charles Dinn / Curtis D. Summers |
| opening | July 1, 1991 |
| closure | June 19, 2009 |
| length | 492 m |
| height | 15 m |
| Departure | 12 m |
| Max. speed | 55 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 3.5 g |
| Travel time | 1:43 min |
| Trains | 2 trains, 5 carriages / train, 2 rows of seats / carriage, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Curves, ascents, descents |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Subject area | Ruig Rijk |
Pegasus was a wooden roller coaster in the Dutch theme park Efteling .
The run was designed by Curtis D. Summers together with the well-known American wooden roller coaster designer Charles Dinn , who also took care of the wood. The technology for the railway was supplied by the Intamin company .
At only 16 meters high and 490 meters long, the rather small facility was opened on July 1, 1991. At that time it was the only wooden roller coaster in the Netherlands .
With rather moderate speeds of a maximum of 55 km / h and rather low accelerations, the train was aimed at the family audience.
In order to ensure an acoustically quiet ride, the two trains with 20 seats each, unlike most wooden roller coasters, did not use metal wheels, but rather those with a polyurethane coating . At the same time, however, the wheels ensured a somewhat "angular" driving style in the slightly inclined curves of the track.
Pegasus was closed on June 19, 2009 due to the high maintenance costs and to make room for a new racing wooden roller coaster - Joris en de Draak . The demolition began in August 2009.
Curiously, after leaving the station, the train was braked directly again in order to safely pass the switch to the siding. Then he made a 180 degree left turn and was transported by the chain lift to the lift hill . Shortly before reaching the highest point, the lift slowed down considerably, so that the train on the First Drop only picked up speed slowly at first. After the driveway there was a 220 degree right curve followed by another smaller descent. Then a 220 degree left turn, which was followed by a small airtime hill. The following 180 degree left turn led through the wooden construction. On the way back to the station there was still a small hill before the train came to a stop in the pneumatic final brake.
literature
- Ralph Latotzki et al. a .: Achterplan² European wooden roller coasters, special edition of the club magazine park + ride of the Freundeskreis Kirmes und Freizeitparks eV
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Coordinates: 51 ° 38 ′ 49 ″ N , 5 ° 3 ′ 7 ″ E