Stealth (Thorpe Park)
| Stealth | |
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Look at the top hat |
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| Data | |
| Location |
Thorpe Park ( Chertsey , Surrey , UK ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Drive type | hydraulic launch, 0–129 km / h in 1.9 s (before season 2007 in 2.3 s) |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| costs | £ 12 million |
| opening | March 15, 2006 |
| length | 400 m |
| height | 63 m |
| Departure | 62 m |
| Max. gradient | 90 ° |
| Max. speed | 129 km / h |
| Max. acceleration | 4.5 g |
| Travel time | approx. 0:25 min |
| capacity | 1200 people per hour |
| Trains | 3 trains, 5 carriages / train, 2 rows of seats / carriage, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | 63 m high outside top hat |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Subject area | Amity Cove |
Stealth is a steel roller coaster , which was built by the manufacturer Intamin . The roller coaster is in Thorpe Park near London , England . It reaches a maximum height of around 63 m, which makes it the seventh highest roller coaster in Europe after Red Force , Hyperion , Shambhala , Der Schwur des Kärnan and Silver Star , The Big One and Zadra . It is the second highest launched coaster in Europe. The train reaches a speed of around 128 km / h in just under 2 seconds (before 2007 it was around 2.5 seconds), which makes it currently the fifth fastest roller coaster in Europe. Around 4.5 g act on the passengers while driving. The cost of this roller coaster is around £ 12 million .
The attraction opened on March 15, 2006.
The drive
After up to 20 brave people have taken their seats in the car, a voice sounds: “Place your heads back, face forwards - 3, 2, 1, GO GO GO”, which means: “Lean your heads back, face straight ahead - 3, 2, 1, LOS LOS LOS “. The car is now accelerated to around 128 km / h on the launch straight. Now comes the 60-meter-high top hat , on the dome of which the passengers feel airtime for a few moments , they are lifted out of their seat. Finally, the journey offers a small airtime hill before the final brakes apply. One last curve and the oval closes.
Trains
Stealth has three trains with five cars each. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car. Shoulder straps are used as a restraint system.
Upgrade (Stealth 1.1)
Before the 2007 season, Stealth was redesigned. The launch, from 0-128 km / h, takes less than two seconds from this season. Before that, the car reached top speed in around 2.5 seconds.
Records
When Stealth opened in 2006, the attraction set numerous records, which are listed below.
Records 2006
- Europe's fastest roller coaster - 128 km / h
- Europe's highest and fastest launch coaster - 63 m, 128 km / h
- The third highest roller coaster in Europe - 63 m
2007 records
- Europe's highest launch coaster - 63 m
- Fastest launch coaster in Europe - 0-128 km / h in under two seconds - surpassed by Furius Baco in June 2007
Train on the descent from the top hat
Train at the lowest point of the descent
Entrance and train at launch
Train from behind at the driveway to the Airtime hill
Web links
- Stealth on the park website (English)
- Stealth in the Roller Coaster Database
credentials
- ↑ a b Stealth microsite : stealth.thorpepark.com ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2007 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.
- ↑ List of the tallest roller coasters in Europe , RCDB.com (accessed September 23, 2017)
- ↑ List of the fastest roller coasters in Europe , RCDB.com (accessed September 23, 2017)
- ↑ Flashtrailer on the website: www.thorpepark.co.uk
- ↑ Coastersandmore - Record Breaker ( Memento of the original from April 7, 2007 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: 51 ° 24 ′ 18.2 " N , 0 ° 30 ′ 55.2" W.