Steel Vengeance

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Steel Vengeance
Steel Vengeance
Data
Type Steel - seated
model IBox Track
category Hybrid
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction
Designer Alan Schilke
opening 5th May 2018
length 1750 m
height 63 m
Departure 61 m
Max. gradient 90 °
Max. speed 119 km / h
Travel time 2:30 min
capacity 1200 people per hour
Trains 3 trains, 6 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats
elements 61 m high first descent of 90 °,
zero-g-roll ,
zero-g-stall ,
2 × zero-g-roll
Inversions 4th

Steel Vengeance in Cedar Point ( Sandusky , Ohio , USA ) is a steel roller coaster manufactured by Rocky Mountain Construction , which opened on May 5, 2018. It partly uses the supports of the Mean Streak , which previously stood in the same place.

The 1750 m long route reaches a height of 63 m and has a 61 m high first descent of 90 °. A total of four inversions were installed on the route : a zero-g-roll , a zero-g-stall and two further zero-g-rolls.

Trains

Steel Vengeance owns three trains with six cars each. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car.

World records

At the time of its opening, Steel Vengeance had ten world records:

  • The tallest hybrid roller coaster with a height of 63 m.
  • The fastest hybrid roller coaster with a top speed of 119 km / h.
  • The steepest first descent on a hybrid roller coaster with a gradient of 90 °.
  • The longest first descent on a hybrid roller coaster with a length of 61 m.
  • The longest hybrid roller coaster with a length of 1750 m.
  • Most inversions on a hybrid roller coaster with the number of 4.
  • The fastest airtime - hill h at a speed of 119 km /.
  • The longest airtime on a hybrid roller coaster with a duration of 27.2 s.
  • The longest airtime in general for a roller coaster with a duration of 27.2 s.
  • The first hyper-hybrid roller coaster.

Web links

Commons : Steel Vengeance  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 41 ° 29 '12 "  N , 82 ° 41' 31"  W.