Timber Wolf
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Location |
Worlds of Fun ( Kansas City , Missouri , USA ) |
Type | Wood - sitting |
Drive type | Chain lift hill |
Manufacturer | Dinn Corporation |
Designer | Curtis D. Summers |
opening | April 1, 1989 |
length | 1289 m |
height | 31 m |
Departure | 29 m |
Max. speed | 85 km / h |
Max. acceleration | 2.8 g |
Travel time | 2:13 min |
capacity | 904 people per hour |
Trains | 2 trains, 6 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
elements |
sloping curve , until 2017: 560 ° - helix |
Inversions | 0 |
Timber Wolf in Worlds of Fun ( Kansas City , Missouri , USA ) is a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Dinn Corporation , which opened on April 1, 1989.
Since opening, the run has twice been rated in America's top 25 roller coasters list by Amusement Today and was rated the best wooden roller coaster in 1991. The highest point is 31 m high and has a 29 m high descent , on which it reaches a top speed of 85 km / h and 2.8 g . Timber Wolf was the park's first and, until 2009, only wooden roller coaster. In 2009 Prowler was added.
Timber Wolf originally had a 560 ° helix . This was replaced by an over -sloping curve for the 2018 season .
Trains
Timber Wolf owns two trains with six cars each. Four people (two rows of two people) can be seated in each car.
Accidents
On June 30, 1995, a 14-year-old girl died when she fell from a height of 7.6 m while driving. The railway was initially closed to investigate the safety devices. As a result, new lap bars were installed. The park owner (Hunt Midwest) and the builder (Philadelphia Toboggan Coasters) gave 200,000 dollars in return.
In 1990, 38 people were injured in a collision between two cars on the roller coaster.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Scott Bekker: Girl Dies In Fall From Roller Coaster. AP, accessed November 12, 2017 .
- ↑ Cheryl Wittenauer: Roller coaster derails at amusement park. (No longer available online.) AP, archived from the original on October 17, 2017 ; accessed on November 12, 2017 (English). 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: 39 ° 10 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 94 ° 29 ′ 21.1 ″ W.