Top thrill dragster
| Top thrill dragster | |
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A train on the launch track |
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| Data | |
| Location |
Cedar Point ( Sandusky , Ohio , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Accelerator Strata Coaster |
| Drive type | hydraulic launch 0–193 km / h in 4 s |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Ingenieurbüro Stengel GmbH |
| costs | $ 25 million |
| opening | May 4, 2003 |
| length | 853 m |
| height | 128 m |
| Departure | 122 m |
| Max. gradient | 90 ° |
| Max. speed | 193 km / h |
| Travel time | 0:30 min |
| capacity | 1500 people per hour |
| Trains | 6 trains, 5 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| Restraint system | Pelvic brackets (Intamin T-Bars) |
| elements | vertical 90 ° spiral, 128 m high outside top hat , vertical 270 ° spiral |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Subject area | Top Thrill Dragster Midway |
The Top Thrill Dragster (TTD for short) is a steel roller coaster in the Cedar Point amusement park in Ohio .
The roller coaster was designed by the German engineering firm Werner Stengel and built by the Swiss company Intamin .
It has a height of 128 m (the difference in altitude is 122 m) and a maximum speed of 193 km / h. It was the fastest and highest roller coaster in the world in 2003 and 2004. Top Thrill Dragster has a rail with four belts (four steel elements form the rail). The launch is carried out in the form of a launch. The train, which is designed like a racing car - the rear spoilers were removed after an accident - accelerates on the alternating red and white launch ramp until it finally ascends vertically with an additional 90 ° sideways turn. Here the highest point has been reached and the rail curves downwards in an arc and initiates the vertical fall. The fall still includes a 270 ° turn before the train is braked again by eddy current brakes and the roller coaster train enters the station.
With Top Thrill Dragster, a new generation of roller coasters was heralded: the so-called Strata-Coaster (also known as Teracoaster), a roller coaster that is over 400 feet high (121.92 m).
In 2005, Top Thrill Dragster was replaced by Kingda Ka (139 m high and 206 km / h) in the Six Flags Great Adventure Amusement Park as the highest and fastest roller coaster in the world.
Web links
- Top Thrill Dragster on the park website (English)
- Data and pictures on RCDB
- Detailed article with many pictures at Coasters and more
Coordinates: 41 ° 29 ′ 18 " N , 82 ° 41 ′ 34" W.