Windjammer Surf Racers
| Windjammer Surf Racers | |
|---|---|
| Location |
Knott's Berry Farm ( Buena Park , California , USA ) |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Sitdown looping |
| category | Racing roller coaster |
| Drive type | Chain lift hill |
| Manufacturer | Togo |
| costs | $ 6.2 million |
| opening | March 26, 1997 |
| closure | March 2, 2000 |
| length | red: 564 m, yellow: 561 m |
| height | 21 m |
| Max. speed | 64 km / h |
| Travel time | 1:30 min |
| capacity | 1400 people per hour |
| Trains | 10 trains, 2 cars / train, 2 rows of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Looping |
| Inversions | ever. 1 |
| Subject area | The Boardwalk |
Windjammer Surf Racers was the name of a double steel roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm ( Buena Park , California , USA ) that opened on March 26, 1997.
The train from the model sitdown looping the manufacturer Togo went to 2 March 2000. In 1999 she was named Jammer , as a clothing enterprise use of the name Windjammer Surf Racers complaining for itself. It was renamed back to its original name after the matter was resolved. From March 3, 2000 to July 2001, the train was still in the park, but no longer ran.
Trains
Windjammer Surf Racers had ten trains with two cars each. Four people (two rows of two people) could sit in each car. The passengers had to be at least 1.22 m tall to be allowed to ride. Shoulder straps were used as a restraint system.
The drive
Windjammer Surf Racers was a one-off roller coaster; Small, wild mouse- like trains drove a complete route. There were two independent tracks (red and yellow) that ran parallel to each other, allowing a race to take place between the trains on both tracks.
The roller coaster station did not have any pneumatically driven gates in front of the boarding platforms to protect the waiting guests from the incoming trains.
The route was designed as a reference to Southern California culture, complete with tall palm trees, sand, a small lagoon , a scaled-down lifeguard watch tower, and other beach-style props. The sale Building for Onride -photos (shooting while driving) was built a yacht in one side of a reduced copy.
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Coordinates: 33 ° 50 ′ 45.9 " N , 118 ° 0 ′ 4.5" W.