Cobra (transportable roller coaster)
| Cobra | |
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Cobra roller coaster on May Day 2013 in Nürtingen |
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| Data | |
| Type | Steel - seated |
| model | Wild wind |
| category | transportable |
| Drive type | Chain lift |
| Manufacturer | Interpark |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| opening | 2009 |
| length | 200 m |
| height | 10 m |
| Dimensions | 336 m² |
| Travel time | 1 min |
| capacity | 400 people per hour |
| Trains | 2 trains, 5 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 2 seats / row of seats |
| elements | Sidewinder |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Theming | jungle |
Cobra , (formerly Xenox ) is a transportable steel roller coaster with inversion from the manufacturer Interpark, a successor company of Pinfari. The ropeway was specially adapted for the cramped space conditions on Swiss fairgrounds and therefore has a triangular base, which is unusual for transportable roller coasters. It is the first version of the manufacturer's Wild Wind model as a portable version. The Swiss showman Andreas Bauer traveled by train from 2009 to 2012 as Xenox . The official inauguration took place on June 11, 2009 at the Nordstadt Festival in Zurich . Since 2013 the railway has been owned by Munich showman Angelo Agtsch. The railway celebrated its German premiere as Cobra at the Palm Fair in Recklinghausen on March 15, 2013.
The roller coaster has been permanently installed in the Freizeit-Land Geiselwind since 2018 .
After the chain lift, the train takes a left curve on a distance of only 200 meters to the first descent, which is followed by a sidewinder (half loop followed by half screw). After a left-hand helix, the train pulls into the final brake after another left turn. The two trains of the railway each have five carriages with space for two people in a row. According to the manufacturer, this means that the railway has a capacity of 400 passengers per hour. The system requires a triangular space of 30.3 meters × 21 meters and a power connection that supplies 150 amps at 400 volts . As Xenox , the train was themed in a futuristic way, Cobra has a jungle theme .
literature
- Daniel Kägi u. a .: Xenox. In: Kirmes & Park Revue , Gemi Verlags GmbH, ISSN 1436-6525 , No. 144, pp. 38–41
Web links
- Official Cobra website
- New kind of roller coaster - TV report by SRF about the opening of Xenox. Retrieved June 12, 2013 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Data on Cobra in the Ride Index. Retrieved June 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Model Wild Wind on the website of the manufacturer Interpark. Retrieved June 12, 2013 .
- ↑ Xenox - entry in showman database. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on February 23, 2016 ; Retrieved June 12, 2013 . 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.
- ^ Kirmes und Park Revue - June edition. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on June 27, 2013 ; Retrieved June 12, 2013 . 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.
