Yukon Striker

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Yukon Striker
Yukon Striker
Data
Location Canada's Wonderland
( Vaughan , Ontario , Canada )
Type Steel - seated
model Dive Coaster
category Floorless coaster
Drive type Chain lift hill
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
opening 3rd May 2019
length 1105 m
height 68 m
Departure 75 m
Max. gradient 90 °
Max. speed 130 km / h
Travel time 3:25 min
Trains 3 trains, 3 cars / train, 1 row of seats / car, 8 seats / row of seats
elements Tunnel ,
Immelmann ,
Zero-g-Winder ,
Looping ,
Immelmann,
360 ° - Helix
Inversions 4th

Yukon Striker in Canada's Wonderland ( Vaughan , Ontario , Canada ) is a steel roller coaster model Dive Coaster from the manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard , which opened on May 3, 2019. Currently (as of November 2019) it is the second fastest roller coaster after Leviathan in the same park and the third highest roller coaster in Canada after Leviathan and Behemoth (also in the same park).

The 1105 m long route reaches a height of 68 m and has a 75 m high first descent of 90 °. In addition to a tunnel and a 360 ° helix , a total of four inversions were built : an Immelmann , a zero-g-winder , a looping on a Dive Coaster and another Immelmann for the first time .

Trains

Yukon Striker has three trains with three cars each. Eight people (one row) can be seated in each car. Vest bars are used as a restraint system.

Records

At the time of opening, Yukon Striker held the following records:

  • The fastest dive coaster with a speed of 130 km / h.
  • The longest dive coaster with a length of 1105 m.
  • The longest first descent on a dive coaster with a length of 75 m.
  • Most inversions on a four-number dive coaster.
  • Together with Valravn at Cedar Point , they are the tallest dive coaster.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ rcdb.com - record holder (speed)
  2. ↑ rcdb.com - record holder (height)

Web links

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