Flight of Fear (Paramount's Kings Island)
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| Flight of Fear | |
 Entrance to the attraction |
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| Location | Paramount's Kings Island |
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| Type | Steel - Sit down |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Manufacturer | Premier Rides |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | LIM Catapult |
| Lift/launch system | LIM Launch |
| Height | 74 ft (22.6 m) |
| Length | 2705 ft (824.5 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mph (88.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 1:00 |
| Capacity | 1,600 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 4.5 |
| Height Restriction | 54 in (137.2 cm) |
| Flight of Fear at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Flight of Fear at RCDB | |
Flight of Fear is a roller coaster at Paramount's Kings Island and has a clone at Paramount's Kings Dominion. For most of the 2006 operating season, the clone at Kings Dominion had been closed, but reopened on August 18 under the management of new owner Cedar Fair, L.P.
Flight of Fear was a first for their desiger, Premier Rides. This was the first roller coaster ever to use the incredible power of Linear Induction Motors. Since then Premier has built many other rides using LIM's.
[edit] See also
| Roller coasters at Paramount's Kings Island |
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Adventure Express - Beast - Face/Off - Fairly Odd Coaster - Flight of Fear - Italian Job: Stunt Track - Little Bill's Giggle Coaster - Racer - Rugrat's Runaway Reptar - Son of Beast - Top Gun - Vortex - |
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