Formule X

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Formule X
Formule X's first inversion
Location	Drievliet Family Park, The Hague
Type	Steel - Launched
Status	Open
Opened	April 6, 2007
Manufacturer	Maurer Söhne
Model	XL 1000
Lift/launch system	LSM Launch
Height	50 ft (15 m)
Length	1,150 ft (350 m)
Max speed	45 mph (72 km/h)
Inversions	2
Duration	27 sec.
Capacity	650 riders per hour
Acceleration	6 - 45 mph in 2 seconds
Height restriction	4 ft 3 in (130 cm)
Formule X at RCDB Pictures of Formule X at RCDB
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Formule X is the new Maurer Söhne X-Car coaster for the Drievliet amusement park in The Hague, The Netherlands. It opened on April 6, 2007. Formule X was the first X-car coaster to have a LSM launch.

1 Technical information
2 Ride Experience
3 Theming

[edit] Technical information

The coaster is 50 feet (15 m) tall and 1,150 feet (350 m) long. It contains two never-before-seen inversions and a 135º over-banked turn. There are two trains which can each hold 6 passengers. The LSM launch accelerates from 15 - 70 km/h (6 - 45 mph) in just 2 seconds. The ride has really tiny dimensions: the ride is build on a 50 by 50 meter surface (160 by 160 feet). Formule X can handle 650 passengers an hour.

[edit] Ride Experience

The ride starts with a right turn exiting the station. Immediately, a launch causes acceleration from 9.7 mph (15.6 km/h) to 72 mph (116 km/h) in 2 seconds, entering an Immelman loop. After this first inversion, the train enters a horseshoe turn, followed by an airtime hill. Next, the train maneuvers through a second inversion, a combination of a half-corkscrew and half of a heartline roll. The train then goes through a 135º overbanked turn, and finally enters the brake run.