Kanonen
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| Location | Liseberg |
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| Type | Steel - Launched |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | April 23, 2005 |
| Manufacturer | Intamin AG |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Height | 78.75 ft (24.00 m) |
| Length | 1,443.58 ft (440.00 m) |
| Max speed | 46.6 mph (75.0 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 0:50 |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 930 riders per hour |
| Cost | 50,000,000 SEK |
| Acceleration | 0 to 75 km/h in 2 seconds |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 7 in (140 cm) |
| Kanonen at RCDB Pictures of Kanonen at RCDB |
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Kanonen is a steel roller coaster located at Liseberg in Sweden. The ride, built by Intamin AG, features a hydraulic launch and opened in 2005. The tightly packed layout is a result of the lack of space available to build upon at Liseberg.
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[edit] History
In 2002, Liseberg's only looping roller coaster HangOver, a Vekoma Invertigo model, was removed. The park contacted several roller coaster manufacturers with the aim of introducing a new looping ride, with the winning bid coming from Swiss company Intamin AG. Lars-Erik Hedin, technical director of Liseberg cited "good experiences with Balder, also made by Intamin, as one of the reasons the product was chosen.[1]
[edit] Track layout
After departing the station, Kanonen's 16-person trains are accelerated to 72 km/h straight into a 24 metres (78.7 ft) high top hat element. This is immediately followed by an air time hill and a 20 metres (65.6 ft) high vertical loop, the first inversion of the ride. After a highly banked turnaround, the trains pass through a heartline roll before entering the brake run, bringing the ride to an end.[2]
