Talon (roller coaster)

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Talon

Location Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Type Steel - Inverted - Kilocoaster
Status Open
Opened May 5, 2001
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
Designer Werner Stengel
Model Inverted Coaster
Lift/launch system Chain lift hill
Height 135 ft (41 m)
Drop 120 ft (37 m)
Length 3,110 ft (950 m)
Max speed 58 mph (93 km/h)
Inversions 4
Max vertical angle 50°
Capacity 1200 riders per hour
Cost $13,000,000 USD
Height restriction 4 ft 6 in (140 cm)
Talon at RCDB
Pictures of Talon at RCDB

Talon is a steel inverted roller coaster at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom in South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania.

Unlike many other coasters built by Bolliger & Mabillard, Talon is extremely quiet. This was accomplished by filling the track with sand and filling the supports with gravel in order to appease neighbors of the park who were concerned about noise from the ride. B&M has also taken this approach to make the Dueling Dragons at Islands of Adventure quieter.

Talon is the longest, tallest and fastest inverted coaster in the Northeast United States.

[edit] Ride experience

The ride starts out by ascending the 135 foot lift hill, leading into pre drop used to relieve stress on the chain. The train then descends the 120 foot first drop at a 50 degree angle and enters the vertical loop. This is followed by the zero g roll, then an Immelmann loop and an inclined spiral. Next is an S-turn, an airtime hill, and a highly banked turn. The train is then flung into a corkscrew, followed by another hill, and finally the brake run.

[edit] Features

Talon's loop

Talon's zero-g roll

Talon's immelmann

Talon's steeply banked low-to-the-ground turn


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Roller coasters at Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Operating:
Dragon Coaster · Hydra the Revenge · Laser · Little Laser · Steel Force · Talon · Thunderhawk · Wild Mouse · Woodstock's Express
Past:
Flying Dutchman · Hercules · Scenic Railway · Wild Mouse