| Diving Machine G5 | |
| Location | Janfusun Fancyworld |
|---|---|
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | March 29, 2000 |
| Type | Steel - Dive Coaster - Floorless |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Dive Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Drop | 179 ft (55 m) |
| Length | 1,250 ft (380 m) |
| Max speed | 68.3 mph (109.9 km/h) |
| Max vertical angle | 89° |
| Max G force | 5 |
| Diving Machine G5 at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Diving Machine G5 at RCDB | |
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Diving Machine G5 is a roller coaster located at Janfusun Fancyworld in Taiwan. The ride was built in 2000 by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard and was the second Diving Machine model to be built, the first being Oblivion at Alton Towers in the United Kingdom. It is located in the Sky Plaza section of the park.
Diving Machine G5 is dubbed after the amount of G-forces it creates when it goes through the drop hole. Like Insane Speed, Diving Machine G5 is not themed to anything. Along with the Ku Ku Roller Coaster, and Insane Speed, Diving Machien G5 is one of the three roller coasters at the park.
Diving Machine G5, although being a small ride, is one of the scariest in the park, as the drop is located along the side of a mountain and the cars plunge into the valley below. The ride is also isolated from the rest of Sky Plaza in the valley below, and because it is the closest ride to the entrance, Diving Machine G5 usually has long lines in the morning and short waits in the afternoons and nights.
Diving Machine G5 starts right out of the station and engages the lift chain which slowly takes them up the 45-degree angle lift hill to a dizzying height. The train then makes a turn to the right and brakes violently. Riders then here a small click and slow down as they engage the holding brake and stop right on the edge. After the car completely stops, three seconds pass before the car is released down the near-vertical drop and under a bridge into the tunnel, where riders experience a blast of air and 5 G-forces. After exiting the tunnel, riders traverse a massive overbanked turn to the right, drop slightly, then are treated to a burst of airtime as they dip and rise into the final brake run, just as the camera flash goes off.