Speed: No Limits | |
Speed's 97 degree drop | |
Location | Oakwood Theme Park |
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Status | Operating |
Opened | 13 April 2006 |
Cost | £3,000,000 |
Type | Steel - Euro-Fighter |
Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
Designer | Werner Stengel |
Track layout | Steel |
Lift/launch system | Vertical chain lift |
Height | 115 ft (35 m) |
Drop | 110 ft (34 m) |
Length | 1,970 ft (600 m) |
Max speed | 59 mph (95 km/h) |
Inversions | 2 |
Duration | 1:30 |
Max vertical angle | 97° |
Capacity | 800 riders per hour |
Speed: No Limits at RCDB | |
Pictures of Speed: No Limits at RCDB | |
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Speed is a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, Pembrokeshire, UK. It is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter and contains a 90° chain lift hill and a 97° first drop. The ride uses four trains, each consisting of two rows, each with four across seating and can carry eight people per train. The trains use standard Euro-Fighter over-the-shoulder restraints. The ride begins with a 115 foot vertical 90° chain lift hill, this is followed by a 110 foot beyond vertical 97° first drop. Cars then reach a speed of 59 miles per hour at the base of this drop, pulling 4.5 G, cars then crest over an airtime hill, pulling -1.3 G. This is followed by an overbanked turn at an angle of 110° and a vertical loop, cars then rise up into a set of brakes. Cars then descend a small dip, into a zero-G-roll and the ride ends with a double helix into the final brake run, cars then return to the station. The ride is painted orange and green and it's lift hill and first drop tower can be seen from a distance away. It is the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales.
Preceded by unknown |
World's steepest roller coaster April 13, 2006 – July 5, 2008 97° |
Succeeded by Steel Hawg 111° |