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BillyBird
Kennywood’s new coaster
Dutch park’s first coaster
Kennywood, West Mifflin, Pennsylvania, will add a Linear Synchronous Motor
(LSM) launch coaster by Premier Rides for the 2010 season. Totalling 2,100ft
BillyBird Park in Holland now
in length the ride will feature a zero to
has its first rollercoaster! The
50 mph launch in three seconds, a
ride is the second Tube Coaster
vertical ascent, 90-degree drop and
from ABC Engineering.
three inversions.
Best described as a bobsled
The new coaster is to be constructed
run on a rollercoaster
on the current location of the Turnpike, a
track, the ride features
ride that has been at Kennywood since
three pairs of cars
1966. Turnpike will not be shelved for
launched one at a time
good, however, as there are plans to
from the top of a custom-
bring back the ride in the near future in
built 14-metre tower
a different location.
As they run along the
steel track, the cars reach a maximum speed of 50 km/h. There are two bock
brake sections during the ride, plus a soft brake at the end, after which
passengers disembark before the cars are returned to the top of the tower
Mega coaster
ready for the next riders.
By combining the block brake sections with a more powerful motor to return
the cars to the station, ABC has
for Kings Dominion
been able to increase throughput Virginia’s Kings Dominion amusement park will introduce its 15th and most
compared to the original Tube expensive coaster next season. Intimidator 305 takes it title from the
Coaster at Trampolino in nickname of one of stock car racing’s most beloved and tenacious drivers,
Germany. At BillyBird Park up to Dale Earnhardt, combined with the ride’s maximum height, 305ft.
600 riders per hour can enjoy the The trains will roar through 5,100ft of steel track featuring six airtime
attraction. Up to six children can humps and three high-speed turns. Designed by Intamin, Intimidator 305 will
be accommodated per twin car, be the tallest and fastest coaster of its kind on the US East Coast, boasting
or four adults. A lap belt and an 85-degree first drop and top speed in excess of 90 mph. The ride will last
side mounted grab rails provide three-minutes. Intimidator 305 will be located in the park’s Congo section.
restraint.
The new ride is the
second Tube Coaster
from ABC Rides of
Switzerland
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