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MORE 360 FUN
• 12 persons • LED lighting package
• one semi-trailer mounted
• 22 metres swing (360 degr.)
• 4 hours set up • no crane required
Hades 360 has opened at Mt Olympus Theme Park in the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. It represents the first time ever riders on a rollercoaster have been sent upside-down through a corkscrew loop using traditional wooden track. Previous attempts have used steel as a primary structural component of the track rather than just a running surface for the wheels. Hades 360 is unique because it uses a completely wooden track, making it the only wooden tracked inversion in existence. It was designed by The Gravity Group.
NEW!!
Rotating seats
• 24 persons • LED lighting • 30 metres high
• 2 semi- trailers
• set up without crane
Hades originally opened in 2005 as one of the world’s largest wooden coasters, featuring 1,400ft (427m) of underground tunnels and the steepest first drop on any wooden coaster worldwide. It is 136ft (41m) tall, 4,726ft (1.4km) long, and reaches a top speed of 60 mph (97kmh). The decision to add an inversion to Hades resulted from discussions that engineers from The Gravity Group had with Mt Olympus park owner Nick Laskaris. Work on the ride’s turn-around was being proposed and rather than merely re-profile the track, it was decided to try something completely different, adding an impressive 110° over-banked turn. Hades 360 was born. “Since the 1990s, we had been talking with Nick about going
upside-down on a wooden coaster,” reveals Gravity Group engineer Chad Miller. “Fast forward to today and we have all the tools required to make it happen, from our new Timberliner trains that can handle the corkscrew’s rapidly twisting track to the sophisticated computer programs required to design just the right track shape.” Special attention was given to the structural framing of the ride.
“We wanted to maintain the feel of a wooden rollercoaster,” adds Miller, “with trussed structure flying past you as you go through the roll. At the same time, we wanted to give the structure an open feel and so we cantilevered the track so there is nothing below you when you are upside down. The result is something quite unique and thrilling.”
mtolympuspark.com 40 JULY 2013
INVERSION SICKO
EAS Paris booth #1229
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