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| Red Force alongside Thrill Towers | |||||||||||
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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||||
| Product | LSM Launch Coaster | ||||||||||
| Onsite construction | RCS GmbH | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel - Launched - Giga | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1200 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | LSM launch | ||||||||||
| Height | 112 metres | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 180 km/h | ||||||||||
| Length | 880 metres | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 90° | ||||||||||
| Duration | 0:24 | ||||||||||
Red Force is a steel launched roller coaster located at the resort PortAventura World in Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It opened as part of a new development called Ferrari Land on April 7, 2017.[1]
The ride is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe, as well as the tallest giga coaster in the world. While it may be mistaken for a strata coaster, as it has a similar layout to that of Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point and Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, Red Force is a giga coaster because it is 112 metres tall. It also has the fastest LSM launch in the world.[2]
Design
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Red Force has a dark grey track with red supports. It uses the new style of Intamin track. There are three large Ferrari logos, one on each side of the tower. There is also a seating area adjacent to the launch track.
Riders are accelerated to 180 km/h in around 5 seconds. The launch is powered by linear synchronous motors with supercapacitors, being used to reduce peak power demand.[2]
Trains
3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train. Riders are held in by pull-down lap bar restraints, similar in style to the restraints on Taron at Phantasialand.
Images
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The entrance sign -
The launch system
References
- ↑ "Ferrari Land opens at PortAventura World in Spain". Theme Park Insider.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "The technology behind Europe's fastest and highest roller coaster". Eureka!.
External links
- Red Force on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
