Leviathan (roller coaster)
Hammerhead Turn
Leviathan in Canada's Wonderland ( Vaughan, Ontario, Canada) is a steel roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard, opened on 6 May 2012. It is the first Giga Coaster manufacturer, so the first roller coaster (300 feet) higher than 91 meters. The 1672 meters long, 93 meters high and 148 km / h plant is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Canada. A ride on the 28 million U.S. dollars expensive path takes about 3 minutes and 28 seconds.
- 3.1 trains
- 3.2 rail
History
Speculation
The speculation about a new roller coaster at Canada's Wonderland began in the spring of 2011, when construction work near the roller coaster Dragon Fire and the go- kart track in the park were observed. On July 3, 2011 Canada's Wonderland called attention to his Facebook page on a site on which ran down a countdown to August 18, at 7.00 clock. On the side, there were also promising citations of editors of various amusement park magazines and the manager of the Cedar Fair group to which the park belongs.
Announcement and construction
After the countdown Leviathan was officially announced on August 18, 2011 at 7:00 clock. The announcement was also broadcast live on local morning TV show.
The construction of the rail was started on 11 October 2011. The end of September were fully assembled the final brakes and the station area belonging rail pieces. On 18 October 2011, with 37 meters longest and heaviest rail section of the lift Hills was incorporated. On 7 February 2012, the railway construction was completed. The first test runs were conducted on March 15. On 18 April, the park announced on its Facebook page that at the foot of First Drops a 30 meter long tunnel is being built.
Auction of the first seats
On January 19, 2012 Canada's Wonderland launched an auction, in which the 96 seats of the maiden voyage were auctioned on 27 April to the highest bidder. The auction brought a total of about a $ 40,000 were donated to by a local children's hospital. The highest bid for a seat amounted to $ 1000. However, the highest bidder had to settle for a ride without the tunnel at the foot of First Drops, since this had not been completed at this time.
Layout
After the train has left the station, he completed a 180 degree turn to the right and reaches the 93 meter high lift hill. Once at the top, the train on the 80 degrees inclined first drop is accelerated to its maximum speed of 148 km / h. At the foot of the departure of the train passes through the 30-meter long tunnel and moves into a 50 -meter-high Prone right turn. It is followed by another descent and a ground-level curve to the left, which is taken with 122 km / h. Then, the train climbs a 56 -meter-high Camelback, followed by a 45 meter high and 115 degree inclined hammerhead turn. These two elements are located in the parking lot and entrance area of the park. After leaving the Hammerhead turns the train travels at 97 km / h in the second ground-level curve. Then the train leaves a smaller, 38 -meter-high Camelback up and moves into the third on the left inclined ground-level high-speed curve, whereupon it is delayed by the brake circuit by means of eddy currents on walking speed and moves back into the station.
Technology
Leviathan has three made of fiberglass Hyper -Coaster trains in shades of red, orange and yellow. The first car of each train is decorated with a grim -looking pair of eyes. Each train has eight cars with two rows of seats for two people, which are held by lap straps in the seats.
Rail
The steel rail of Leviathan is 1672 meters long and reaches at its highest point, the apex of the lift Hills, a height of 93 meters. They reached on the first drop a maximum inclination of 80 degrees. The track is colored in cyan, the supports are kept in a slightly darker blue. As a typical rail -and- Bolliger Mabillard box rail is used, in which the tubes are connected with the running surfaces of struts having a rectangular hollow steel body. In contrast to the Giga Coastern of competitors Intamin (Millennium Force at Cedar Point, and Intimidator 305 at Kings Dominion ) took Leviathan instead of a cable lift a conventional chain lift with a continuous chain use.