Vonkaputous

Vonkaputous in Linnanmaki (Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland) is a steel roller coaster model from the manufacturer Premier Liquid Coaster Rides, which was opened on 12 May 2001. It is so far the only roller coaster of this model of the manufacturer and to Poseidon Europa-Park Europe's second water coaster.

The theme Finnish lumberjacks and sawmill station are used, with two wooden houses are traversed.

Vonkaputous has three, each 1700 kg heavy car. In each car ten people can ( five rows of two people) take place.

The journey

The layout is kept very simple. After the cars were pulled up to 24 m high lift hill, the cars are going downhill along a curved towards the big departure. Here accelerate the car to 60 km / h and shoot into the water. The cars are there only stopped by the water; there are no friction brakes still magnetic brakes are used. The cars get to the station by a slight flow of water as well as by friction wheels.

Should be too low and thus be given the danger of insufficient braking power of the water level in the outlet basin, there are both the computer system does not start release for the cars and in addition, along the outlet section rubber surfaces mounted on the rail tubes that provide additional friction.