Speed (Oakwood)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Speed: No Limits | |
 Speed's 97 degree drop |
|
| Location | Oakwood Theme Park |
|---|---|
| Type | Steel |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | 13 April 2006 |
| Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Euro-Fighter (custom) |
| Track layout | Steel |
| Lift/launch system | Vertical chain lift |
| Height | 115 ft (35 m) |
| Drop | 110 ft (34 m) |
| Length | 1,970 ft (600 m) |
| Max speed | 60 mph (97 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Max vertical angle | 97° |
| Capacity | 800 riders per hour |
| Cost | Around £2,000,000 |
| Max g-force | -1.3 to 4.5 |
| Speed: No Limits at RCDB Pictures of Speed: No Limits at RCDB |
|
|
|
|
Speed is a more than vertical roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, Pembrokeshire, UK. It is the UKs only roller coaster with a more than vertical drop. The vehicles initial climb is a long 90-degree which is designed to make the ride more intense. The ride also consists of a 97-degree drop, a −1.3g camelback hill, a 110-degree overbanked turn, a vertical loop, a heartline roll, and a helix. The ride has four roll-articulated vehicles consisting of two rows of four seats giving each vehicle a capacity of eight riders per circuit. The trains use standard over-the-shoulder restraints. It is the tallest roller coaster in Wales.
The No Limits roller coaster simulator was used for much of the concept art for this ride
