Steel Force
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| Steel Force lift hill and return | |
| Location | Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 40°34′44″N 75°32′17″W / 40.57889°N 75.53806°WCoordinates: 40°34′44″N 75°32′17″W / 40.57889°N 75.53806°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opened | May 30, 1997 |
| Cost | US$10,000,000 |
| Type | Steel - Hypercoaster |
| Manufacturer | D. H. Morgan Manufacturing |
| Designer | Steve Okamoto |
| Model | Hyper Coaster |
| Track layout | Out and Back |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 200 ft (61 m) |
| Drop | 205 ft (62 m) |
| Length | 5,600 ft (1,700 m) |
| Max speed | 75 mph (121 km/h) |
| Duration | 3:00 |
| Max vertical angle | 61° |
| Capacity | 1,700 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 3.4 |
| Height restriction | 4 ft 0 in (122 cm) |
| Steel Force at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Steel Force at RCDB | |
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Steel Force is a roller coaster at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto, it opened in 1997. It is 5,600 feet (1,700 m) in length (over 1-mile (1.6 km)), making it the longest coaster on the East Coast. It has a 205-foot (62 m) first drop, with a top speed of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h). Riders experience over 2.5 G's at the bottom of the first hill.
Steel Force is the ninth longest steel roller coaster in the world and the longest such rollercoaster on the East Coast of the United States.
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[edit] History
When Steel Force was opened it laid claim to being the longest, fastest, and tallest roller coaster on the East Coast. The title of longest coaster on the East Coast still stands. It has been ranked among the top 10 steel coasters in the world.[1]
Steel Force’s logo was originally intended for the stand-up coaster Mantis, which had opened at Cedar Point a year earlier. Mantis initially was to be named “Banshee,” but had its name changed for sensitivity reasons.[2] The logo was no longer appropriate after the name change, so Dorney Park adopted it for its Steel Force coaster a year later. [1].
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[edit] Construction data
The following materials are included:
- 2,000 tons of steel
- 12,150,000 pounds (5,510,000 kg) of concrete footers
- 2,742 anchor bolts
[edit] Ride elements
- Two 120-foot-long (37 m) tunnels
- 510-degree downward helix
- Double-up
- On-ride photo camera (between the last two airtime hills)
[edit] Gallery
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Steel Force's first drop
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Steel Force's first drop
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Steel Force's first airtime hill
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Steel Force's final airtime hills
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