Speed: No Limits
| Speed: No Limits | |
|---|---|
 Speed's 97 degree drop | |
| Oakwood Theme Park | |
| Location | Oakwood Theme Park |
| Coordinates | 51°46′44″N 4°48′18″W / 51.779°N 4.805°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 13 April 2006 |
| Cost | £3,000,000 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Euro-Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Gerstlauer |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| 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) |
| Speed | 59 mph (95 km/h) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1:30 |
| Max vertical angle | 97° |
| Capacity | 800 riders per hour |
| G-force | 4.5 |
| Height restriction | 125 cm (4 ft 1 in) |
| Trains | 4 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows for a total of 8 riders per train. |
| Speed: No Limits at RCDB | |
Speed: No Limits is a roller coaster at Oakwood Theme Park, Pembrokeshire, UK. It is a Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter and contains a 90° chain lift hill and a 97° first drop. This drop gave it a five way record tie for the steepest roller coaster drop between itself, Rage, Fahrenheit, SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge, Vild-Svinet and Typhoon. The ride was installed by Ride Entertainment Group, who handles all of Gerstlauer's operations in the Western Hemisphere.[1][2]
Its 115 feet (35 m) lift hill and first drop tower can be seen from a distance away. It is the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales.
Trains
[edit]The ride uses four trains, each consisting of two rows, each with four across seating and can carry eight people per train. The trains use standard Euro-Fighter over-the-shoulder restraints.
Ride experience
[edit]The ride begins with a right turn and then a 115-foot vertical 90° chain lift hill, this is followed by a 110-foot beyond vertical 97° first drop. Cars then reach a speed of 59 miles per hour at the base of this drop, pulling 4.5 G, cars then crest over an airtime hill, pulling -1.3 G. This is followed by an overbanked turn at an angle of 110° and a vertical loop, cars then rise up into a set of brakes. Cars then descend a small dip, into a heartline roll. The train then turns left with a slight incline then entering a double helix into the final brake run (which consists of magnetic brakes and fin brakes),the cars then turn right into the station.
Colour scheme
[edit]The ride is painted orange with black-coloured supports.
Photo gallery
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One of Speed's cars -
The first inversion, a near-circular vertical loop -
The first drop
Records
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Gerstlauer busy in 2011". Park World Magazine. 29 December 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 22 November 2013.
- ^ "Projects". Ride Entertainment Group. Retrieved 22 November 2013.