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Thorpe Park · Looping Coaster · 2002
Ten inversions including the infamous quadruple heartline roll. Once a world record holder, now a rite of passage.
✏️ Who designed it
- Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbHEngineering / layout
- John WardleyRide design / development
Confidence: Verified · Source: RCDB
Manufactured by Intamin.
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Thorpe Park
- Opened
- 2002
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Type
- Looping Coaster
- Height
- 98 ft
- Track Length
- 850 m (2,789 ft)
- Top speed
- 45 mph
- Inversions
- 10
- Launch
- No
- Duration
- 1:32
- Minimum height
- 140 cm
- Original build cost
- £13.5m (Known)
- Status
- Operating
Published/reported figure.
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