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Stealth
Thorpe Park · Accelerator Coaster · 2006
0 to 80 in under two seconds, straight up a 205ft top hat. Nearly two decades old and still the most violent launch in the country.
✏️ Who designed it
- Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbHEngineering / layout
Confidence: Verified · Source: RCDB
🎢 Quick Facts
- Park
- Thorpe Park
- Opened
- 2006
- Manufacturer
- Intamin
- Type
- Accelerator Coaster
- Height
- 205 ft
- Track Length
- 500 m (1,640 ft)
- Top speed
- 80 mph
- Inversions
- 0
- Launch
- Hydraulic launch — 0–80 mph in 1.9 seconds
- Duration
- 0:29
- Minimum height
- 140 cm
- Original build cost
- £12m (Known)
- Status
- Operating
Published/reported figure.
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