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Stealth is the newest ride at [[Thorpe Park]] in [[Surrey]], [[UK]]. The ride reaches a maximum height of 205ft which makes it the tallest launched coaster in Europe. The ride will reach speeds of around 80mph (128km/h). During the ride you are faced with G-Forces of up to 4.5G's, about 1.5G's more than astronauts experience on take off. |
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The ride is due to open along with the park on March 15th 2006, along with a new entrance gate, |
The ride is due to open along with the park on March 15th 2006, along with a new entrance gate, as well as the removal of enterprise ride 'Zodiac' |
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== Planning & Development == |
== Planning & Development == |
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Revision as of 00:46, 15 March 2006
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| Type | Steel - Sit Down |
| Manufacturer | Intamin AG |
| Designer | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Opening | March 15, 2006? |
| Height | 205 ft 1 inches |
| Length | 1312 ft 4inches |
| Speed | 79.5 mph |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | Unknown |
| Capacity | ??? riders per hour |
Stealth is the newest ride at Thorpe Park in Surrey, UK. The ride reaches a maximum height of 205ft which makes it the tallest launched coaster in Europe. The ride will reach speeds of around 80mph (128km/h). During the ride you are faced with G-Forces of up to 4.5G's, about 1.5G's more than astronauts experience on take off.
The ride is due to open along with the park on March 15th 2006, along with a new entrance gate, as well as the removal of enterprise ride 'Zodiac'
Planning & Development
The ride during development was known as Project Stealth and names such as 'Humdinger' and 'The Edge' circulated the internet forums before the park decided on the name Stealth in early 2006.
When the ride was first announced on the Thorpe Park mid-term development plans it was compared to XCelerator at Knott's Berry Farm in the US, initial speculation was that the ride would have a similar layout (launch, top hat, several overbank turns, brake run) but a less ambition layout was eventually decided on. Stealth bears major similarities to Kingda Ka, the current world record holder (for tallest and fastest coaster), the similarities basically amount to Stealth being a scaled down version of Kingda Ka, something coaster enthusiasts have critised Thorpe Park for.
In the orginal designs there was plans for a grandstand style Q-line, which involved the Q wrapping round and through a traditional drag racing grandstand, this was ditched in favour of a more cost effect 'cattle pen' Q-line similar to the one at Alton Towers for its 2005 coaster Rita: Queen Of Speed.
External links
- http://www.thorpepark.co.uk - Official site for Thorpe Park
- http://rcdb.com/id3081.htm - Stealth Data on RCDB
- http://stealth.thorpepark.com - Stealth microsite