Desafío

Roller coaster in Argentina
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Desafío
Parque de la Costa
Location Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Coordinates 34°25′03″S 58°34′27″W / 34.417503°S 58.574203°W / -34.417503; -58.574203
Status Operating since 1999
Statistics
Manufacturer Vekoma
Product Suspended Looping Coaster
Builder Martin & Vleminckx
Type Steel - Inverted
Riders per train 20
Hourly capacity 1,040
Propulsion Chain lift hill
Height 33.3 metres
Top speed 80 km/h
Length 689 metres
Inversions 5
Duration 1:36
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Desafío is a steel inverted roller coaster located at Parque de la Costa in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

It was manufactured by Vekoma and is a Suspended Looping Coaster model. It is the first of this kind in all of Latin America.

Design

Elements

Trains

2 trains with 10 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 20 riders per train.

External links

  • Desafío on the Roller Coaster DataBase.