Screaming Condor

Roller coaster in Taiwan
Watch the on-ride POV
Screaming Condor
Leofoo Village Theme Park
Location Guanxi, Hsinchu, Taiwan
Status Operating since 2001
Statistics
Manufacturer Intamin
Product Impulse Coaster Twist & Spike (56m)
Type Steel - Inverted - Launched - Shuttle
Track layout U-Shuttle
Riders per train 28
Propulsion LIM launch (multi-pass)
Height 56.4 metres
Top speed 104.6 km/h
Length 192 metres
Inversions 0
Drop angle 90°
HELP

Screaming Condor is a steel launched inverted shuttle roller coaster located at Leofoo Village Theme Park in Guanxi, Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is a Twist & Spike (56m) Impulse Coaster model manufactured by Intamin, and was the only Twist & Spike to be built without a holding brake. The ride opened in 2001, and is the oldest operating impulse coaster still in its original location.

Design

Elements

Screaming Condor has a long, straight layout with two "spikes" at either end. One spike is twisted (twisted vertical rollback) and the other straight (vertical rollback). Riders are launched forwards and backwards up both spikes using LIM launch technology.

Trains

Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.

Incident

On 9 April 2013, a 17-year-old girl collapsed and died after riding the Screaming Condor. Paramedics stated that she died of a large heart attack after riding.[1]

Images

References

External links


Articles on Leofoo Village Theme Park