Blue Tornado

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Blue Tornado

The roll over element.
Gardaland Location Castelnuovo del Garda, Veneto, Italy Coordinates 45.457046°N 10.713727°E / 45.457046; 10.713727 Status Operating since 1998 Rider height Minimum: 140 cm Maximum: 200 cm
Statistics
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Product	SLC (765m Extended w/Helix)
Type	Steel - Inverted
Riders per train	20
Hourly capacity	1,500
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	33.3 metres
Top speed	80 km/h
Length	765 metres
Inversions	5
Duration	1:42
G-Force	4.5
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Blue Tornado is a Vekoma inverted roller coaster located at Gardaland in Castelnuovo del Garda, Veneto, Italy. With an added helix, it is an extended version of Vekoma's standard Suspended Looping Coaster design.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Roll over Outward banked airtime hill Sidewinder Double in-line twist Helix

Colour scheme

Light blue track and blue supports. The ride opened with white track, which was later repainted to the current colour.

Trains

3 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.

Images

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  The sidewinder

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  The transfer track

External links

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  Blue Tornado on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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