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| Manufacturer | Martin & Vleminckx | ||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | The Gravity Group, LLC | ||||||||||
| Type | Wooden | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 800 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Height | 96 feet | ||||||||||
| Drop | 92 feet | ||||||||||
| Top speed | 51 mph | ||||||||||
| Length | 3236 feet | ||||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||
| Drop angle | 56° | ||||||||||
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Boardwalk Bullet is a wooden roller coaster located at Kemah Boardwalk in Kemah, Texas, USA. It was designed by The Gravity Group, LLC and manufactured by Martin & Vleminckx.[1]
History
Boardwalk Bullet was announced in December 2006.[2] It opened on August 31, 2007.[3]
Kemah Boardwalk was hit by Hurricane Ike on September 15, 2008. While Boardwalk Bullet itself was not significantly damaged, it remained closed until November of that year while the amusement park was rebuilt.[4]
Design
Maximum track banking of 75 degrees.[1]
There are a total of forty-two crossovers throughout the course of the track.[5]
Trains
2 trains with 6 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 24 riders per train. The trains were overhauled by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company in 2017.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Boardwalk Bullet - The Gravity Group
- ↑ Kemah Boardwalk Building Gravity Group Roller Coaster - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ Boardwalk Bullet Roller Coaster Blasts Into Kemah Boardwalk - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ "Hurricane Ike Smashes the Kemah Boardwalk".
- ↑ Throgmorton, Todd H. (2009). Roller Coasters (Third ed.). USA: McFarland & Company Inc. pp. 240, 241. ISBN 9780786439102.
- ↑ "2017 Amusement Industry Preview" (PDF). Amusement Today. May 2017. p. 12. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
External links
- Boardwalk Bullet on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
