Fahrenheit
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Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||
Product | Vertical Lift Coaster | ||||||||
Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||
Type | Steel | ||||||||
Riders per train | 12 | ||||||||
Hourly capacity | 850 | ||||||||
Propulsion | Vertical Chain Lift hill | ||||||||
Height | 121 feet | ||||||||
Drop | 115 feet | ||||||||
Top speed | 58 mph | ||||||||
Length | 2700 feet | ||||||||
Inversions | 6 | ||||||||
Drop angle | 97° | ||||||||
Duration | 1:25 | ||||||||
G-Force | 5 | ||||||||
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Fahrenheit is an Intamin sit-down roller coaster located at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania, USA.
Marketing
The ride's marketing campaign started as a post on the roller coaster website, ThrillNetwork regarding the sight of businessmen in the general area of where Fahrenheit was going to be built. The post included a link to the website, Nantimi.com. [1]
Over the course of the next few months, Hersheypark revealed more details in the form of e-mails, forum posts, and the Nantimi website.
Design
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Fahrenheit features a vertical lift hill and a beyond vertical drop at an angle of 97 degrees. It is also one of the only three roller coasters in the world to feature a norwegian loop.
Trains
3 trains with 3 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 12 riders per train.
Trivia
- During "Hersheypark in the Dark" Fahrenheit is dubbed Fearenheit.
Images
External links
- Fahrenheit on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Speed Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge May - July 2008 | ||
Preceded by Diving Machine G5 |
Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Speed Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge May - July 2008 |
Succeeded by Steel Hawg |
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