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| Designer / calculations | The Gravity Group, LLC | ||||||
| Type | Wooden - Hybrid | ||||||
| Riders per train | 24 | ||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||
| Height | 136 feet | ||||||
| Elevation change | 160 feet | ||||||
| Drop | 140 feet | ||||||
| Top speed | 60 mph | ||||||
| Length | 4746 feet | ||||||
| Inversions | 1 | ||||||
| Drop angle | 65° | ||||||
| Duration | 2:20 | ||||||
| G-Force | 3.5 | ||||||
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Hades 360 is a wooden hybrid roller coaster located at Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, USA. Designed by The Gravity Group, LLC and built in-house, it opened in 2005 and has wooden track and steel supports. In 2013, the roller coaster reopened following the addition of a corkscrew and an over-banked curve. Prior to this transformation, it was called Hades.
History
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In January 2004, it was revealed that The Gravity Group, LLC had begun designing a new wooden roller coaster for Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park, which would be built in-house. No details were released at this time, only that this would be the park's largest roller coaster.[2]
The roller coaster opened on May 14, 2005 as Hades. At the time, it had a 90-degree banked curve, the highest banking of a wooden roller coaster curve.[1]
On November 13, 2012, Mt. Olympus Water & Theme Park announced that the roller coaster would be modified and renamed Hades 360 for the 2013 season. A corkscrew was added, as well as a 110-degree over-banked curve and a new Timberliner train. These modifications were carried out by The Gravity Group and Gravitykraft Corporation.[3] The track length was also increased by approximately 20 feet.[1][4]
The ride reopened on May 25, 2013.[5] It was the second modern wooden inverting roller coaster, as Outlaw Run opened two months prior at Silver Dollar City. However, Outlaw Run uses Rocky Mountain Construction's "Topper Track", which has thicker steel rails than traditional wooden track. This makes Hades 360's corkscrew the first modern inversion with "traditional" wooden track, albeit with a steel support structure.
Design
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At 800 feet long, the tunnel is the longest underground one on a roller coaster.[3] The first drop dives into the tunnel, which passes underneath a parking lot. When the train resurfaces, it travels through the corkscrew and round the 110-degree over-banked curve. It then dives back into the tunnel to return to the station.
Trains
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Single train with 12 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 24 riders per train.
The train used today was built by Gravitykraft Corporation. Prior to the transformation into Hades 360, the ride used a train from the Philadelphia Toboggan Company.
Images
The corkscrew
The current train
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hades 360° - The Gravity Group
- ↑ Gravity Group Roller Coaster at Big Chief Mount Olympus Theme Park - Press Release - RCDB
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Mt. Olympus Adding Upside Down Element To Wooden Roller Coaster - Ultimate Rollercoaster
- ↑ Hades - The Gravity Group, LLC (Wayback archive)
- ↑ Hades 360 Opens at Mt. Olympus - ACE News Now
External links
- Hades 360 on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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