Katun

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Katun

Mirabilandia Location Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy Coordinates 44.33933°N 12.2662°E / 44.33933; 12.2662 Section Adventureland Status Operating since 1 April 2000
Statistics
Manufacturer	Bolliger & Mabillard
Product	Inverted Coaster
Designer / calculations	Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Onsite construction	RCS GmbH
Type	Steel - Inverted
Riders per train	32
Hourly capacity	1700
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	50 metres
Drop	45 metres
Top speed	104 km/h
Length	1200 metres
Inversions	6
Duration	2:22
G-Force	4

Katun is a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted roller coaster located at Mirabilandia in Savio, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. It is considered to be one of Bolliger & Mabillard's best coasters. The coaster travels through a stargate at the beginning and end of the ride.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill Pre-drop 34 metre tall vertical loop Zero-g roll Cobra roll Block brake Corkscrew Tunnel Corkscrew Helix

This ride features a pre-drop, an element used by B&M to avoid strain on the lift chain.

Colour scheme

Black track with blue rails and black supports.

Trains

3 trains with 8 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 32 riders per train.

Theming

Katun has an Ancient Mayan theme. Riders pass through two 'Stargates', one at the start and one at the end of the ride. A Katun is a period of 7200 days (just under 20 years) in the Maya calendar.

Incident

On 18 August 2007, a man was struck in the head and killed by the leg of a girl on the ride. The man passed a 2-metre fence to retrieve his hat and didn't realize the train was coming at 65 mph. The girl who hit the man was injured and the ride had to be shut down for 24 hours while an investigation looked at the ride.

Images

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  The vertical loop
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  The cobra roll
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  The zero-g roll
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  A train going through the helix
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  The transfer track

External links

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  Katun on the Roller Coaster DataBase.