Kumali

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Kumali

Kumali in 2006
Flamingo Land Location Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK Coordinates 54.212101°N 0.807014°W / 54.212101; -0.807014 Section Lost Kingdom Status Operating since 1 April 2006 Cost £6,000,000 Rider height 130 cm minimum Replaced Bullet
Statistics
Manufacturer	Vekoma
Product	Suspended Looping Coaster (Shenlin)
Type	Steel - Inverted
Riders per train	20
Hourly capacity	1,125
Propulsion	Chain lift hill
Height	35.9 metres
Drop	34.1 metres
Top speed	88.3 km/h
Length	671.44 metres
Inversions	4
Duration	1:32
G-Force	4.7

Kumali is a steel inverted roller coaster located in Flamingo Land in Malton, North Yorkshire, England. It is the second of two Suspended Looping Coaster "Shenlin" installations from Vekoma; the first being Snow Mountain Flying Dragon at Happy Valley in Guangdong, China.

Kumali was named after the leader of the lion Pride at Flamingo Land Zoo.

History

Kumali opened on 1 April 2006. It is situated where the Bullet previously stood.

In 2008, video recorders were added to the trains, allowing riders to purchase their on-ride video on dvd format.

For the 2009 season, a silver platform was added to the cobra roll to help evacuation if the ride stalls. It was later painted blue, to match the ride's color scheme. Later in the season, the second train was dismantled.

Design

Elements
Chain lift hill 26.5 metres tall vertical loop 22.9 metres tall cobra roll 16.8 metres tall zero-g roll

Kumali is one of three operating Vekoma Suspended Looping Coaster installations in the United Kingdom. Odyssey at Fantasy Island in Ingoldmells, is the largest, and the other, Infusion at Pleasure Beach Blackpool, is the smallest.

Theme

Kumali has an African theme and is named after one of the lions located in the park's zoo. It had dedicated voice commentary and a soundtrack composed by a British composer called ElectricStreetPolice.

Kumali has blue track and yellow supports, with stripes of various colors. The train shares this pattern.

Layout

After going up the 35.9 metres tall lift hill, a large, curved drop follows, heading into a vertical loop. A cobra roll over a lake follows, then a zero-g roll and finally a helix leads into the brake run.

Trains

Single train with 10 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 20 riders per train. Kumali had a second train, however it was rarely used and was dismantled some time during 2009.

Images

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  The helix
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  The cobra roll
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  A train coming into the station
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  The transfer track mechanism

External links

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  Kumali on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

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