Raging Bull
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Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard | ||||||||||||
Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH | ||||||||||||
Type | Steel - Hyper | ||||||||||||
Product | Hyper Coaster | ||||||||||||
Riders per train | 36 | ||||||||||||
Hourly capacity | 1,560 | ||||||||||||
Propulsion | Chain lift | ||||||||||||
Height | 202 feet | ||||||||||||
Drop | 208 feet | ||||||||||||
Top speed | 73 mph | ||||||||||||
Length | 5057 feet | ||||||||||||
Inversions | 0 | ||||||||||||
Angle | 65° | ||||||||||||
Duration | 2:30 | ||||||||||||
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Raging Bull is a steel hyper roller coaster located at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, USA. The ride opened in 1999 as the second Bolliger & Mabillard roller coaster to exceed 200 feet. Like Viper, Raging Bull is located in Southwest Territory, a frontier-themed area.
History
Construction of Raging Bull started in 1998. Raging Bull opened on May 1, 1999.
On June 15, 2016, Six Flags announced that virtual reality would be put on the ride.
Design
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Raging Bull is one of two B&M hyper coasters to feature a pre drop, the other being Apollo's Chariot at Busch Gardens Williamsburg. It is themed to a ferocious beast that terrorized residents of the old Southwest Territory until they fled the town.
Color scheme
Raging Bull has an orange track and maroon supports.
Trains
3 trains with 9 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 4 across in a single row, for a total of 36 riders per train.
Incident
On May 3, 2003 an 11-year-old girl died after choking on gum while riding Raging Bull.[2]
Photo Gallery
The tunnel
References
- ↑ "Six Flags parks investment".
- ↑ Girl chokes on taffy during coaster ride - Amusement Today (Wayback archive)
External links
- Raging Bull on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
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