Red Force

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Red Force

Red Force alongside Thrill Towers

Ferrari Land
Location	Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
Coordinates	41°05′02″N 1°09′10″E / 41.084006°N 1.152884°E / 41.084006; 1.152884
Status	Operating since 7 April 2017
Rider height	Minimum: 140 cm Maximum: 195 cm

Statistics

Manufacturer

Intamin

Product

LSM Launch Coaster

Onsite construction

RCS GmbH

Type

Steel - Launched - Giga

Riders per train

12

Hourly capacity

1200

Propulsion

LSM launch

Height

112 metres

Top speed

180 km/h

Length

880 metres

Inversions

0

Drop angle

90°

Duration

0:24

Red Force is a steel launched roller coaster located at the resort PortAventura World in Salou, Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain. It opened as part of a new development called Ferrari Land on April 7, 2017.^[1]

The ride is the tallest and fastest roller coaster in Europe, as well as the tallest giga coaster in the world. While it may be mistaken for a strata coaster, as it has a similar layout to that of Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point and Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure, Red Force is a giga coaster because it is 112 metres tall. It also has the fastest LSM launch in the world.^[2]

Between the closure of Kingda Ka in 2024 and the reopening of Top Thrill Dragster in 2025, Red Force was the tallest operating coaster in the world.

Design

Elements
LSM launch (rolling) from 0-180 km/h in 5.0 seconds Outside top hat

Red Force has a dark grey track with red supports. It uses the new style of Intamin track. There are three large Ferrari logos, one on each side of the tower. There is also a seating area adjacent to the launch track.

Riders are accelerated to 180 km/h in around 5 seconds. The launch is powered by linear synchronous motors with supercapacitors, being used to reduce peak power demand.^[2]

Trains

3 trains with 3 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 12 riders per train. Riders are held in by pull-down lap bar restraints, similar in style to the restraints on Taron at Phantasialand.

Images

The entrance sign
The launch system

References

↑ "Ferrari Land opens at PortAventura World in Spain". Theme Park Insider.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 "The technology behind Europe's fastest and highest roller coaster". Eureka!.

External links

Red Force on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Present

Coasters

Junior Red Force Red Force

[1] "Ferrari Land opens at PortAventura World in Spain". Theme Park Insider.

[eureka-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The technology behind Europe's fastest and highest roller coaster". Eureka!.

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