Scorpion
| Click here to watch the on-ride POV |
|---|
| roller coaster | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scorpion | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| The vertical loop element | |||||||||||
| |||||||||||
| Statistics | |||||||||||
| Designer / calculations | Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH, Anton Schwarzkopf | ||||||||||
| Type | Steel | ||||||||||
| Model / product | Silverarrow | ||||||||||
| Riders per train | 20 | ||||||||||
| Hourly capacity | 1,800 | ||||||||||
| Propulsion | Chain lift hill | ||||||||||
| Area | 93.5 feet × 213.8 feet | ||||||||||
Height60.7 feet
Top speed41 mph Length1817.6 feet Inversions1 Steepest drop39° Duration1:30 G-force3.5G
| |||||||||||
| HELP | |||||||||||
Scorpion is a steel roller coaster located at Busch Gardens Tampa in Tampa, Florida, USA. It is one of two operating Schwarzkopf Silverarrow models, after Twist and Shout at Loudoun Castle closed in 2010.[1] The other Silverarrow is called "Looping Star" and is currently travelling with Magic World Amusement Park in Africa.
History[edit | edit source]
Scorpion opened in 1980 as part of the newly added Timbuktu section that gave the park a complete circuit, linking the Congo section to the Nairobi section of the park. It remains one of the most popular attractions in the Timbuktu area.
In 2004, as a part of the park's Timbuktu renovation, Scorpion was repainted from its original paint scheme of orange track and black supports to its current color scheme of red track with dark blue supports.
Design[edit | edit source]
Layout[edit | edit source]
Scorpion has a compact and twisted layout, including the singature vertical loop inversion. After the 60 feet (18 meters) lift hill, riders twist down a drop and pass through the single vertical loop element. Following the loop, the train goes through a pretzel turnaround and threads (goes through the center of) the vertical loop. Riders circle around a 900° helix before entering the brake run.
Trains[edit | edit source]
_01.jpg)
2 trains with 5 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
The trains have headrests and lap-bar restraints.
References[edit | edit source]
External links[edit | edit source]
- Scorpion on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
| Roller coasters at Busch Gardens Tampa | |||||||||
| Present | Air Grover • Cheetah Hunt • Cobra's Curse • Kumba • Montu • Sand Serpent • Scorpion • SheiKra • Tigris • unknown | ||||||||
| Former | Gwazi • Python | ||||||||