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| Manufacturer | Intamin | ||||||||
| Product | Impulse Coaster Twist & Spike (56m) | ||||||||
| Type | Steel - Inverted - Launched - Shuttle | ||||||||
| Track layout | U-Shuttle | ||||||||
| Riders per train | 28 | ||||||||
| Propulsion | LIM launch (multi-pass) | ||||||||
| Height | 56.4 metres | ||||||||
| Top speed | 104.6 km/h | ||||||||
| Length | 192 metres | ||||||||
| Inversions | 0 | ||||||||
| Drop angle | 90° | ||||||||
Screaming Condor is a steel launched inverted shuttle roller coaster located at Leofoo Village Theme Park in Guanxi, Hsinchu, Taiwan. It is a Twist & Spike (56m) Impulse Coaster model manufactured by Intamin, and was the only Twist & Spike to be built without a holding brake. The ride opened in 2001, and is the oldest operating impulse coaster still in its original location.
Design
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Screaming Condor has a long, straight layout with two "spikes" at either end. One spike is twisted (twisted vertical rollback) and the other straight (vertical rollback). Riders are launched forwards and backwards up both spikes using LIM launch technology.
Trains
Single train with 7 cars. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 28 riders per train.
Incident
On 9 April 2013, a 17-year-old girl collapsed and died after riding the Screaming Condor. Paramedics stated that she died of a large heart attack after riding.[1]
Images
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An empty train in the station -
The LIM launch -
The front spike
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References
External links
- Screaming Condor on the Roller Coaster DataBase.
