Speed (Oakwood Theme Park)

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Speed: No Limits

Oakwood Theme Park Location Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK Status Operating since 13 April 2006 Cost £3,000,000
Statistics
Manufacturer	Gerstlauer
Product	Custom Euro-Fighter
Designer / calculations	Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Type	Steel
Riders per train	8
Propulsion	Vertical chain lift hill
Height	35 feet
Drop	95 feet
Top speed	600 mph
Length	2000 feet
Inversions	2
Drop angle	97°
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Speed (sometimes called Speed: No Limits) is a steel roller coaster located at Oakwood Theme Park in Narberth, Pembrokeshire, Wales, UK. Opened in 2006, it is a custom Euro-Fighter installation from Gerstlauer and the tallest, fastest and steepest roller coaster in Wales. The attraction was also the tallest and fastest Eurofighter until the opening of Flucht von Novgorod at Hansa Park in 2009.

It was built at a cost of £3 million. The ride is one of two major roller coasters at the park, the other being Megafobia.

Design

Elements
35 metre tall vertical chain lift hill 97 degree drop Hill Horseshoe Vertical loop Block brake Heartline roll Helix

Ride experience

The ride begins with a vertical chain lift hill, which is immediately followed by the beyond-vertical drop, an element found on all Euro-Fighter roller coasters. An airtime hill and an overbanked 180° turnaround follows. The vertical loop is next, which is followed by a rise into the mid-course brake run. The heartline roll is subsequently taken at low speed before the track curves downward. The car continues to gain speed as it maneuvers the downward helix which leads into the final brakes.

Trains

Single cars. Riders are arranged 4 across in 2 rows, for a total of 8 riders per car. Riders are secured by over-the-shoulder harnesses.

Images

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  The vertical loop

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  An empty car

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External links

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  Speed on the Roller Coaster DataBase.

Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge Fahrenheit April 2006 - July 2008
Preceded by Diving Machine G5	Steepest roller coaster tied with Vild-Svinet Typhoon Rage SpongeBob SquarePants Rock Bottom Plunge Fahrenheit April 2006 - July 2008	Succeeded by Steel Hawg