Stealth

Roller coaster in the United Kingdom
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Stealth
Thorpe Park
Location Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK
Coordinates 51°24′18″N 0°30′55″W / 51.405064°N 0.515380°W / 51.405064; -0.515380
Park section Amity
Status Operating since 15 March 2006
Cost £12,000,000
Rider height 140 cm minimum
Statistics
Manufacturer Intamin
Product Accelerator Coaster
Designer / calculations Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH
Onsite construction RCS GmbH
Type Steel - Launched - Hyper
Riders per train 20
Propulsion Hydraulic launch
Height 62.5 metres
Top speed 128.7 km/h
Length 400 metres
Inversions 0
Drop angle 90°
Duration 0:29
G-Force 4.5
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The entrance to Stealth

Stealth is a steel launched roller coaster located at Thorpe Park in Chertsey, Surrey, England, UK. It is the fastest roller coaster in the United Kingdom and the second tallest, after The Big One at Pleasure Beach Resort, which opened in 1994.

The attraction is an Accelerator Coaster installation from Intamin and was designed in conjunction with Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH. Stealth was installed by RCS GmbH.[1]

With the closure of Do-Dodonpa in 2021, Stealth is now the fastest accelerating roller coaster.

History

Stealth opened to guests on 15 March 2006, a year after Rita at Alton Towers.

Originally specified to have an acceleration of 0-128.7 km/h in 2.3 seconds,[2] for the 2024 season the entrance signage was updated with a new acceleration of 0-128.7 km/h in 1.8 seconds.[3]

Design

Elements

Using hydraulic technology, the train is launched from 0 km/h to 128.7 km/h in 1.8 seconds. Following the launch, the train rises up and over the 62.5 metre tall top hat. This is followed by an airtime hill, which leads into the final brakes.

Stealth has a transfer track, which is located in a warehouse beside the ride.

Trains

3 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.

Similar rides

Stealth has a very similar layout to Kingda Ka, which opened in 2005 at Six Flags Great Adventure, but is a little less than half the size. A clone of Stealth, Zaturn, at Space World, opened in April 2006 and operated until the closure of the park in December 2017.

Images

References

  1. Our References - RCS GmbH
  2. February 2006 - Stealth Developer Diary (Wayback archive)
  3. ✨Sparkle Update: Stealth Entrance Portal🛞 #ThorpePark #Shorts (in British English), retrieved 2024-03-15

External links

  • Stealth on the Roller Coaster DataBase.


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