Thunderbird (PowerPark)

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Thunderbird

PowerPark
Location	Kauhava, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland
Coordinates	63°13′49″N 22°51′30″E / 63.230401°N 22.858195°E / 63.230401; 22.858195
Status	Operating since 29 April 2006

Statistics

Manufacturer

Great Coasters International
Jeff Pike

Type

Wooden

Riders per train

24

Propulsion

Chain lift hill

Height

25 metres

Drop

24.4 metres

Top speed

77.2 km/h

Length

826.9 metres

Inversions

0

Duration

1:33

Thunderbird is a wooden roller coaster located at PowerPark in Alahärmä, Vaasa, West-Finland. Opened in 2006, it is the furthest-north wooden roller coaster in the world. It is also the first European roller coaster built by Great Coasters International.

Design

Thunderbird is a wooden roller coaster manufactured by Great Coasters International. A clone of the ride named American Thunder was built at Six Flags St. Louis in 2008.

Trains

2 trains with 12 cars per train. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in a single row, for a total of 24 riders per train. Thunderbird has Millennium Flyer trains also built by Great Coasters International.