Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise)
Dive Coaster is a Floorless Dive roller coaster [1] operating at Chimelong Paradise in China. It is built by Swiss coaster manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard. A photo update on the parks website shows the coaster's first and second drop along with the water splash, the coaster's final brake run and a row of a train in the station with 10 seats in the row, as well as two pictures of SheiKra.[2]
| Dive Coaster | |
|---|---|
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| Chimelong Paradise | |
| Location | Chimelong Paradise |
| Coordinates | 22.999647°N 113.323256°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | February 7, 2008 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Dive Coaster |
| Manufacturer | Bolliger & Mabillard |
| Model | Floorless Dive Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 197 ft (60 m) |
| Speed | 68.4 mph (110.1 km/h) |
| Inversions | 1 |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| G-force | 4.4 |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Dive Coaster at RCDB Pictures of Dive Coaster at RCDB | |
Ride Elements
Dive Coaster features a 90°, 197 foot vertical drop that exits into an Immelmann loop. After the Immelmann, riders will swoop down to the ground then climb a curve up to the block brake, then go over a second near vertical dive dropping into a tunnel. Upon exiting the tunnel, riders make an overbanked turn into a water splash feature which exits into a bunny hill then into a helix before entering the final brake run. This ride is very similar to Griffon and SheiKra (the first half being part of Griffon and the other part being SheiKra).
References
- (in Chinese) World's longest inverted roller coaster to run in Guangzhou_English_Xinhua
- (in Chinese) 全球最顶尖过山车之王垂直过山车 Archived January 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
External links
- Dive Coaster entry at RCDB
- Dive Coaster photo update on the parks website (Site is in Chinese)
- Video of the press conference for Dive Coaster at the park (Site is in Chinese)