Colossos (Heide Park)
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| Heide Park | |
| Park section | Main Street |
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| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | April 13, 2001 |
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| Type | Wood |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Wooden Coaster (prefabricated track) |
| Track layout | Out and back |
| Lift/launch system | Chain lift hill |
| Height | 59.98 m (196.8 ft) |
| Drop | 48.49 m (159.1 ft) |
| Length | 1,343.97 m (4,409.4 ft) |
| Speed | 110.1 km/h (68.4 mph) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 2:25 |
| Max vertical angle | 61° |
| Capacity | 1500 riders per hour |
| G-force | 3.8 |
| Height restriction | 55 in (140 cm) |
| Age restriction | 12 |
| Colossos at RCDB Pictures of Colossos at RCDB |
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Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. Unlike traditional wooden roller coasters, Colossos is prefabricated, meaning the track is laser cut in a factory to achieve a higher degree of precision. The sections are designed to snap together like Lego pieces. Some of the wood is tightly bonded together in multiple layers instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand.
The "Plug and Play" aspect of the coaster speeds construction and lowers building costs by reducing the amount of labor required. Three other prefabricated wooden roller coasters have since been built: Balder at Liseberg, El Toro at Six Flags Great Adventure, and T Express at Everland in South Korea.
Awards
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| Year | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | ||||
| Ranking | 16[1] | 11[2] | 15[3] | 19[4] | 23[5] | 23[6] | 18[7] | 18[8] | 18[9] | 29[10] | 19[11] | 17[12] | 24[13] | 23[14] | ||||
References
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External links
- Colossos at the Roller Coaster DataBase
Media related to Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. at Wikimedia Commons
