This page was last modified on 9 October , at Suggest an edit. The Boardwalk. Steel — Launched. Hydraulic catch car launch. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 20 riders per train. Of course, there are also features like tunnels, adding to the thrill with just a moment of pitch black.
It ranks number five on the list of the fastest roller coasters in the world. Reaching a ft drop, the main drop is around ft, making it a fast trip to just about 95 mph. According to some testimonies, you may even feel your bottom levitate off the seat during the rise and falls of the mean roller coaster. A short and sweet ride, but gut-wrenching nonetheless. Categorized as a steel shutter coaster, the carts are hurtled toward a degree incline where riders are pushed all the way up, backward, only to watch the ground come at them at mph.
In , the roller coaster was named the fifth-fastest, third-tallest and to have the third-largest drop in the world. Reaching an astonishing height of ft, this coaster is no joke, as it reaches mph. Is that not terrifying? Riders are thrust towards a degree climb featuring a twist as they go up and are tossed back at the ground after a ft drop. The coaster is a record-breaker being one of the first to be built of its kind and height. Using a sophisticated hydraulic launch system, the train positively screams out of the station; if your hair wasn't slicked back into a 50's Elvis-like do before you boarded the coaster, it will be about 2.
As with most launched coasters, Xcelerator is all about the launch—and what a launch! With trains tricked out like '57 Chevys, this baby peels rubber and accelerates on a straight section of track from O to 82 mph in 2. Before you have a chance to catch your breath, you're soaring straight up a foot "top hat" tower so named because with its degree incline and decline connected by a short arc at the top, it resembles the narrow, tall hats that were once in favor.
There is some airtime as the coaster nears the top of the tower. The train takes a barely-there respite at it rounds the apex and then it's straight down—and we mean literally degrees straight down— feet for a wild adrenaline rush. Up to this point, and we're talking a matter of seconds, Xcelerator is a coaster for the ages. But, after the thrilling launch and top hat cruising, the ride is kind of nondescript.
It includes a couple of highly overbanked turns but no actual upside-down inversions. Despite the incredible pent-up energy, the coaster doesn't incorporate any bunny hills or other elements to deliver any significant additional airtime.
It's a short, but, yes, sweet ride. It uses a catch car that is powered by powerful hydraulic motors and attached to the chassis of the trains to send passengers tearing out of the station. The ride is a prototype Accelerator Coaster located in the same area of the park where Windjammer Surf Racers once operated. This is the tallest and fastest roller coaster at Knott's Berry Farm.
It would be the first coaster on earth to use a hydraulic launch system. Following the hydraulic launch , riders travel over a foot tall outside top hat. In each car, riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows, for a total of 20 riders per train. Riders are secured by lap-bar restraints. Occasionally, the train will not make it over the top hat element.
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