- Dive Coaster (Chimelong Paradise)
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Dive Coaster Location Chimelong Paradise Status Operating Opened February 7, 2008 Type Steel - Diving Machine - Floorless Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard Designer Bolliger & Mabillard Model Floorless Diving Machine Lift/launch system Chain lift hill Height 197 ft (60 m) Max speed 68.4 mph (110.1 km/h) Inversions 1 Max vertical angle 90° Max G force 4.4 Dive Coaster at RCDB Pictures of Dive Coaster at RCDB 
Amusement Parks PortalDive Coaster is a Floorless Diving Machine 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 coasters first and second drop along with the water splash, the coasters 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]
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 an underground 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 SheiKra at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay.
References
- ^ (Chinese) World's longest inverted roller coaster to run in Guangzhou_English_Xinhua
- ^ (Chinese) 全球最顶尖过山车之王垂直过山车
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)
Categories:- Steel roller coasters
- Diving Machine roller coasters
- Floorless roller coasters
- Bolliger & Mabillard roller coasters
- Roller coasters in China
- Roller coasters introduced in 2008
- Amusement ride stubs
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