Pegasus (Efteling)

Pegasus is a junior wooden roller coaster in the Dutch amusement park Efteling.

Infobox roller coaster
name= Pegasus


caption=
location= Efteling
section= Ruig Rijk
coordinates=
type= Wood
type2=
type3= junior
status= Open
opened= 01/07/1991
manufacturer= Intamin / Dinn Corporation / Roller Coaster Corporation of America
designer= Charles Dinn / Curtis D. Summers
model= Junior
track= Wood
lift= Chain lift
height= 65.62
drop= 39.4
length= 1614.17
speed= 34.18
inversions= 0
duration= 1.45 minutes
angle=
capacity= 1400
cost=
acceleration=
gforce= 3.45
restriction=
rcdb_number= 898

History and Details

In order to get the wooden coaster open before the opening of Disneyland Paris, the total project was completed in 7 months.Curtis D. Summers and Charles Dinn designed the ride; Dinn also provided the wood, Southern Yellow Pine from the United States. The Roller Coaster Company of America created the wooden architecture, while Intamin took care of the technical aspects of construction.

The ride has two trains with five cars per train. Each car has a capacity of four passengers, two per row.At the time of opening it was the only wooden roller coaster in the Netherlands.

The Ride

After leaving the station the train makes a 180 degrees turn to be transported by the chain lift to a height of 20 meters. The train then falls slowly into a drop, after which a 220 degrees right-hand turnaround follows, then another drop, followed by a double-up. Next is a 220 degrees turn left-hand turnaround, which is followed by a double-down. A 180 degrees left-hand turnaround takes the train into the wooden ride construction. A small climb back up follows, and then down again into one bunny hill, after which the train re-enters the station.

In total there are 4 curves, 9 inclinations and 8 descents.

References

[http://www.efteling.nl Park Information] [http://www.rcdb.com/id898.htm Rollercoaster Database]