Dynamite (Freizeitpark Plohn)

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Dynamite
Dynamite Lifthill.jpg
Lift hill and looping
Freizeitpark Plohn
Location Freizeitpark Plohn
Coordinates 50°33′57″N12°23′56″E / 50.565776553565264°N 12.398832098273775°E / 50.565776553565264; 12.398832098273775
StatusOperating
Opening dateMay 18, 2019
General statistics
Type Steel
Manufacturer Mack Rides
Model BigDipper
Lift/launch system Lift hill
Height44 m (144 ft)
Length500 m (1,600 ft)
Speed100 km/h (62 mph)
Inversions 3
Duration1:08 min
Dynamite at RCDB
Pictures of Dynamite at RCDB

Dynamite is a steel roller coaster at Freizeitpark Plohn, located in Lengenfeld, Saxony, Germany, manufactured by Mack Rides from the type BigDipper. The roller coaster opened on May 18, 2019 [1] and is the second roller coaster of the manufacturer's BigDipper model after Lost Gravity in Walibi Holland. Dynamite was built on the site of the former Silver Mine . According to the park, dynamite was the park's largest single investment when it opened.

Contents

The 500 metres (1,600 ft) long route reaches a height of 44 metres (144 ft) and, in addition to a tunnel and a 270 ° helix, has three inversions: a dive drop, a loop and a zero-g roll. [2]

Ride experience

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Looping with zero-g roll

After the train has left the station, it drives onto the lift hill, which ends in a dive drop at the top. There follows a right turn with 360 °, at the end of which is the looping. After the loop, the train goes into zero-g-roll before it returns to the station after a 180 ° left turn and a travel time of just over a minute. [3]

Trains

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Station

Dynamite has two individual trains with space for eight people each (two rows of four people).

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References

  1. "Big Dipper Coaster "Dynamite"". Amusement Park Plohn. Archived from the original on 2021-01-22. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  2. "Dynamite - Freizeitpark Plohn (Lengenfeld, Saxony, Germany)". rcdb.com. Retrieved 2021-05-31.
  3. Dynamite (Onride/POV) Video Freizeitpark Plohn [NEU 2019] , retrieved 2021-06-06