Hair Raiser

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Hair Raiser
Thrill Mountain - Hair Raiser.jpg
Ocean Park Hong Kong
Location Ocean Park Hong Kong
Park section Thrill Mountain
Coordinates 22°14′08″N114°10′21″E / 22.235692°N 114.172475°E / 22.235692; 114.172475 Coordinates: 22°14′08″N114°10′21″E / 22.235692°N 114.172475°E / 22.235692; 114.172475
StatusOperating
Opening dateDecember 8, 2011 (2011-12-08)
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Type Steel  Floorless Coaster
Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard
ModelFloorless Coaster
Track layout Twister
Lift/launch system1 Chain lift hill
Height114.8 ft (35.0 m)
Length2,788.8 ft (850.0 m)
Speed88 km/h (55 mph)
Inversions 4
Duration60 seconds
G-force 4
Height restriction140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Hair Raiser at RCDB

Hair Raiser is a steel floorless roller coaster at Ocean Park Hong Kong in Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong. Manufactured by Bolliger & Mabillard, the coaster opened on December 8, 2011, and is the twelfth floorless coaster to be built. The large smiling face entrance is loosely based on Luna Park Sydney in Australia.

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Experience

After riders have boarded, the restraints are secure and the train is dispatched, the train takes about a half turn to the left before beginning to the climb the Chain lift hill. As the train reaches the top of the lift hill, the train goes through a pre-drop before making a sharp turn to the left towards the first drop. When the train reaches the bottom of the drop, it goes through a vertical loop followed by a slight turn to the left afterwards goes through the second out of four elements, a dive loop. After, the trains goes over a small airtime/bunny hill and goes through the zero-g roll. Immediately after, the train approaches the final inversion of the coaster, an immelmann loop. The train then enters a twisted airtime followed by another right turn before hitting the final brake run. After passing the brake run, the train makes a right turn going through another set of brakes before entering the station. [1] [2]

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References

  1. "Hair Raiser On-ride POV, Ocean Park Hong Kong". InsaneCoasterPOVs. December 17, 2011. Retrieved July 4, 2012.
  2. Marden, Duane. "Hair Raiser  (Ocean Park Hong Kong)". Roller Coaster DataBase . Retrieved July 4, 2012.

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