Hero - Flamingo Land - RollerBoy
Hero is a steel flying roller coaster located at Flamingo Land Theme Park & Zoo in Malton, Yorkshire, England, UK. It was manufactured by Zamperla and opened in July 2013 on the spot of the former Wild Mouse.
Layout - After leaving the station, the car enters the spiral lift. On completing the lift, the car passes the block brakes and dips down and back up into a tight 180-degree left-hand turn which leads straight into the first inversion. After going through the barrel roll, the car takes another tight 180-degree turn to the right which leads into a small mid-course brake run. The car then dips and goes up into a 180-degree right-hand turn which is immediately followed by the second inversion. Another 180-degree turn to the left follows. The car then dips before going into another mid-course brake run. A downward turn to the left follows, which leads into a pair of 's-bends', separated by a 180-degree right-hand turn. Another 90-degree turn to the right leads into the final brake run.
Type - Steel - Flying
Manufacturer - Zamperla
Designer - Werner Stengel
Model - Volare
Lift/launch system - Spiral Lift
Height - 50 ft (15 m)
Drop - 17 ft (5.2 m)
Length - 1,282.8 ft (391.0 m)
Speed - 25.7 mph (41.4 km/h)
Inversions - 2
Duration - 0:48
Max vertical angle - 31°
Capacity - 500 riders per hour
G-force - 3.3
Height restriction - 52 in (132 cm)
Trains - 7 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in a single row for a total of 4 riders per train.
The ride has an identical sister - Soarin' Eagle is a steel roller coaster located at the Scream Zone at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York.The ride was the first ever Zamperla "Volare" roller coaster when it opened in 2002 at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado, as the Flying Coaster. The Elitch Gardens ride was constructed by Martin & Vleminckx. The Volare, the cheapest option for a flying roller coaster, contains a compact layout with a distinctive spiral lift hill. In late 2010 the ride got dismantled and relocated to Luna Park in Coney Island, where it opened in April 2011 as the Soarin' Eagle.
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