Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Reverted Mobile edit Mobile app edit iOS app edit App section source |
|||
Line 62:
====Roller coasters====
{{Unreferenced section|date=August 2015}}
Intamin created the first [[hydraulic]] launch system (known as the [[Accelerator Coaster]]), for [[Formula Rossa]] in [[Ferrari World Abu Dhabi]] which catapults roller coaster trains from standstill to speeds upwards of {{Convert|240|km/h}} in a few seconds before climbing to immense heights. [[Kingda Ka]] at [[Six Flags Great Adventure]], for instance, is North America's tallest and fastest coaster, launching riders from 0–{{Convert|128|mi/h|abbr=on}} in 3.5 seconds.<ref>{{Cite web |title=World Records |url=https://www.intamin.com/company/records-awards/world-records/ |access-date=2024-05-24 |website=Intamin Amusement Rides |language=en-US}}</ref>
Intamin is also known for its massive Mega and Giga Coasters, Intamin's terms for a [[hypercoaster]]. Intamin Giga Coasters (roller coasters between 300 and 399ft) and Mega Coasters (Intamin’s model name for any roller coaster between 100 and 299ft) currently occupy three of the top five [[Golden Ticket Awards]] with perennial favorites [[Millennium Force]], [[Superman the Ride]] and [[Expedition GeForce]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://goldenticketawards.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-GTA-issue_complete.pdf|title=Cedar Point welcomes 2016 Golden Ticket Awards|date=September 2016|magazine=Amusement Today|access-date=September 11, 2016}}</ref>
| |||