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| Location | Europa-Park |
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| Park section | Russia |
| Type | Steel - Spinning |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1997 |
| Manufacturer | MACK Rides |
| Lift/launch system | Spiral Lift |
| Height | 92 ft (28 m) |
| Length | 3,215 ft (980 m) |
| Max speed | 49. Europa-Park is the second-most-popular Theme park in Europe (more than 4 million visitors in 2007 after Disneyland Paris and the most-popular seasonal theme Europa-Park is the second-most-popular Theme park in Europe (more than 4 million visitors in 2007 after Disneyland Paris and the most-popular seasonal theme A steel roller coaster is a Roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of Steel. A spinning roller coaster is a Roller coaster with cars that rotate on a vertical axis MACK Rides is a German company that designs and constructs Roller coasters. 7 mph (80. 0 km/h) |
| Duration | 4:33 |
| Capacity | 1600 riders per hour |
| Max g-force | 4 |
| Euro-Mir at RCDB Pictures of Euro-Mir at RCDB |
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Euro-Mir is a spinning roller coaster located at Europa-Park in Rust, Germany. g-force (also G-force, g-load) is a measurement of an object's Acceleration expressed in g s A spinning roller coaster is a Roller coaster with cars that rotate on a vertical axis The roller coaster is a popular Amusement ride developed for Amusement parks and modern Theme parks LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first Europa-Park is the second-most-popular Theme park in Europe (more than 4 million visitors in 2007 after Disneyland Paris and the most-popular seasonal theme Rust is a general term for a series of Iron oxides, usually red oxides formed by the reaction of Iron with Oxygen in the presence of water or air Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. [1]. Unlike most spinning coasters, however, the cars do not spin freely, but are rotated by motors at set points during the ride.
The experience is modeled on the Soviet/Russian space station Mir. A space station is an artificial structure designed for Humans to live in Outer space. Mir (Мир which can mean both Peace and World, and was the name given to peasant communes in pre-revolutionary Russia was a Soviet (and It consists of five cylindrical towers, with the ride simulating a trip into space and re-entry into the earth's atmosphere. [2] The largest tower, which contains the helical lift hill, is a dodecagon, 25 feet across and 92 feet high while the maximum drop of the ride is 86 feet. A lift hill, or chain hill, is often the initial upward-sloping section of track on a typical Roller coaster that initially transports the Roller coaster Regular dodecagon It usually refers to a regular dodecagon having all sides of equal length and all angles equal to 150° The ride opened in 1997 and carries 9 trains, each comprising 4 circular spinning cars. Riders are sat back to back in pairs, with a maximum of 16 riders per train.
References
External links
- Euro-Mir at the official Europa-Park website