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| Colossos (Heide-Park Soltau) | |
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Length |
4409' 5" |
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Height |
196' 10" |
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Drop |
159' 1" |
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Duration |
2:25 |
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Max Vertical Angle |
61 Degrees |
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Capacity |
500 riders per hour |
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Status |
Operating since 2001-04-13 |
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Trains |
2 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 30 riders per train. |
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Make / Model |
Intamin AG / Other / Wooden Coaster (Prefabricated Track) |
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Builder |
Igenieur-Holzbau Cordes |
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Designer |
Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH |
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Dimensions |
1148' 4" x 656' 2" |
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Location |
Heide Park (Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany) |
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Lift/Launch System |
"Chain lift" |
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G-force |
3.8 |
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Minimum Height |
4 ft 0 in (122 cm) |
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Track Layout |
Out and back. |
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Minimum Age |
12 Years |
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Other Safety Rules |
no disabled persons or pregnant women no persons with cardiovascular diseases no persons with back or hypertension problems |
Colossos - Kampf der Giganten (German for Colossos: Battle of the Giants), previously Colossos is a wooden roller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the first wooden roller coaster to use prefabricated track.
Description[]
Colossos is very different from a traditional wooden roller coaster because it is prefabricated. Instead of trackers cutting, shaping, and laying down the track by hand, the track is laser cut in a factory, achieving a higher degree of precision than could ever be done by hand. It is also made so that it snaps together like Lego pieces. The track also is made of more layers of wood that are tightly bonded together instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand. This has three major benefits, two for the park and the other for the riders.
The roller coaster closed in 2016 due to deteriorating track conditions and reopened in 2019 after refurbishment.
Gallery[]
External links[]
- Colossos - Kampf der Giganten official webpage at Heide Park Resort
- Colossos - Kampf der Giganten at the Roller Coaster DataBase
- Colossos - Kampf der Giganten at Wikipedia
| Preceded by Son of Beast |
World's Tallest Wooden Roller Coaster June 2009–Present |
Succeeded by None |
| Heide Park Roller Coasters | |
| Operating | Big Loop • Colossos • Desert Race • Grottenblitz • Indy-Blitz • Krake • Limit • Schweizer Bobbahn |