Flight of Fear (Kings Dominion)

For the other coaster of the same name, see Flight of Fear (Kings Island).

Flight of Fear General [[File:|link=|center]] ' ' Park Kings Dominion Location Doswell, Virginia, United States Status Operating Operated Operated June 18, 1996 - Opened June 18, 1996 Opening Cost US$ 11.2 million Height restriction 54 inches (1.37m) Statistics Manufacturer Premier Rides Builder Designer Werner Stengel Type Steel- Launched- Enclosed Type Model LIM catapult Riders per train 20 Riders per hour 1,200 Lift/launch system LIM Launch Height 74.2 feet Drop feet Top speed 54 mph Length 2,705 feet Dimensions feet x feet Duration 1:00 Inversions 4 Steepest drop Maximum g-force 4.5

Flight of Fear is an indoor launched sit-down roller coaster located at Kings Dominion in Doswell, Virginia.

History

The ride is one of two identical roller coasters manufactured by Premier Rides that originally opened as Outer Limits: Flight of Fear on June 18, 1996; the other Flight of Fear is located at Kings Island in Mason, Ohio. Both Flight of Fear coasters were the first to feature a linear induction motor launch (LIM). The ride has won three awards from the International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions, including one for Major Theme/Amusement Park Ride/Attraction and two for Technology Applied to Amusements.

Design

Ride experience

Riders board their vehicle and pull down the lap bar. When everyone is buckled in, the ride accelerates out of the station inside a 220 foot long tunnel, which leads riders into the “spaghetti bowl”. There, riders flip into a cobra roll and a sidewinder, after these 3 elements, riders twist and turn into some banked turn’s, riders come across the mid-course brake run. Then they spiral down to the left continuing some more banked turn’s, finally riders flip into the corkscrew, and slam into the final brake run.

Trains

5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows in each car for a total of 20 riders per train.

Gallery

A diagram of Flight of Fear

External links

• Flight of Fear official webpage at Kings Dominion
• Flight of Fear at Logopedia
• Flight of Fear - Kings Dominion at the Roller Coaster DataBase
• Flight of Fear (Kings Dominion) at the Six Flags Wiki
• Flight of Fear at Wikipedia