Kirnu
| Kirnu | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Linnanmäki | |
| Location | Linnanmäki |
| Coordinates | 60°11′18″N 24°56′24″E / 60.18833°N 24.94000°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 27 April 2007 |
| Cost | About 3 million euros. |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Fourth-dimension |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | ZacSpin |
| Height | 83.4 ft (25.4 m) |
| Length | 465.11 ft (141.77 m) |
| Speed | 37 mph (60 km/h) |
| Inversions | 0 |
| Duration | 1:00 |
| Capacity | 640 riders per hour |
| G-force | 2.6 |
| Height restriction | 55 in (140 cm) |
| Kirnu at RCDB | |
Kirnu (lit. 'Churn') is a steel roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Kirnu is Intamin's first ball coaster.
Layout
[edit]The ride starts as riders climb the curved lift hill, followed by a quick pre-drop and immediately go into a sharp half loop, then through another half loop and finally another half loop before being slowed back down by near-vertical magnetic brakes; the coaster ends with a quarter loop before returning to the station.
Notability
[edit]As Intamin's first ball coaster, it changed the way Finnish roller coasters were viewed. The ride has since inspired new ZacSpin roller coasters.
Incidents
[edit]On 16 May 2007, a man injured his leg on Kirnu and its brakes were renewed.[1]
After the deadly incident on Inferno at Terra Mítica in Benidorm, Spain on 7 July 2014,[2][3] and because the two rides have an identical layout, Linnanmäki ceased running Kirnu for several days before reopening the coaster.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Kirnun jarrut vaihtoon" (in Finnish). Ilta-Sanomat. 19 May 2007. Archived from the original on 23 May 2007. Retrieved 21 July 2008.
- ^ Couzens, Gerard (7 July 2014). "Teenager killed after being thrown from roller-coaster called Hell at Benidorm theme park". Mirror.com. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ Gander, Kashmira (7 July 2014). "'British' teenager dies after 'falling from rollercoaster' at the Terra Mitica in Benidorm". Independent.uk. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
- ^ "Linnanmäki Park closes ride after death in Spain". yle.fi. 8 July 2014. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
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