Taiga (roller coaster)
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| Taiga | |
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| Linnanmäki | |
| Location | Linnanmäki |
| Coordinates | 60°11′18.64″N 24°56′20.68″E / 60.1885111°N 24.9390778°E |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | June 18, 2019 |
| Replaced | KotKot Vekkula Vonkaputous |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Model | Blitz Coaster |
| Lift/launch system | Linear synchronous motor Launch |
| Height | 170.6 ft (52.0 m) |
| Drop | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Length | 3,622 ft (1,104 m) |
| Speed | 65.9 mph (106.1 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 1:05[1] |
| Capacity | 860 riders per hour |
| G-force | 5 |
| Height restriction | 55 in (140 cm) |
| Taiga at RCDB | |
Taiga is a steel roller coaster located at the Linnanmäki amusement park in Helsinki, Finland. Taiga is the tallest (52m), fastest (106km/h) and longest (1,104m) roller coaster in Finland.[2]
Linnanmäki announced in early 2018, after a series of teaser social media posts, that the park was to build "its greatest ride project ever". This was to be a launched roller coaster built by Swiss manufacturer Intamin, and would surpass each of the records of height, length and speed held to date by Finnish roller coasters.[3] The coaster replaced the park's longstanding Premier Rides water coaster, Vonkaputous. As well as the barn themed children's ride KotKot, and the park's longstanding funhouse, Vekkula, on their former locations.
Taiga opened on June 18, 2019.
Ride experience
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The ride starts with a rolling LSM launch out of the station which leads into a Zero-g winder, followed by a series of banked right and left handed sweeping turns. Following these, the train arrives at the coaster's second and final launch: here the train is launched to the rides' top speed of 106.1 kilometres per hour (65.9 mph) up to a 52 metres (171 ft) top hat, before pulling down to the right into a Zero-g stall. The train then navigates a small airtime hill before rising into a large immelman loop. A further series of right and left handed S-bends leads the coaster to its final inversion, an in-line twist after which it reaches the brake run and station.[4]