Kanonen

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Kanonen
Liseberg
Location	Liseberg
Coordinates	57°41′35.76″N 11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°E / 57.6932667; 11.9954139Coordinates: 57°41′35.76″N 11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°E / 57.6932667; 11.9954139
Status	Removed
Opening date	April 23, 2005 (2005-04-23)
Closing date	December 30, 2016 (2016-12-30)
Cost	50,000,000 SEK
Replaced by	Valkyria
General statistics
Type	Steel – Launched
Manufacturer	Intamin
Designer	Werner Stengel
Model	Accelerator Coaster
Height	24 m (79 ft)
Length	440 m (1,440 ft)
Speed	75 km/h (47 mph)
Inversions	2
Duration	1 min 13 sec
Max vertical angle	90°
Capacity	930 riders per hour
Acceleration	0 to 72 km/h in 2 seconds
Height restriction	140 cm (4 ft 7 in)
Trains	2 trains with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train.
Kanonen at RCDB Pictures of Kanonen at RCDB
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Kanonen ("the cannon") is a steel roller coaster that will open at Lost Island Theme Park in Waterloo, Iowa in 2022. It originally opened at Liseberg amusement park in Gothenburg, Sweden in 2005. Built by Intamin, the ride features a hydraulic launch. The tightly packed layout is the result of a limited area to house the ride. On 30 December 2016, Kanonen closed permanently and was replaced by Valkyria, a Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster.

History[]

Liseberg[]

In 2002, Liseberg's only looping roller coaster HangOver, a Vekoma Invertigo model, was removed. The park contacted several roller coaster manufacturers with the aim of introducing a new looping ride, with the winning bid coming from Swiss company Intamin. Lars-Erik Hedin, technical director of Liseberg said "Due to the good experiences with Balder and the impressive catapult launch we decided to mandate Intamin again with the project".^[1]

Relocation[]

In 2016, Liseberg announced that Kanonen would close to be replaced by a B&M dive coaster called Valkyria in 2018. December 30, 2016 was Kanonen's last day, it was then dismantled and sold afterwards.^{[citation needed]}

Lost Island Theme Park[]

On July 19, 2018, the roller coaster was announced to have been sold to Lost Island Water Park located in Waterloo, Iowa.,^[2] with plans to be included within a theme park expansion of the complex with a planned opening in 2022.^[3]

Track layout[]

After departing the station, Kanonen's 16-person trains are accelerated to 72 km/h straight into a 24 metres (78.7 ft) high top hat element. This is immediately followed by an air time hill and a 20 metres (65.6 ft) high vertical loop, the first inversion of the ride. After a highly banked turnaround, the trains pass through a heartline roll before entering the brake run, bringing the ride to an end.^[4]

Rollbacks[]

As with many launched roller coasters, Kanonen was susceptible to rollbacks when the train does not gain enough momentum on the launch track in order to make it over the top-hat and rolls down backwards. Kanonen had magnetic brakes along the launch track in order to slow the train down if this happens. Rollbacks usually happen if there is strong winds or the track is wet, but other factors can affect the launching system.^{[citation needed]}

On June 8, 2009, the right conditions meant that a train got balanced at the top of the top-hat with 14 riders on board.^[5]

Photos[]

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References[]

External links[]

• Official Liseberg website