Matugani
Matugani | |
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Lost Island Theme Park | |
Park section | Yuta Earth Tribe |
Coordinates | 42°26′19.33″N 92°18′32.79″W / 42.4387028°N 92.3091083°WCoordinates: 42°26′19.33″N 92°18′32.79″W / 42.4387028°N 92.3091083°W |
Status | Under construction |
Opening date | 2022 |
Liseberg | |
Coordinates | 57°41′35.76″N 11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°E |
Status | Removed |
Opening date | April 23, 2005 |
Closing date | December 30, 2016 |
Cost | 50,000,000 SEK |
Replaced by | Valkyria |
General statistics | |
Type | Steel – Launched |
Manufacturer | Intamin |
Designer | Werner Stengel |
Model | Accelerator Coaster |
Lift/launch system | Hydraulic Launch |
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 |
Trains | 2 trains with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. |
Matugani at RCDB Pictures of Matugani at RCDB | |
Video | |
A video of the ride. |
Matugani 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 as Kanonen ("the cannon"). 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] Located in the Yuta Earth Tribe realm, the coaster was renamed Matugani with a green track repaint and snake themed trains.[4]
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.[5]
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.[6]
Photos[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kanonen. |
References[]
- ^ Peschel, Jochen. "Kanonen - great firepower at Liseberg". Coasters and More. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
- ^ "Kanonen finds new life". CoasterForce. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Pandemic doesn't phase Lost Island Theme Park plans". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 5 May 2020.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/lostislandthemepark/photos/a.113641217703990/146271277774317/[user-generated source]
- ^ "Kanonen". Liseberg. Archived from the original on 13 December 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Fredriksson, Elin; Sahlberg, Anders; Höglund, Jan; Svensson, Björn (8 June 2009). "Lisebergsdramat över". Göteborgs-Posten (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- Roller coasters under construction
- Roller coasters planned to open in 2022
- Removed roller coasters
- Roller coasters introduced in 2005
- Roller coasters that closed in 2016
- Steel roller coasters
- Launched roller coasters
- Roller coasters manufactured by Intamin
- Roller coasters in Iowa