Flying Aces is a
steel roller coaster
A steel roller coaster is a roller coaster that is defined by having a track made of steel. Steel coasters have earned immense popularity in the past 50 years throughout the world. Incorporating tubular steel track and polyurethane-coated wheel ...
at
Ferrari World
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi ( ar, عالم فيراري أبوظبي) is a mostly indoors theme park located on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the world’s first Ferrari-themed park and features Formula Rossa, the world's fa ...
in
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It was manufactured by
Intamin
Intamin Amusement Rides is a design and manufacturing company in Schaan, Liechtenstein. It is best known for creating thrill rides and roller coasters worldwide. The Intamin brand name is a syllabic abbreviation for "international amusement insta ...
and opened on 24 February 2016. It is the second Wing Coaster manufactured by Intamin and reaches a height of , has a maximum speed of , and features of track.
Characteristics
Ride experience
Immediately upon leaving the station, riders begin to ascend the
at an angle of 51 degrees and a speed of .
The train then descends the main drop, reaching a maximum speed of .
Immediately after the drop, the train then turns right and enters a
. The train then travels through several banked turns and hills before entering a
heartline roll near the end of the ride. Shortly after the heartline roll, the train enters the final
brake run
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track meant to slow or stop a roller coaster train. Brake runs may be located anywhere along the circuit of a coaster and may be designed to bring the train to a complete halt or to simply adjust ...
.
Trains
The trains used on Flying Aces feature seven rows, each seating four riders. This makes for a total capacity of 28 riders per train. Flying Aces is the second Wing Coaster by Intamin, following
Skyrush at
Hersheypark
Hersheypark (known as Hershey Park until 1970) is a family theme park located in Hershey, Pennsylvania, about east of Harrisburg, and west of Philadelphia. The park was founded in 1906 by Milton S. Hershey as a leisure park for the employees o ...
.
See also
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2016 in amusement parks
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List of Intamin rides
This is a list of Intamin amusement rides. Some were supplied by, but not manufactured by, Intamin.Intamin was primarily a ride broker until around 1998. Prior to 1998 Intamin subcontracted all of their work, using suppliers such as Schwarzkopf G ...
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Skyrush, another Intamin coaster with similar trains
References
{{Ferrari World Attractions
Roller coasters in the United Arab Emirates