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Colossos (Heide-Park Soltau)
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Statistics

Length

4409' 5"

Height

196' 10"

Drop

159' 1"

Duration

2:25

Max Vertical Angle

61 Degrees

Capacity

500 riders per hour

Status

Operating since 2001-04-13

Trains

2 trains with 5 cars per train. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 30 riders per train.

Make / Model

Intamin AG / Other / Wooden Coaster (Prefabricated Track)

Builder

Igenieur-Holzbau Cordes

Designer

Ing.-Büro Stengel GmbH

Dimensions

1148' 4" x 656' 2"

Location

Heide Park (Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany)

Lift/Launch System

"Chain lift"

G-force

3.8

Minimum Height

4 ft 0 in (122 cm)

Track Layout

Out and back.

Minimum Age

12 Years

Other Safety Rules

no disabled persons or pregnant women no persons with cardiovascular diseases no persons with back or hypertension problems


Colossos is a woodenroller coaster at Heide Park in Soltau, Lower Saxony, Germany. It is the first wooden roller coaster to use prefabricated track.

Colossos is very different from a traditional wooden roller coaster because it is prefabricated. Instead of trackers cutting, shaping, and laying down the track by hand, the track is laser cut in a factory, achieving a higher degree of precision than could ever be done by hand. It is also made so that it snaps together like Lego pieces. The track also is made of more layers of wood that are tightly bonded together instead of being traditionally nailed together by hand. This has three major benefits, two for the park and the other for the riders. 

Preceded by

Son of Beast

World's Tallest Wooden Roller Coaster

June 2009–Present

Succeeded by

None


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