Stealth is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin AG of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Amity Cove area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England and opened in 2006. The ride reaches a maximum height of 62.5 m (206 ft), which makes it the third tallest roller coaster in Europe after Silver Star and Pepsi Max Big One. The ride reaches speeds of around 130 km/h (80 mph) in 2.83 seconds. Stealth was the fastest roller coaster in Europe, although...
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Stealth is a steel roller coaster built by Intamin AG of Switzerland. The coaster is located in the Amity Cove area of Thorpe Park in Surrey, England and opened in 2006. The ride reaches a maximum height of 62.5 m (206 ft), which makes it the third tallest roller coaster in Europe after Silver Star and Pepsi Max Big One. The ride reaches speeds of around 130 km/h (80 mph) in 2.83 seconds. Stealth was the fastest roller coaster in Europe, although it lost this record when Furius Baco opened in 2007 at Port Aventura in Spain. The ride produces G-forces of up to 4.8g and is thought to have cost £12 million. It is currently sponsored by Nestlé Yorkie.
When the ride was first announced on the Thorpe Park mid-term development plans it was compared to Xcelerator at Knott's Berry Farm in the US. It went under the name Project Stealth. Stealth bears major similarities to Kingda Ka, the current world record holder for tallest and fastest roller coaster.
In the original designs there were plans...
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