SPEED MONSTER

Track length: 690 m
Train length: 8 m
Train mass: 5 ton (empty)
Time of ride (launch to break): 39 s
Ride time (station to station): 69 s
12 riders
Maximum speed: 90 km/h.
Loop height: 25m (approx)
Hydraulic launch

Read more in Roller Coaster Data Base and in Coasters and More.

The graph to the ride shows accelerometer and elevation data from a ride in the back seat. More detailed graphs are presented in the pages below. See also a short video clip of the top of the loop (from a digital camera).

Parts of the ride

Launch
Norwegian Loop
Humpback
Corkscrew
Brakes
Energy losses

Data can be downloaded . The file containes blank separated values for time(s), elevation (m), and the longitudinal, lateral and vertical components of the vector a-g (m/s^2)

http://physics.gu.se/LISEBERG/tf/speedmonster/
AMP, Aug, 2007