Falcon’s Flight: Record-breaking roller coaster will journey more than 155 miles for each hour

(CNN) — A roller coaster now underneath enhancement in the Center East is established to smash current information for velocity, peak and keep track of duration.

Referred to as “Falcon’s Flight,” the trip will be the primary attraction of Six Flags Qiddiya, due to open in Saudi Arabia outside of funds Riyadh in 2023.

In accordance to a push release issued by the Qiddiya Financial investment Enterprise, which has partnered with US-headquartered Six Flags to build the park, the coaster will journey throughout 4 kilometers (about 2.5 miles) of track.

Riders will experience the thrill of diving about a vertical cliff into a 160-meter-deep valley (525 feet) thanks to the use of magnetic motor acceleration (LSM engineering), and “reach unprecedented speeds of 250-plus km/h” — about 155 miles per hour.

“The Falcon’s Flight will also be the world’s tallest free of charge-standing coaster structure, showcasing a parabolic airtime hill permitting a weightlessness airtime experience,” says the launch.

As for the park, 6 Flags Qiddiya will characteristic 28 rides and attractions throughout 6 themed lands: The Metropolis of Thrills Discovery Springs Steam City Twilight Gardens Valley of Fortune and Grand Exposition.

Appropriately, the Falcon’s Flight will be component of the City of Thrills, along with Sirocco Tower, which will be the world’s tallest fall-tower trip.

Building on the park, located about 40 minutes from Riyadh, kicked off in 2018.

Existing history holders

The Falcon’s Flight is staying built by Intamin. Headquartered in Liechtenstein, it is been creating concept park attractions for above 50 several years and is powering quite a few of the world’s most popular rides.

And at last, the longest roller coaster on the world proper now is the Steel Dragon 2000. Created by D. H. Morgan Producing, it can be identified inside Japan’s Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Nagashima, Kuwana.