Kanonen
| Kanonen | |
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| Liseberg | |
| Coordinates | 57°41′35.76″N 11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°ECoordinates: 57°41′35.76″N 11°59′43.49″E / 57.6932667°N 11.9954139°E |
| Status | Closed |
| Opening date | April 23, 2005 |
| Closing date | December 30, 2016 |
| Cost | 50,000,000 SEK |
| Replaced by | Valkyria |
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| Type | Steel – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Intamin |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | Accelerator Coaster |
| Height | 24 m (79 ft) |
| Length | 440 m (1,440 ft) |
| Speed | 75 km/h (47 mph) |
| Inversions | 2 |
| Duration | 1 min 13 sec |
| Max vertical angle | 90° |
| Capacity | 930 riders per hour |
| Acceleration | 0 to 72 km/h in 2 seconds |
| Height restriction | 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) |
| Trains | 2 trains with 4 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 16 riders per train. |
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Kanonen at RCDB Pictures of Kanonen at RCDB |
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A video of the ride. |
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Kanonen ("the cannon") was a steel roller coaster located at Liseberg amusement park in Sweden. Built by Intamin, the ride featured a hydraulic launch and opened in 2005. The tightly packed layout is the result of a limited area to house the ride. On December 30, 2016, Kanoen closed permanently and will be replaced by a Bolliger & Mabillard dive coaster called Valkyria.
In 2002, Liseberg's only looping roller coaster HangOver, a Vekoma Invertigo model, was removed. The park contacted several roller coaster manufacturers with the aim of introducing a new looping ride, with the winning bid coming from Swiss company Intamin. Lars-Erik Hedin, technical director of Liseberg said "Due to the good experiences with Balder and the impressive catapult launch we decided to mandate Intamin again with the project".
In 2016, Liseberg announced that Kanonen would close to be replaced by a B&M dive coaster called Valkyria in 2018. December 30, 2016 was Kanonen's last day and was dismantled.
After departing the station, Kanonen's 16-person trains are accelerated to 72 km/h straight into a 24 metres (78.7 ft) high top hat element. This is immediately followed by an air time hill and a 20 metres (65.6 ft) high vertical loop, the first inversion of the ride. After a highly banked turnaround, the trains pass through a heartline roll before entering the brake run, bringing the ride to an end.
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