Steel Force

Steel Force
Steel Force lift hill and return
Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
Coordinates	40°34′44″N 75°32′17″W / 40.57889°N 75.53806°W / 40.57889; -75.53806Coordinates: 40°34′44″N 75°32′17″W / 40.57889°N 75.53806°W / 40.57889; -75.53806
Status	Operating
Opening date	May 30, 1997
Cost	US$10,000,000
General statistics
Type	Steel – Hypercoaster
Manufacturer	D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
Designer	Steve Okamoto
Model	Hyper Coaster
Track layout	Out and Back
Lift/launch system	Chain lift hill
Height	200 ft (61 m)
Drop	205 ft (62 m)
Length	5,600 ft (1,700 m)
Speed	75 mph (121 km/h)
Duration	3:00
Max vertical angle	61°
Capacity	1,700 riders per hour
G-force	3.4
Height restriction	48 in (122 cm)
Trains	3 trains with 6 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 3 rows for a total of 36 riders per train.
Fast Lane available
Steel Force at RCDB Pictures of Steel Force at RCDB

Steel Force is a roller coaster at Dorney Park in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Built by D. H. Morgan Manufacturing and designed by Steve Okamoto, it opened in 1997. It is 5,600 feet (1,700 m) in length (over 1-mile (1.6 km)), making it the second longest coaster on the East Coast (behind Fury 325). It has a 205-foot (62 m) first drop, with a top speed of 75 miles per hour (121 km/h). Riders experience over 2.5 G's at the bottom of the first hill.

Steel Force is the tied with Mamba at Worlds of Fun for the ninth longest steel roller coaster in the world.

Steel Force has been ranked among the top 10 steel coasters in the world. Its logo was originally intended for the stand-up coaster Mantis, which opened at Cedar Point a year earlier. Mantis was originally going to be named “Banshee,” but the name and logo were changed prior to its debut. Dorney Park adopted it for its Steel Force coaster a year later.

The following materials are included:

Steel Force's first drop

Steel Force's first drop

Steel Force's first airtime hill

Steel Force's final airtime hills