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Specifications
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Comparison
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| Project
name |
Secret
Weapon 5 |
SW3
|
SW4
|
| Ride
name |
AIR |
Nemesis
|
Oblivion
|
| Opening
date |
16th
March 2002 |
19th
March 1994
|
14th
March 1998
|
| Designers |
John
Wardley and B&M |
John
Wardley and B&M
|
John
Wardley and B&M
|
| Type
of ride |
Flying
roller coaster |
Inverted
|
Vertical
|
| Location |
Forbidden
Valley, Alton Towers, England |
Forbidden
Valley
|
X-sector
|
| Stations |
Dual
loading station. |
One
station
|
Double
loading
|
| Crosses
other rides |
Crosses
Nemesis and the monorail twice |
Monorail
|
n/a
|
| Trains |
3
trains each with 7 rows, each row with 4 seats |
2
trains each with 8 rows, each row has 4 seats.
|
2
rows of 8 people.
|
| Cost |
£12
million |
£10
million
|
£12million
|
| G-forces |
3G |
4G
|
4.5G
|
| Track
length |
840
metres |
716
metres
|
373
metres
|
| Height
of drop |
20
metres |
13
metres
|
60
metres
|
| Duration |
189
secs |
195
secs
|
160secs
|
| Max
speed |
75km
ph |
81km
ph
|
110km
ph
|
| Capacity
ph |
1500 |
1400
|
1900
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^ A rough plan of
the rides route
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