Case Study
Dragon Flight, X-Train Flying Launch Coaster, Ningbo, China
Dragon Flight, X-Train Flying Launch Coaster, Ningbo, China In many industrial sectors, China is the future market. This is also the case for the entertainment field in which the German company Maurer Söhne is working. The roller coaster Dragon Flight was built for Romon U-Park, an urban theme park in Ningbo. It is the first X-Train Flying Launch Coaster designed by Maurer Söhne. The roller coaster has a length of 504 m. Its seven roller coaster ele- ments include three inversions. The X-train has a capacity of 20 passen- gers. With top speeds of 90 km/h, the train reaches up to 4.5 g (g-force) several times. Structural System The base area is 113 m × 51 m. At the highest point of the coaster ride, which is called the top hat, a vertex height of approximately 30 m is reac