Flight of Fear (Kings Island)
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| Flight of Fear | |
 Entrance to the attraction |
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| Location | Kings Island |
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| Type | Steel - Sit down - Enclosed |
| Status | Open |
| Opened | 1996 |
| Manufacturer | Premier Rides |
| Designer | Werner Stengel |
| Model | LIM Catapult |
| Lift/launch system | LIM Launch |
| Height | 74 feet (22.6 m) |
| Length | 2,705 feet (824.5 m) |
| Max speed | 55 mile per hour (88.5 km/h) |
| Inversions | 4 |
| Duration | 1:00 |
| Capacity | 1,600 riders per hour |
| Max G force | 4.5 |
| Height Restriction | 54 inches (137.2 cm) |
| Flight of Fear at RCDB | |
| Pictures of Flight of Fear at RCDB | |
Flight of Fear is a roller coaster at Kings Island and has a clone at Kings Dominion. For most of the 2006 operating season, the clone at Kings Dominion had been closed, but reopened on August 18 under the management of new owner Cedar Fair, L.P.
Flight of Fear was a first for their desiger, Premier Rides. This was the first roller coaster ever to use the incredible power of Linear Induction Motors. Since then Premier has built many other rides using LIM's.
[edit] See also
- Flight of Fear (Kings Dominion)
- Poltergeist
- Kings Island Central information - Alternate source of details and stats.
| Roller coasters at Kings Island |
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Adventure Express - The Beast - Face/Off - Fairly Odd Coaster - FireHawk - Flight of Fear - Italian Job: Stunt Track - Little Bill's Giggle Coaster - Racer - Rugrat's Runaway Reptar - Son of Beast - Top Gun - Vortex - |
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