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Steel Dragon 2000
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Steel Dragon 2000
Nagashima Spa Land
Location Nagashima Spa Land
Coordinates 35°01′52″N 136°43′48″E / 35.031156°N 136.730078°E / 35.031156; 136.730078
Status Operating
Opening date 1 August 2000 (2000-08-01)
Cost $52,000,000 USD
General statistics
Type Steel
Manufacturer D. H. Morgan Manufacturing
Designer Steve Okamoto
Track layout Out and Back
Lift/launch system One lift hill with two chains
Height 97 m (318 ft)
Drop 93.5 m (307 ft)
Length 2,479 m (8,133 ft)
Speed 152.9 km/h (95.0 mph)
Inversions 0
Duration 4:00
Max vertical angle 68°
Height restriction 140–185 cm (4 ft 7 in – 6 ft 1 in)
Trains Multiple trains with 7 cars. Riders are arranged 2 across in 2 rows for a total of 28 riders per train.
Trains built by Bolliger and Mabillard
Steel Dragon 2000 at RCDB

The Steel Dragon 2000 is a steel roller coaster at Nagashima Spa Land amusement park in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It is the longest roller coaster in the world.

Design

Steel Dragon 2000 is the tallest coaster to use a traditional chain lift. Because of the length of the lift hill, two chains are used—one for the bottom half and one for the top half. A single chain would have been too long, heavy and very slow, at least twice the weight of a single train. Special brakes allow two trains to be on the lift at the same time.

The building of Steel Dragon 2000 required much more steel than other coasters for earthquake protection. This put the cost of the coaster at over $50 million.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Steel Dragon 2000 para niños

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