Timberhawk
Specific Type: Wooden
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After purchasing Federal Way, Washington's Enchanted Village & Wild Waves amusement and water park in late 2000, Six Flags began to invest in the Northwestern park and being it up to the status of major theme park. Six Flags got right down to business and began expanding Enchanted Village's assortment of rides, which already included a small steel looping coaster, with new flat rides and water attractions. But what would a major park be without a world-class wooden coaster? That in mind, S&S Power, recent purchaser of renown wooden coaster maker Custom Coasters International, was approached to build their first wooden thrill ride under the S&S name, and plans were created and approval granted for a 2,635-foot long, 50-mile an hour wooden twister inspired by Six Flags America's Roar!. The wooden bents rose over the Washington soil and wooden rails went into place, and the coaster became the region's tallest, largest woodie at 75 feet in height and one of the few major coasters in the Seattle vicinity. Now the ride will take its first passengers in June, 2003 when it debuts as TimberHawk. Washington-area wooden coaster enthusiasts will get just what they've been waiting for when the triple-out and back coaster takes flight down twelve drops, around six turnarounds, and under and over twenty crossovers, all adding up to two minutes of classic wooden twister chaos.
Departing from the station, the six-car train travels to a small right-hand curve and then dips onto the chain lift. Climbing up above the treetops, the lift hill cranks riders up to the 75-foot level and the train disengages. Riders are sent on their way rounding a 225-degree curve to the right, and then the downwards action begins. The train starts down and keeps on plunging until leveling off at 84 feet below where it started, then sends the train careening past trees and back up again. Topping the second hill, the layout curves to the right and into the second turnaround element, then dipping, climbing, and plunging down the third major drop to the ground. TimberHawk sends passengers on board around the exterior of the layout, past the first drop, and under the wooden structure to round a left-hand turn around 90 degrees and parallel to wooden structure. The train dives down to the ground again and climbs once again to enter a dipping reverse-fan curve section, banking to the right, diving down, then ascending up again as the turnaround continues. Riders are sent up, over the entrance to the previous element and leveling out in a straightaway section. Riders may be lead to think that the end of the ride has come, but then TimberHawk dishes out another dive, rabbit hop, and climb into the final brake run, with a U-turn to the left bringing the track back into the station. |
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