Crazy Bird
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Crazy Bird
Happy Valley Tianjin · CN · S&S Worldwide El Loco
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Fast facts
- Crazy Bird is an operating indoor steel coaster by S&S Worldwide, built to the El Loco design. coasterpedia.net
- The ride stands thirty metres high. coasterpedia.net
- Its trains reach speeds of up to sixty-six kilometres per hour. parkworld-online.com
- Visitors pass through two inversions during the course of the ride. coasterpedia.net
- A chain lift raises the single four-person car before the descent begins. coasterpedia.net
- The El Loco arrangement is capable of carrying approximately four hundred riders per hour. parkworld-online.com
The story of Crazy Bird
Crazy Bird opened at Happy Valley Tianjin on 22 December 2013, joining the young park's collection of steel and wooden coasters in Dongli, Tianjin. coasterpedia.net· coasterpedia.net
S&S Worldwide supplied the ride as an El Loco, a compact steel design credited to designer Alan Schilke. Its chain lift, single car, and beyond-vertical first drop give the installation its distinctive character. coasterpedia.net· parkworld-online.com
The Tianjin installation followed the first El Loco, Steel Hawg at Indiana Beach, which introduced the model in 2008. Trade reports described the design as a way of fitting steep drops, tight turns, and inversions into a comparatively small footprint. parkworld-online.com· parkworld-online.com
Sources
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- parkworld-online.com Acceptable source
- coasterpedia.net Preferred source
- parkworld-online.com Acceptable source