Silver Bullet

H12 · California Steel

Silver Bullet — Inverted Coaster, Knott's Berry Farm
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Silver Bullet
Knott's Berry Farm · US · Inverted Coaster, 2004
UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED PHOTO · Jeremy Thompson · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Height 146 ft
Speed 55 mph
Inversions 6
Throughput 1,300est. rph
Build Cost $16est. m
Vintage 2004
COMMON
№ 119/159

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Silver Bullet

Knott's Berry Farm · US · B&M Inverted Coaster

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Fast facts

  • A steel inverted coaster by Bolliger & Mabillard, opened at Knott’s Berry Farm in 2004. coasterpedia.net
  • The lift reaches 146 feet, or 44.5 metres, above the park. sixflags.com
  • Silver Bullet travels at 55 miles per hour, or 88.5 kilometres per hour. latimes.com
  • The course contains six inversions, including a 105-foot vertical loop. sixflags.com
  • Its 3,125 feet of track pass high above Knott’s Reflection Lake. latimes.com
  • The ride is listed at a capacity of 1,300 riders per hour. coasterpedia.net
  • Construction was estimated at sixteen million dollars. latimes.com

The story of Silver Bullet

Knott’s Berry Farm announced Silver Bullet in December 2003 as a sixteen-million-dollar steel inverted coaster from the Swiss firm Bolliger & Mabillard. The proposed course was to occupy ground recently vacated by the Church of Reflections chapel, with much of the track standing over Reflection Lake. latimes.com

Construction proceeded through 2004, and the track was reported complete by the beginning of October, ahead of schedule. The finished arrangement included six inversions and an overbanked curve among its principal features. theparks.it

Silver Bullet opened on December 7, 2004, becoming Knott’s Berry Farm’s seventh roller coaster. Its opening train climbed 146 feet before carrying riders along 3,125 feet of steel track and through a six-inversion course. ultimaterollercoaster.com· ultimaterollercoaster.com

In its construction, the track and supports were filled with sand to lessen the sound of the passing trains. The ride also introduced magnetic braking to a Bolliger & Mabillard inverted coaster, a quiet piece of engineering beneath the sweeping course. ultimaterollercoaster.com

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