Takabisha

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Takabisha — Euro-Fighter, Fuji-Q Highland
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Takabisha
Fuji-Q Highland · JP · Euro-Fighter, 2011
UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED PHOTO · Cesar I. Martins from Jundiai, Brazil · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons
Height 141 ft
Speed 62 mph
Inversions 7
Throughput 650est. rph
Build Cost $37est. m
Vintage 2011
RARE
№ 70/159

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Takabisha

Fuji-Q Highland · JP · Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter

UNOFFICIAL · NOT PARK-ENDORSED

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Fast facts

  • Takabisha stands at Fuji-Q Highland in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, Japan. coasterpedia.net
  • The Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter is a steel roller coaster, now operating. coasterpedia.net
  • It opened on July 16, 2011. coasterpedia.net
  • The ride rises forty-three metres and reaches 100 kilometres per hour. fujiq.jp
  • Seven inversions are arranged along the course. coasterpedia.net
  • Fuji-Q lists capacity at 650 visitors per hour. coaster.cloud
  • The construction cost was reported at approximately 37 million U.S. dollars. theweek.com

The story of Takabisha

Fuji-Q Highland announced Takabisha in 2011 as a new large roller coaster for the park at the foot of Mount Fuji. Its opening was set for July 16, 2011, bringing another major steel attraction to the park’s celebrated collection. prtimes.jp

Gerstlauer supplied the ride as a Euro-Fighter, combining a linear launch with a vertical chain lift. The arrangement gives the journey two quite different beginnings: a swift departure in darkness, followed later by a deliberate climb before the great beyond-vertical descent. coasterpedia.net· fujiq.jp

At its introduction, Takabisha drew attention for a maximum drop angle of 121 degrees, certified as a world record at the time. The park presented the achievement as a fresh landmark in the engineering of large roller coasters. fujiq.jp· prtimes.jp

Trade coverage soon described the Fuji-Q installation as a major success for Gerstlauer, whose largest and fastest coaster to that point brought seven inversions to the hillside park beneath Mount Fuji. amusementtoday.com

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