Top Thrill Dragster

There’s a new world record holder for largest rollercoaster: the Top Thrill Dragster at Cedar Point in Ohio is “420 feet” (128 meters) high. It shoots up a “90 degree”, pure vertical climb into a 400 foot vertical drop that takes you from 0 to almost 120MpH (193KpH) in just “4 seconds”. The ride was manufactured by “Intamin AG of Wollerau, Switzerland”, and they say the Swiss are boring.

The whole thing is basically a long loop that has one end vertical. The cars are look like dragsters and each train holds up to 14 people. The ride starts flat, using a hydraulic propulsion system to get up to 120MpH on the flat, then shooting up the vertical track. It twists 270° and comes back down, hitting top speed again. All in 20 seconds.