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Soarin' Eagle

Steel roller coaster in New York City

Field	Value
name	Soarin' Eagle
image	Lift Soaring Eagle Scream Zone Luna Park Coney Island.JPG
location	Luna Park, Coney Island
locationarticle	Luna Park, Coney Island (2010)
section	Scream Zone
subsection
status	Operating
opened
year	2011
type	Steel
type2	Flying
manufacturer	Zamperla
designer	Werner Stengel
model	Volare
lift	Spiral Lift
height_ft	50
drop_ft	17
length_ft	1282.8
speed_mph	25.7
duration	0:48
angle	31
inversions	2
capacity	500
gforce	3.3
restriction_in	52
trains	7
carspertrain	1
rowspercar	1
ridersperrow	4
rcdb_number	9515
coordinates
pay_per_use	available
extend	{{Infobox roller coaster extend
location	Elitch Gardens
locationarticle	Elitch Gardens Theme Park
section
subsection
status	Relocated to Luna Park
opened
closed
coordinates

Soarin' Eagle is a steel roller coaster located at the Scream Zone at Luna Park in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York. The ride was the first ever Zamperla "Volare" roller coaster when it opened in 2002 at Elitch Gardens in Denver, Colorado, as the Flying Coaster. The Elitch Gardens ride was constructed by Martin & Vleminckx. The Volare, the cheapest option for a flying roller coaster, contains a compact layout with a distinctive spiral lift hill. In late 2010 the ride got dismantled and relocated to Luna Park in Coney Island, where it opened in April 2011 as the Soarin' Eagle. The ride has an identical sister, Hero, which opened in July 2013 at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire.

Layout

Riders begin their experience of the Soarin' Eagle by boarding the four-across trains as they pass slowly along a moving walkway. The trains are originally upright so riders can walk up from behind and enter from a standing position. Each rider must select their desired height on a five rung series of ladder-like steps which determine how a rider will be positioned when the train tilts to the horizontal position upon leaving the station. Before departure, a cage is latched down over the backs of the trains to secure the riders for the duration of the trip. The train then heads up the spiral lift hill, which slowly twirls the train upward. After the lift, the train then heads down a short, steep drop and then ascends slowly back up. A hairpin turn then occurs and takes riders through the first Barrel Roll inversion. The train then hits another hairpin turn into another short drop. Another hairpin turn then leads the train into the second Barrel Roll and turns again.

The train is then slowed by the trim brakes and then twists through another set of hairpin turns and twists until the train slows by the final brake run. The train enters the station and completes the experience.

File:TheFlyingCoaster.jpg|An overview of Soarin' Eagle's layout when it was located at Elitch Gardens File:Soaring Eagle Scream Zone Luna Park Coney Island.JPG|View of Soarin' Eagle after relocation to Luna Park, Coney Island File:Lift Soaring Eagle Scream Zone Luna Park Coney Island 2.JPG|View of Soarin' Eagle from the ground

References

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"Zamperla". Martin & Vleminckx.
Calder, Rich. (January 31, 2011). "Zamperla breaks ground on new Coney Island coaster, another to follow". New York Post.

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