Dauling Dragon Explained

Dauling Dragon
Location:Happy Valley WuhanHappy Valley
Type:Wood
Type2:Racing
Status:Operating
Manufacturer:Martin & Vleminckx
Designer:The Gravity Group
Lift:Chain lift hill
Height1 Ft:105
Height2 Ft:105
Drop1 Ft:101.8
Drop2 Ft:101.8
Length1 Ft:3651.6
Length2 Ft:3690.9
Speed1 Mph:54.1
Speed2 Mph:54.1
Inversions1:0
Inversions2:0
Angle1:56
Angle2:57
Trains:4
Carspertrain:6
Rowspercar:2
Ridersperrow:2
Rcdb Number:3775

Dauling Dragon is a wooden roller coaster located at Happy Valley in Wuhan, Hubei, China. It is China's third wooden roller coaster and its first racing roller coaster.[1] Although billed as a racing coaster, it contains elements that make it similar to dueling coasters, such as racing portions, head-on collision turn-arounds, and sections where the tracks weave around each other. This is much like Lightning Racer at Hersheypark (however, Lightning Racer was manufactured by Great Coasters International).

Dauling Dragon is famous for its iconic "high five" section, in which at the top of a hill each track banks to 90 degrees towards the other track in such a fashion that riders could appear to reach up and high five riders in the other train, although the trains are too far away for actual contact to be made. This has earned Dauling Dragon the nickname "High Five Coaster".

Notes and References

  1. 3775. Dauling Dragon. Happy Valley. May 24, 2013.
  2. Web site: Best Wooden Roller Coaster Poll 19 year results table. Best Roller Coaster Poll. 2013. Mitch. Hawker. May 23, 2013.