| Huracan | |
| Location: | Belantis |
| Status: | Operating |
| Year: | 2010 |
| Cost: | €5,000,000 |
| Type: | Steel |
| Type2: | Euro-Fighter |
| Manufacturer: | Gerstlauer |
| Designer: | Werner Stengel |
| Height M: | 32 |
| Length M: | 560 |
| Speed Km/H: | 85 |
| Inversions: | 5 |
| Duration: | 1:30 |
| Angle: | 97 |
| Capacity: | 800 |
| Gforce: | 4.3 |
| Restriction Cm: | 130 |
| Rcdb Number: | 9119 |
| Video: | Huracan Belantis Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter POV.webm |
Huracan is a steel roller coaster at Belantis amusement park in Leipzig, Germany. Huracan is one of two Gerstlauer Euro-Fighter model roller coasters in Germany, the other being Fluch von Novgorod.
Huracan was originally intended to be delivered to the proposed F1-X Dubai amusement park in Dubai,[1] but the Financial crisis of 2007–08 and the Great Recession led to the cancellation of the coaster's installation in Dubai.[2] Instead, the coaster was acquired by Belantis amusement park for €5,000,000[3] and the coaster was opened on 26 June 2010.[4] Nikolaus Job, the CEO of Belantis has stated he expected the installation of Huracan would lead to a 10 to 15 percent growth in visitor volume.[3]
The installation of Huracan has also led to other rides at Belantis being themed to match Huracan. For example, a kiddie coaster—and one of the smallest kiddie coasters in the world[5] —was built to match Huracan.[6] This coaster was built in 2014, is only 23m (75feet) in length, and is named Huracanito.[7]
As with all Euro-Fighters, Huracan's most noteworthy feature is its steeper-than-vertical first hill, which falls at an angle of 97 degrees.[4] The coaster has a total of five inversions, including a cobra roll, zero-g roll, and interlocking corkscrews.[4] Although the coaster has a Mayan theme to it,[2] the coaster structure's red paint job reflects its former destination at a Formula One-themed amusement park.[1] The coaster is unusual for a Euro-Fighter in that its cars have three rows of two seats per car, instead of the more traditional two rows of four seats per car.[4]