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Encyclopedia > Steel Eel
Steel Eel
Location SeaWorld San Antonio
Status Open
Opened 1999
Manufacturer Chance-Morgan
Designer Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH
Model custom
Lift/launch system Chain
Height 150 feet (45.7 m)
Drop 150 feet (45.7 m)
Length 3,700 feet (1,127.8 m)
Max speed 65 mile per hour (104.6 km/h)
Inversions 0
Duration 3:00
Max Vertical Angle 60 degrees
Capacity 1200 riders per hour
Max G force 3.5
Height Restriction 48 inches (121.9 cm)
Steel Eel at RCDB
Pictures of Steel Eel at RCDB

The second coaster built by SeaWorld. Had to be custom built to fit the slim area along the lake bed. Uses a simple lap bar and seat belt. The control panel in located in a secret room where riders can't see the oporator. // Introduction SeaWorld San Antonio is a theme park located in San Antonio, Texas. ... Chance-Morgan, a roller coaster manufacturer, was formed in 2001 with the merger of Chance Industries and D. H. Morgan Manufacturing, both roller coaster manufacturers. ... A foot (plural: feet or foot;[1] symbol or abbreviation: ft or, sometimes, ′ – a prime) is a unit of length, in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... The metre, or meter (U.S.), is a measure of length. ... Miles per hour is a unit of speed, expressing the number of international miles covered per hour. ... Kilometres per hour (American spelling: kilometers per hour) is a unit of both speed (scalar) and velocity (vector). ... The term g force or gee force refers to the symbol g, the force of acceleration due to gravity at the earths surface. ... An inch (plural: inches; symbol or abbreviation: in or, sometimes, ″ - a double prime) is the name of a unit of length in a number of different systems, including English units, Imperial units, and United States customary units. ... A centimetre (American spelling centimeter, symbol cm) is a unit of length that is equal to one hundredth of a metre, the current SI base unit of length. ... For the unrelated theme park in Australia, see Sea World. ...



 

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