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Stealth

Thorpe Park's operating launch: 0 to 80 mph in 1.8 seconds. The launch time is what counts.

Stealth's launch time is 1.80 s, an official figure.

Also known as Stealth roller coaster, Thorpe Park Stealth
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Launch time

1.80s

Operating hydraulic launch at Thorpe Park, 0 to 80 mph, which Coasterpedia says as 0 to 80.0 mph (128.7 km/h), in 1.8 seconds. The park page is the current figure. A computed acceleration in m/s² is not a separate figure. Formula Rossa's disputed 4.5-versus-4.9-second clock is a different ride and is not this row.

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What is Stealth's launch time?

Stealth's launch time is 1.80 s, an official figure.

Is that figure claimed or verified?

Stealth is labeled Official. Ratified by a governing body such as the FIA, World Athletics or Guinness World Records.

What is the source?

The figure cites Thorpe Park, “Stealth.”

Where does Stealth rank?

Stealth is 2nd of 8 on Fastest Launches.

Mechanism

Why it's so fast

Stealth at Thorpe Park launches from 0 to 80 mph in 1.8 seconds. The launch time is what counts.

Launch
0–80 mph
Time
1.8 seconds
Park
Thorpe Park

  1. The time, not a derived g

    Thorpe Park's operating launch is 0 to 80 mph in 1.8 seconds. Dividing the speed change by the time would be an average acceleration, This page does not invent an average from those two numbers. What counts is the 1.8 seconds.

  2. A launch, still operating

    Stealth is an operating hydraulic-style launch to 80 mph. Do-Dodonpa's 1.56 seconds to 112 mph (180 km/h) was quicker and the ride is closed. Kingda Ka's 3.5 seconds to 128 mph is also closed. This row is the open ride.

Provenance

Every measurement

Claimed, measured and official figures side by side, each with its source. The ranked figure is marked.

  1. 1.80sRanked figure

    Operating hydraulic launch at Thorpe Park, 0 to 80 mph, which Coasterpedia says as 0 to 80.0 mph (128.7 km/h), in 1.8 seconds. The park page is the current figure. A computed acceleration in m/s² is not a separate figure. Formula Rossa's disputed 4.5-versus-4.9-second clock is a different ride and is not this row.

    Coasterpedia repeats 0–128.7 km/h in 1.8 s on the ride page and on the fastest-launch page. The ranked number is 1.8 seconds.

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Reference

Specs

Park
Thorpe Park
Launch
0–80 mph
Time
1.8 seconds

Context

Background

Thorpe Park's Stealth page says the launch propels riders from 0 to 80 miles per hour in 1.8 seconds. Coasterpedia's ride page and its fastest-launch page both say 0 to 80.0 mph (128.7 km/h) in 1.8 seconds, the same clock. The figure is 1.8 seconds.

The list sorts launch duration, not g. Stealth's clock ends at 80 mph, so a shorter time is not a separate figure as a higher average acceleration. An older sign that said 2.3 seconds is not the current park figure and is not a second row.

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