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Orion

Kings Island prints up to 91 mph. RCDB prints 91 mph. Coasterpedia prints 146.5 km/h, the same figure.

Also known as Orion, Kings Island
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Ride speed

Published as 91 mphPublished as 91 mphPublished as 91 mph

Operating speed, Kings Island. Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Coasterpedia's 146.5 km/h matches 91 mph.

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In context

  • 1.4× a cheetah's timed top speedSourced · Cheetah, 29 m/s. Sharp 1997, mean of three timed runs over 201.2 m
  • A football field in 2.2 sConstant · American football field, 100 yd (91.44 m)
  • London to New York in 38 h 2 minConstant · London to New York, 5,570 km great-circle

Worked out from the sourced figure above, which stays the ranked number.

This list

Why it's so fast

A coaster is fast because it spends height, or a launch, on speed. A lift hill stores the energy as altitude. A launch spends it with a motor, hydraulics or magnets in a few seconds.

  1. Height or a launch

    Going up is how a traditional coaster stores the ride. Coming down trades that height for speed. A launched coaster skips the slow climb and accelerates on the flat.

  2. The speed the park prints

    The ranked figure is the operating speed the operator and the databases agree on. A theoretical simulation is not swapped in.

The launched extreme is Formula Rossa.

This is how the category works. A note written for this entry appears here once it is in the database.

Provenance

Every measurement

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

  1. 146km/h91mph40.7m/s79.1knRanked figure

    Operating speed, Kings Island. Manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Coasterpedia's 146.5 km/h matches 91 mph.

    Verified
    Kings Island (opens source in a new tab)

Reference

Specs

Park
Kings Island
Manufacturer
Bolliger & Mabillard
Speed
91 mph
Drop
300 ft

Context

Background

Kings Island says Orion reaches speeds up to 91 mph, and names Bolliger & Mabillard as the designer. RCDB lists Orion at 91 mph. Coasterpedia lists 146.5 km/h. 91 mph is 146.5 km/h at one decimal. The ranked unit is miles per hour.

The ride opened in 2020. The speed is the operating maximum the park prints, not a dated record run, so the measurement has no day.

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