23Falken / Fårup Sommerland

2004's new attraction Falken is one of the largest rollercoasters in the Nordic Countries. The wooden roller coaster was built by the American S&S, best known for their Space Shots.

The rollercoaster features lots of negative G-force, or more commonly airtime, which makes you fly out of the seat into the restraints. There is a total of 9,3 seconds of it trough the ride. This makes it one of the favourites of the wooden coaster fans worldwide, who say it packs a lot of fun for a coaster just 20m tall.

The cost to build Falken was relatively cheap. It cost about 25 million DKR or 3,5 million €.

Material used to construct Falken:
560 tons or 101,232 km of tree
30 tons of metal
5826 fundamet blocks
1003 m³ of beton

General:
NameFalken
ManufacturerS&S
ModelWooden Coaster
Opened2004
TypeRollercoaster, wood
Specs:
Height20 m
Length622 m
G-force4,2G
Max. speed75 km/h
Seating:
Trains1
Rows per train15
Seats per train30
Ride Duration2:10 min
Theor. Capacity800-900 p/h

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