Pulsar (roller coaster)

Pulsar is a steel launched shuttle roller coaster at Walibi Belgium in Wavre, Belgium. It opened on 4 June 2016 as the first PowerSplash model by German manufacturer Mack Rides.[1]

Pulsar
Walibi Belgium
LocationWalibi Belgium
Coordinates50.6988°N 4.5903°E / 50.6988; 4.5903
StatusOperating
Opening date4 June 2016
Cost€8,500,000
General statistics
TypeSteel – Launched – Shuttle
ManufacturerMack Rides
ModelPowerSplash
Lift/launch systemLSM launch
Height45 m (148 ft)
Length217 m (712 ft)
Speed101 km/h (63 mph)
Inversions0
Duration1:18
Max vertical angle90°
Capacity950 riders per hour
Trains2 trains with a single car. Riders are arranged 4 across in 5 rows for a total of 20 riders per train.
Pulsar at RCDB
Pictures of Pulsar at RCDB

Characteristics
A view of Pulsar's turntable station. While one side of the turntable is lined up with the rest of the track, a vehicle can load riders on the other side.

Pulsar is 45 metres (148 ft) in height, reaches a maximum speed of 101 kilometres per hour (63 mph), and has a track length of 217 metres (712 ft). The ride has two cars, each of which seats 20 riders in 5 rows of 4 riders each. The ride can accommodate a maximum of 950 riders per hour.[2] The ride uses a turntable that enables one vehicle to be loaded while the other is running the course.[3]

Ride experience

Once riders are loaded, the turntable station rotates to align the car with the rest of the track.[3] The car then accelerates backwards over a small hill before travelling through a straight section of track. This straight section of track forms the ride's splashdown pool, which is empty at this point in the ride. The car then travels part of the way up a vertical spike of track before travelling forwards over the hill. The car then launches forward into a second vertical spike and comes back down before entering a third backwards launch. While the car is on the vertical spike at the back end of the ride's layout, the splashdown pool fills with water in approximately six seconds. The car then travels down the spike and enters the splashdown pool, which is now filled with water. This serves to slow the car down before it re-enters the turntable to unload riders.[3][4]

References
  1. Marden, Duane. "Search results  (PowerSplash)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  2. Marden, Duane. "Pulsar  (Walibi Belgium)". Roller Coaster DataBase. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  3. "Walibi Belgium Opens Pulsar Insane Launched Water Ride". Coaster101. 11 June 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  4. "Walibi Belgium - Pulsar (onride POV)". YouTube. ParcPlaza.net. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
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