Revolution (Blackpool Pleasure Beach)
| Revolution | |
|---|---|
Revolution's loop | |
| Pleasure Beach Resort | |
| Location | Pleasure Beach Resort |
| Coordinates | 53°47′24″N 3°03′19″W / 53.78992°N 3.05514°W |
| Status | Operating |
| Opening date | 1979 |
| Cost | £1,000,000 |
| General statistics | |
| Type | Steel – Shuttle – Launched |
| Manufacturer | Arrow Development |
| Model | Launched Loop |
| Lift/launch system | Electric Winch Launch |
| Height | 56 ft (17 m) |
| Drop | 47 ft (14 m) |
| Length | 635 ft (194 m) |
| Speed | 45 mph (72 km/h) |
| Inversions | 1 (traversed twice) |
| Duration | 1:06 |
| Max vertical angle | 52° |
| G-force | 4 |
| Height restriction | 50 in (127 cm) |
| Revolution at RCDB | |
Revolution (formerly Irn-Bru Revolution) is a launched shuttle roller coaster at Pleasure Beach Resort (better known as Blackpool Pleasure Beach) in Blackpool, England. It was built by Arrow Development in 1979, and was the first European roller coaster to feature an inversion. Until the introduction of Infusion in 2007, it was the park's only inverting roller coaster.
It is one of only three Arrow Development shuttle coasters still in operation, the others being Diamond Back at Frontier City in Oklahoma and Sidewinder at Elitch Gardens Theme Park in Colorado.