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Draft:Flying Apsaras in Western Region

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{{Short description|Chinese roller coaster}}

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{{Infobox roller coaster|name=Flying Apsaras in Western Region|location=Happy Valley Chengdu|opened=10 February 2018|manufacturer=Bolliger and Mabillard|model=Dive machine|height_ft=164.4|lift=lift|length_ft=2591|speed_mph=64|inversions=1|angle=90|restraint=OTSR|rcdb_number=13653|section=Silk Road Oddysey}}

Flying Apsaras in Western Region (Chinese: 西域飞天) is a steel roller coaster located at Happy Valley in Chengdu, Sichuan. It was the third Bolliger and Mabillard Dive Machine to open in China.{{Cite web |last=Marden |first=Duane |title=RCDB - Flying Apsaras in Western Region |url=https://rcdb.com/13653.htm}} {{Cite web |title=Roller Coaster Search Results |url=https://rcdb.com/r.htm?order=8&ot=2&ml=6803 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20240909013119/https://rcdb.com/r.htm?order=8&ot=2&ml=6803 |archive-date=2024-09-09 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=rcdb.com |language=en}}The ride is located in the Silk Road Odyssey section of the park{{Cite web |title=主题区域 |url=https://cd.happyvalley.cn/thematic.aspx?t=14#theme_14 |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=cd.happyvalley.cn}}, and contains a splash down, and interacts with the nearby Great Desert Rally.{{Cite web |date=2018-01-01 |title=Testritten begonnen op Dive Coaster Happy Valley Chengdu |url=https://themeparkfreaks.eu/2018/01/testritten-begonnen-op-dive-coaster-happy-valley-chengdu/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Themeparkfreaks |language=nl-NL}} The track was completed on the 5th October, 2017.{{Cite web |date=2017-10-05 |title=Track B&M Dive Coaster compleet in Happy Valley Chengdu |url=https://themeparkfreaks.eu/2017/10/track-bm-dive-coaster-compleet-in-happy-valley-chengdu/ |access-date=2025-01-12 |website=Themeparkfreaks |language=nl-NL}}

Characteristics

= Statistics =

Flying Apsaras in Western Region is a custom Bolliger and Mabillard Dive machine. It is 164 ft tall, and reaches a speed of 64 mph over 2591 ft of track.

= Layout =

The layout begins with a 164ft lift hill, which leads directly into the drop. An immelmann follows, then a left hand turn into the midcourse brake run. The ride then drops into a tunnel underneath Great Desert Rally, goes through a 270° left hand turn and then a right hand turn into the splash effect over the water. The ride finishes with a left hand turn and shallow airtime hill into the final brake run.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7OMRXNvLVw |title=Flying Apsaras in Western Region onride Mounted Go Pro POV Happy Valley Chengdu |date=2018-06-22 |last=MasaneMiyaPA |access-date=2025-01-12 |via=YouTube}}

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