Sik (roller coaster)
{{Short description|Steel roller coaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}}
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|caption= Sik, Flamingo Land, 2022
|location=Flamingo Land Resort
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|type=Steel
|status= Operating
|opened=2 July 2022
|manufacturer=Intamin
|designer= Werner Stengel
|model= 2nd Generation Multi Inversion Coaster
|track=Intamin Tri Track
|lift=Cable lift hill
|height_ft=108.3
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|length_ft=2870.8
|speed_mph=52.9
|duration= 1:05
|cost=£18 million
|gforce=3
|inversions=10
|custom_label_1=Restraints
|custom_value_1=Lap bar
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|trains=1
|ridersperrow=2
|carspertrain=6
|rowspercar=2
|rcdb_number=17570
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Sik is a steel roller coaster at Flamingo Land in North Yorkshire, United Kingdom. It opened to the public on 2 July 2022.{{cite web | url=https://www.themeparks-uk.com/uk-theme-park-news/new-roller-coaster-sik-opening-at-flamingo-land-on-2nd-july | title=New roller coaster Sik opening at Flamingo Land on 2bd July | website=ThemeParks-UK | date=4 June 2022 | accessdate=17 June 2022}}
History and design
Flamingo Land submitted a planning application for a 10-inversion rollercoaster in June 2019.[https://riderater.co.uk/7507/flamingo-land-inversion-rollercoaster-plans-emerge/ Flamingo Land: ‘Inversion’ rollercoaster plans emerge]. RideRater. 3 June 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2022. The ride is repurposed but previously unused, having been held in storage for several years after it was originally ordered by Brazilian theme park Hopi Hari in 2011. It opened to the public on 2 July 2022.
It is an example of a second-generation Multi Inversion Coaster from manufacturers Intamin.[https://www.intamin.com/product/multi-inversion-coaster/ Multi Inversion Coaster]. Intamin. Retrieved 17 June 2022. Colossus at Thorpe Park is of a similar, but first-generation design. The later generation model features a more aggressively profiled first drop and trains that have lap-bar restraints. Trains also enter the final run of heartline rolls at considerably increased speed in comparison to the first-generation models.
Along with Colossus at Thorpe Park Resort, Sik holds the second-highest number of inversions (10) of any British rollercoaster, behind Alton Towers's Smiler with 14.
=Testing=
By late May 2022, the ride was testing without passengers.[https://blooloop.com/theme-park/news/flamingo-land-sik-roller-coaster-test-run-video/ Flamingo Land shares footage of new ‘Sik’ roller coaster test run]. Blooloop. 17 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022. During early passenger-less testing in June 2022, water dummies fell from the train during the final run of heartline rolls.[https://www.grimsbytelegraph.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/shocking-moment-test-dummy-falls-7162940 Shocking moment test dummy falls from new Flamingo Land roller-coaster during loop]. GrimsbyLive. 3 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022. By mid-June it was testing with Flamingo Land staff.
Name and partnership
Sik takes its name from the Scarborough-based fashion brand SikSilk, with whom Flamingo Land entered into a partnership in 2022.[https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/staycation/flamingo-land-watch-video-showing-new-rollercoaster-called-sik-3719336 Flamingo Land: Watch video showing new rollercoaster called 'Sik']. The Yorkshire Post. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Elements and inversions
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| No. | Inversion |
|---|---|
| 1 | Vertical Loop |
| 2 | Cobra Roll |
| 3 | Cobra Roll |
| 4 | Corkscrew |
| 5 | Corkscrew |
| 6 | Heartline Roll |
| 7 | Heartline Roll |
| 8 | Heartline Roll |
| 9 | Heartline Roll |
| 10 | Heartline Roll |