iSpeed

{{Short description|Roller coaster}}

{{Unreferenced|date=November 2023}}

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{{Infobox roller coaster

|image=ISpeed02.JPG

|name=iSpeed

|location=Mirabilandia

|locationarticle=Mirabilandia (Italy)

|coordinates={{coord|44|20|12|N|12|15|42|E}}

|type=Steel

|type2=Launched

|status=Operating

|opened={{Start date|2009|5|20}}

|previousattraction=Sierra Tonante

|manufacturer=Intamin

|model=Blitz Coaster

|designer=Werner Stengel

|track=Twister

|lift=Linear synchronous motor Launch

|cost=€15,000,000

|height_ft=180

|drop_ft=180.5

|acceleration= {{convert|0|to|68|mph|abbr=on}} in 2.2 seconds

|speed_mph=74.6

|angle=90

|inversions=2 (Corkscrew, Inline Twist)

|duration=approx. 1 minute

|restriction_in=55

|rcdb_number=4147

}}iSpeed is a steel roller coaster at Mirabilandia in Italy. It opened on May 20, 2009, and is the second blitz coaster to be made by Intamin following Maverick at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio.

The ride

The coaster starts with a 68 MPH launch in 2.2 seconds into a top hat where it climbs to 180 feet and then plummets to the ground. Following this is a barrage of airtime hills, tight turns, and inversions.

Maintenance

In certain spots around the ride, copper alloy fins have been placed to create a magnetic field that regulates the coaster's speed.{{Citation needed|date=January 2024}}

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