| Tornado | |
| Location: | Parque de Atracciones de Madrid |
| Coordinates: | 40.4134°N -3.748°W |
| Status: | Operating |
| Manufacturer: | Intamin |
| Designer: | Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH |
| Type: | Steel |
| Type2: | Inverted |
| Length Ft: | 2624.7 |
| Height Ft: | 98 |
| Inversions: | 3 |
| Speed Mph: | 49.7 |
| Duration: | 2:00 |
| Gforce: | 4 |
| Restriction Cm: | 120 |
| Rcdb Number: | 1101 |
The Tornado is an inverted roller coaster at the Parque de Atracciones de Madrid in Casa de Campo, Madrid, Spain. Manufactured by Intamin, it opened on May 23, 1999.[1]
Tornado is an inverted roller coaster with a length of 2624.7abbr=offNaNabbr=off and a height of 98 feet.[1] [2] It is unusual among inverted roller coasters made by Intamin in using a chain lift rather than a magnetic launcher.[3] It features 3 inversions, 2 loops, a corkscrew, and a 30m drop to 80 km/h.[2]
The ride was designed by Ingenieur Büro Stengel GmbH and opened on May 23, 1999.[2] It is one of five rides at the park that form the subject of physics problems in a student workbook that won the Madrid award for teaching materials.[4]
When Tornado starts, the coaster exits the station and goes up a lift hill. Riders then drop and reach a speed of before entering the first loop, followed by the second. The coaster then goes through a corkscrew, which is one of the inversions. It then goes into 2 or 3 helices before going through the brake run, which takes riders back into the station, where the ride ends. The ride lasts 2 minutes.
In June 2009 the ride was temporarily closed because it was so popular with teenagers that there was risk of an accident.[5] In 2011, a complaint that noise from the park exceeded legal limits singled out the Tornado as even noisier than two newer roller coasters in the same park, the Tarántula and the Abismo.[6]