Stealth Off Ride | Thorpe Park Resort in 4K 60fps

With the recent closure of Do-Dodonpa at Fuji-Q Highland, Stealth at Thorpe Park is now the fastest accelerating roller coaster in the World, boasting a powerful hydraulic launch which catapults riders to 80 mph in just 1.8 seconds. Even though its 205 ft height and top speed have (just about) been surpassed this year in the park by Hyperia, you won't find a better first launch anywhere else. Stealth opened back in 2006 as the UK's second Intamin accelerator coaster, hot on the heels of Rita at Alton Towers a year earlier. It is surely the definition of a "short and sweet" ride, with just three major elements: an exhilirating launch, a 205-ft tall top hat that just about pushes it into hypercoaster territory and finally, an airtime-packed speed hill into magnetic brakes. It's just under half the size of Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure and Top Thrill Dragster (now Top Thrill 2) at Cedar Point, but this might be why it's certainly aged more gracefully than its American counterparts. Did you know that Stealth's launch is based on Aircraft carrier technology?