Diving Machine G5 is a roller coaster

Roller coaster

The roller coaster is a popular amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adna Thompson patented the first coasters on January 20, 1885...

 located at Janfusun Fancyworld

Janfusun Fancyworld

Janfusun Fancyworld is an amusement park located on the island of Taiwan, Republic of China near the city of Douliu. It features a movie theater and costume shops. There is a water park section of Janfusun where you can enjoy a Hawaiian-like stage and many water rides...

 in Taiwan

Taiwan

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. The ride was built in 2000 by Swiss manufacturers Bolliger & Mabillard

Bolliger & Mabillard

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 and was the second Diving Machine model to be built, the first being Oblivion

Oblivion (roller coaster)

Oblivion is a steel roller coaster located at Alton Towers in England. The ride opened as the world's first vertical drop roller coaster in March 1998 amidst a large publicity campaign. The ride has a height restriction of 1.4 metres...

at Alton Towers

Alton Towers

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 in the United Kingdom

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. It is located in the Sky Plaza section of the park.

Diving Machine G5 is dubbed after the amount of G-forces it creates when it goes through the drop hole. Like Insane Speed

Insane Speed

Insane Speed is a steel roller coaster at Janfusun Fancyworld in Taiwan. Sometimes known as Crazy Coaster on the park's website, or Floorless Coaster, as the sign in front of the ride's queue announces, the ride in Chinese is known as 衝瘋飛車...

, Diving Machine G5 is not themed to anything. Along with the Ku Ku Roller Coaster, and Insane Speed

Insane Speed

Insane Speed is a steel roller coaster at Janfusun Fancyworld in Taiwan. Sometimes known as Crazy Coaster on the park's website, or Floorless Coaster, as the sign in front of the ride's queue announces, the ride in Chinese is known as 衝瘋飛車...

, Diving Machien G5 is one of the three roller coasters at the park.

Diving Machine G5, although being a small ride, is one of the scariest in the park, as the drop is located along the side of a mountain and the cars plunge into the valley below. The ride is also isolated from the rest of Sky Plaza in the valley below, and because it is the closest ride to the entrance, Diving Machine G5 usually has long lines in the morning and short waits in the afternoons and nights.

Ride Experience

Diving Machine G5 starts right out of the station and engages the lift chain which slowly takes them up the 45-degree angle lift hill to a dizzying height. The train then makes a turn to the right and brakes violently. Riders then here a small click and slow down as they engage the holding brake and stop right on the edge. After the car completely stops, three seconds pass before the car is released down the near-vertical drop and under a bridge into the tunnel, where riders experience a blast of air and 5 G-forces. After exiting the tunnel, riders traverse a massive overbanked turn to the right, drop slightly, then are treated to a burst of airtime as they dip and rise into the final brake run, just as the camera flash goes off.