Stealth Archive

Stealth is an Intamin Rocket Coaster, sitting where the relocated Flying Fish and the old Model World once stood is Thorpe Parks icon ride, standing at an impressive 205ft it launches riders to a top speed of 80mph in under 2.0 seconds! Construction started in January 2005 and the ride opened on time in March 2006, follow all of Stealth's construction here!

Testing Period

Here are a selection of pictures of Stealth testing before its opening in March 2006.

27th September 2005

Just a day after being topped off, today a Pull Through test was completed using one of the trains cars.

26th September 2005

Today Project Stealth was topped off reaching its full height of 205ft.

24th September 2005

Work continues on the top hat, the final part is due to be lifted on 26th September 2005!

13th September 2005

Only 3 days since our last update and a lot has happened. The second supports for the top hat are in place, hydraulics are being installed, and work has started on installing the first pieces of track on the top hat structure, lots more brake fins have been installed on the launch track and the camelback hill lastly the station has wooden cladding installed, this will be painted and themed over the closed season.

10th September 2005

A large update showing the track is now being built at a rather fast rate, all the track shown in this update has been erected in the past 3 days.

24th August 2005

The Station, Maintenance Shed and Winch House are now almost complete, track will be arriving on site any day now.

29th July 2005

The old advertising banners have now been taken down showing off the new adverts which were recently put up comparing the height of stealth to other rides at Thorpe Park.

26th July 2005

The frame for the station is going up quickly and is starting to take shape, track is expected to be arriving soon.

19th July 2005

New adverts for Project Stealth are up comparing the rides height to other Thorpe park rides. The new adverts also correct the speed from 0-80mph in 4 seconds to 0-80mph in 2.5 seconds.

17th July 2005

More groundwork is happening around the area, the hydraulic room foundations are looking almost complete.

11th July 2005

Footers for the huge hydraulic are almost complete, work is continuing on the footers for the main ride and the station.

2nd July 2005

Ground work is continuing, many of the footers are now complete.

12th June 2005

All the land is now clear and preparations for footers are now underway

26th May 2005

There has been much progress since the last update, most of the land has now been leveled out and the area has been covered in shingle.

25th March 2005

Ground work is now well underway, the Flying Fish and Model world have been totally removed and adverts have been placed around the site.