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Revision as of 15:24, 5 April 2012
Construction
Track is laminated wood, topped with a flat steel running rail, constructed on a wooden support structure. Trains are guided along the track by side-friction wheels running inside wooden guide rails.
Special Track Elements
None noted
Constraints
- Maximum Track Slope - 25°
- Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
- Maximum Height - 78 Feet
Vehicles
Wooden Side-Friction Cars
Operating Modes
- Continuous circuit mode
Other Information
Cheap and easy to build, but the track layout needs to be designed carefully, otherwise the cars can fly straight off the track on the hills.
This ride is called Side-Friction Roller Coaster in both RCT2 and RCT3.
In Real Life
There is one operating instance of this ride left in North America in the state of Pennsylvania (Leap the Dips), it is currently the oldest operating roller coaster in the world.