Side-Friction Roller Coaster

Side-Friction Roller Coaster
Type:	RollerCoaster
Description:	A smaller, cheaper, older-style (popular in the early 1900's) roller coaster, whose cars can fly off the track if they go too fast.
Cost:	£1,517+
Size:	Medium - Large (variable)
Appearance:	Corkscrew Follies, RollerCoaster Tycoon 2, RollerCoaster Tycoon 3

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.