Side-Friction Roller Coaster: Difference between revisions

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===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°

 

===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 [[Crash|fly straight off the track]] on the hills.

 

 

===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.

[[Category:Roller Coasters]]