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===Construction===
Track is laminated wood, topped with a flat steel running rail, constructed on a wooden support structure. Trains are held on the track by up-stop wheels, which run under the inside edge of the rails.
===Special Track Elements===
*Banked Curves
*Vertical Loop
*On-Ride-Photo Section
*Water Splash
===Constraints===
▲*Maximum banked curve angle - 30° (RCT1)
*Maximum Track Slope - 60°
*Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
*Maximum Height - 105 Feet (RCT1); 200 Feet (RCT2)
===Vehicles===
*Wooden Roller Coaster Trains
*Wooden Roller Coaster Trains (backwards) (RCT1 only)
*Articulated Roller Coaster Train
*Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (RCT2 and RCT3)
*Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (backwards) (RCT2 and RCT3)
====Downloadable Vehicles====▼
*Dream Woodie Trains (See [[Wooden Roller Coaster#Dream Woodie Coaster|here]])
===Operating Modes===
*Continuous circuit mode
===Other Information===
A good Wooden Roller Coaster is fast, has plenty of air time, some lateral Gs, steep drops, and is designed to feel "out-of-control".
===In Real Life===▼
The Wooden Roller Coaster doesn't replicate a specific model, rather a general type of coaster. This type of roller coaster outdated the Side Friction coaster, and the invention of Up-Stop Wheels revolutionised this type of ride.
The Vertical Loop element is found in all three ''Tycoon'' games, however only one modern wooden roller coaster ever featured a vertical loop, Son of Beast at Kings Island. This loop was later removed to allow lighter trains to be used on the ride.
===Gallery===
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Trition 1.png|Wooden roller coaster made in RCT3. Name: Trition
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▲===Vehicles===
▲===In Real Life===
==Dream Woodie Coaster==
[[File:AE-DRMWD.jpg|thumb|286px|Dream Woodie Coaster in Amazing Earl's theme park.]]Dan Wolfe/[[The Amazing Earl]] created a downloadable Wooden Roller Coaster train called the Dream Woodie Coaster Trains. The cars were rendered to portray riders raising their arms over their heads on hills and leaning side-to-side on banked turns.
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Revision as of 19:52, 24 May 2012
The Wooden Roller Coaster is a roller coaster. In RCT1 it was called theWooden Twister Roller Coaster.
Construction
Track is laminated wood, topped with a flat steel running rail, constructed on a wooden support structure. Trains are held on the track by up-stop wheels, which run under the inside edge of the rails.
Special Track Elements
- Banked Curves
- Vertical Loop
- On-Ride-Photo Section
- Water Splash
Constraints
- Maximum banked curve angle - 30°
- Maximum Track Slope - 60°
- Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
- Maximum Height - 105 Feet (RCT1); 200 Feet (RCT2)
Vehicles
- Wooden Roller Coaster Trains
- Wooden Roller Coaster Trains (backwards) (RCT1 only)
- Articulated Roller Coaster Train
- Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (RCT2 and RCT3)
- Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (backwards) (RCT2 and RCT3)
Downloadable Vehicles
- Dream Woodie Trains (See here)
Operating Modes
- Continuous circuit mode
Other Information
A good Wooden Roller Coaster is fast, has plenty of air time, some lateral Gs, steep drops, and is designed to feel "out-of-control".
In Real Life
The Wooden Roller Coaster doesn't replicate a specific model, rather a general type of coaster. This type of roller coaster outdated the Side Friction coaster, and the invention of Up-Stop Wheels revolutionised this type of ride.
The Vertical Loop element is found in all three Tycoon games, however only one modern wooden roller coaster ever featured a vertical loop, Son of Beast at Kings Island. This loop was later removed to allow lighter trains to be used on the ride.
Gallery
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Wooden roller coaster made in RCT3. Name: Trition
Dream Woodie Coaster
![](http://static.miraheze.org/rctwiki/3/34/AE-DRMWD.jpg)
Dan Wolfe/The Amazing Earl created a downloadable Wooden Roller Coaster train called the Dream Woodie Coaster Trains. The cars were rendered to portray riders raising their arms over their heads on hills and leaning side-to-side on banked turns.