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*Roller Coaster Train (Articulated)
*Roller Coaster Train (Articulated)
*Mine Cart (Wacky Worlds)
*Stage Coach
*6 seater
*6 seater reversed


===Operating Modes===
===Operating Modes===

Revision as of 00:10, 17 August 2011

For the Wooden Twister Roller Coaster variant found in the first RollerCoaster Tycoon game, please click here.

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 (RCT2 and RCT3)
  • Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (RCT2 and RCT3)
  • Six-seater Roller Coaster Train (backwards) (RCT2 and RCT3)

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".

Gallery

Wooden Twister Roller Coaster

Construction

Track is laminated wood, topped with a steel running rail, constructed on a wooden support structure. Trains are held on the track by up-stop wheels, which run under the inside edges of the rails.

Special Track Elements

  • Banked Curves
  • Steep Twist
  • Banked Helix
  • On-Ride Photo

Constraints

  • Banked Curves - 50°
  • Maximum Track Slope - 60°
  • Maximum Lift Hill Slope - 25°
  • Maximum Height - 105 Feet

Vehicles

  • Roller Coaster Train (Articulated)

Operating Modes

  • Continuous circuit mode

Other Information

Trains are articulated and have flanged running wheels to allow for a smoother ride on twisted track.

In RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 and RollerCoaster Tycoon 3, the Wooden Twister Roller Coaster was combined with the traditional Wooden Roller Coaster, with the additions of vertical loops.

In Real Life

  • Although the vertical loop is often in the RollerCoaster Tycoon games, only one wooden coaster has had a legitimate loop. The ride was Son of Beast in Kings Island. Son Of Beast had its loop removed in the winter of 2006/2007 becuase of a maintenance costs.

Dream Woodie Coaster

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.