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	Wooden roller coaster - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A wooden roller coaster or woodie is most often classified as a roller coaster with laminated steel running rails overlayed upon a wooden track.
		While they are technically less capable than a steel coaster when it comes to inversions and elements, wooden coasters instead rely on an often rougher and more "wild" ride as well as a more psychological approach to inducing fear.
		Once a staple in virtually every amusement park several years ago, wooden roller coasters appear to be on a slow decline in popularity for a number of reasons.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wooden_roller_coaster (770 words)

	Beast (roller coaster) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Beast is a wooden roller coaster located at Paramount's Kings Island near Cincinnati, Ohio.
		It is currently the longest wooden roller coaster in both track length and ride time.
		It was also the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world until Kings Island opened the (Son of Beast) in 2000.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Beast_(roller_coaster) (288 words)

	Roller Coaster Ratings: Wooden
		Roller coasters and Parks are rated on this scale: 0-5, with 0 being the worst and 5 being the best.
		Roller Coasters are not compared to each other, their ratings are based on the above criteria.
		Roller Coasters that have received a rating of 5 are listed in bold type.
	home.comcast.net /~pontiac_2003/coasters/woodratings.html (185 words)

	Amusement Park Physics
		The first roller coaster was in St. Petersburg, Russia in the beginning of the fifteenth century.
		If the the mass of the roller coaster car is 1,000 kg and we designate the heights at the different points of the roller coaster, then we can calculate all these values.
		To examine the effects of the angle of incline, mass of the car, and height of the drop upon the ability of the roller coaster car to pass through its loop and to see the effects of the speed at two different points on the roller coaster.
	www.glenbrook.k12.il.us /gbssci/phys/projects/frig/yepbycca/rcoaster.html (4109 words)

	Press Release (Paramount's Kings Island Fact Sheet: Son of Beast)
		Son of Beast is a world-record breaking roller coaster that elevates the classic wood coaster experience to a new level and introduces an evolutionary concept, a 103-ft. loop.
		To this day, The Beast is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's longest wooden roller coaster and was recently ranked in USA Today as the #1 classic coaster of all time.
		Roller coaster enthusiasts from all over the world travel to Paramount's Kings Island to experience The Beast firsthand.
	www.rcdb.com /document31.htm (343 words)

	Engineer’s career like roller coaster ride (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Thrills, after all, are what roller coasters are all about, according to Reid, whether the ride is the fabled X at Six Flags Magic Mountain in Valencia, Calif., — Reid’s admitted personal favorite of nearly a hundred roller coasters he’s ridden — or a homemade contraption in Newcastle.
		The finished, fully operational roller coaster served Reid as an impressive, albeit unusual, resumé bullet when he graduated from OU in May 2001 with a degree in mechanical engineering.
		Roller coasters, after all, are “an up and down business,” he explained.
	www.afmc.wpafb.af.mil /HQ-AFMC/PA/news/archive/2003/Feb/0212-03.htm (961 words)

	Roller Coaster Corporation of America - Newsletter
		The first wooden roller coaster in Germany is providing an unprecedented attraction in the German roller coaster segment.
		The first wooden roller coasters were built in the 18th century.
		The ground layout of the wooden roller coaster occupies approximately 182 x 52 meters (597' x 170'), or 2 1/2 acres.
	www.rcca.com /RCCA/screamer3.html (635 words)

	Roller Coaster Review
		Roller coasters are permanent, have brakes, safety wheels on the looping coasters, and lots of passenger restraints.
		The coaster at the top is the largest, the Magnum XL which has a 201 ft drop from the top of the first hill to the ground.
		This metal coaster is only about 70 feet tall, but it hits speeds of 60 mph and has three vertical loops as well as some great turns and a nearly vertical drop from the ceiling to the floor.
	www.wsu.edu /~sarek/coasters.html (1203 words)

	COASTER TYPES (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The wooden roller coaster is the first type of roller coaster made.
		Wooden roller coaster because of there structure usually are made only to go up and down in motion.
		The wheels of this coaster are made from polyurethane or nylon and they sit right on top of the metal tracks, they also have another set of wheels that go along the bottom of the tubes and wheels that go across the side.
	www.rpi.edu /~rawlia/KelaCoster/TYPE.htm (250 words)

	Lake Compounce Theme Park - Bristol/Southington, Connecticut (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The initial drop of the roller coaster is 115 feet with an overall drop of 140 feet.
		The coaster is the fastest, longest wooden coaster on the East Coast.
		The coaster is built on rugged terrin beneath the canopy of trees, among boulders and rock face along the mountainside.
	www.lakecompounce.com /new/boulderdash.html (571 words)

	History of Roller Coasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Coaster building flourished from the turn of the century through the Roaring 20's, with an estimated 2,000 coasters in the USA alone.
		This coaster is often cited for the rebirth of the wooden coaster.
		Today, wood coasters have grown taller (160'), longer (7,000'+), and faster than their turn of the century counterparts, and with interesting designs by CCI, will be around for quite sometime.
	www.cinternet.net /~bowersda/history.htm (2103 words)

	Roller Coaster History - Nineties Wooden Coasters
		The wooden roller coaster came back with a vengeance in the 90's thanks to older designers that created some of their best work and new companies that took the helm of wooden coaster design.
		Coaster lovers who lived through the 1970's and 1980's would have never believed that so many great, mid-sized wooden coasters would spring up in the 1990's.
		Today, the wooden coaster is seen as a viable alternative for a park, as the initial investment is far less than that of comparable steel coasters.
	ultimaterollercoaster.com /coasters/history/1980_1990/90s_wood.shtml (2601 words)

	Wood Roller Coaster Poll Results 2005
		Among the wooden roller coasters that are endangered are two that are at risk due to very recent events: Mega Zeph, which opened in 2000 and was a top twenty ride for its first three years, is among the countless thousands of New Orleans structures that face an uncertain future after the recent disaster.
		Ordered by this year's results for all 175 coasters with results dating back to 1994 also listed on the same line, this chart is the best way to see trends and consistencies in each roller coaster's ranking over the years.
		coaster voting results (including favorite steel coaster) showing which coaster of each pair was preferred (and by what margin) by the people who have ridden each pair of coasters.
	www.ushsho.com /woodrollercoasterpollresults2005.htm (884 words)

	Great Coasters International, Inc.
		These convoluted designs, coupled with our own Millennium Flyer articulating coaster trains, create an experience that emulates the acrobatic thrills of a modern roller coaster while retaining the nostalgic look and feel of a timeless, classic attraction.
		Our experience with over 50 coasters worldwide has also brought park owners to us for maintenance and repair work on older, classic coasters and newer coasters which have manufacturers unwilling to stand behind their work.
		The design of a roller coaster can be as simple as an out-and-back, or as complex as a dueling, racing twister.
	www.greatcoasters.com (316 words)

	Roller Coasters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For several years I participated in the scheduling and fabrication of wooden roller coasters, then for about six years I was part of a first class design team.
		For roller coasters in Benidorm and Madrid, Werner Stengel, a German engineer took my (x, y, z) data and fed it through his program to verify the appropriateness of what my system had generated.
		Colossus Wooden Roller Coaster, Terra Mitica, Benidorm, Spain.
	www.mindvolve.com /rollercoasters.htm (941 words)

	Roller Coasters
		In the 1920s, roller coasters were a big draw at many large amusement parks, including ones in Chicago and on the beaches.
		Roller coasters and amusement parks in general had a rough time of it.
		Each time the coaster goes down a hill, it must do so at a speed that will be safe and keep the coaster on the track, but fast enough to allow the coaster to make it up the next hill or around the upcoming loop.
	www.thehumorwriter.com /Kids_Corner_--_Original_Storie/Roller_Coasters/roller_coasters.html (1067 words)

	Amusement Park Physics -- Roller Coaster
		The conversion of potential energy to kinetic energy is what drives the roller coaster, and all of the kinetic energy you need for the ride is present once the coaster descends the first hill..
		Roller coasters can be wooden or steel, and can be looping or nonlooping.
		Wooden coasters do offer one advantage over steel coasters, assuming you're looking for palm-sweating thrills: they sway a lot more.
	www.learner.org /exhibits/parkphysics/coaster.html (331 words)

	Roller Coaster History \| Sixties Wooden Coasters
		The sixties did not see a large jump in the number of coasters erected, but there were enough built to carry parks forward until the 1970's when the second coaster boom would hit.
		This is one of the more unsung moves in coaster history, as the owners built upon the success of Knoebels Amusement Park's relocation of The Phoenix roller coaster two years earlier.
		The coasters rotted for a few years before they were torn down, serving as a discredit to Elitch for leaving such valuable pieces of history for scrap.
	www.ultimaterollercoaster.com /coasters/history/1960_1970/60s_wood.shtml (1004 words)

	Old Coney Island - The Cyclone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Cyclone opened on June 26, 1927 and is one of the oldest roller coasters still operating.
		The golden age of roller coasters was the wooden age, and a bracing era it was.
		A bit of interesting trivia, for trivia buffs of course: The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg, Russia, as a simple slide that took thrill seekers down an icy ramp past a variety of colored lanterns.
	www.geocities.com /buddychai2/Brooklyn/Cyclone.html (993 words)

	COASTER-net.com > Ride Gallery > Yankee Cannonball, Canobie Lake Park, Salem, NH, USA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		That was the case at Waterbury, Connecticut's Lakewood Park, where the Philadelphia Toboggan Company had erected a Herbert Schmeck-designed wooden coaster as the first such ride at the New England amusement park since it opened several years prior.
		Roller Coaster ran for five years at Lakewood, but the screams came to an end when the park closed its gates.
		The former Roller Coaster was given its own distinctive name to set it apart from the rest - Yankee Cannonball - and reopened for the 1936 season.
	www.coaster-net.com /rg/yankeecannonball.php (885 words)

	FINAL RESULTS: 2002 Internet Wooden Tracked Roller Coaster Poll
		The promoted coaster had fewer blemishes (losses + ties/2) on its record and beat the other head to head but was behind on straight winning percentage due to fewer valid comparisons (wins) to coasters in the bottom tier.
		Coaster, the only one of these three rides still located at its original site, is now threatened with relocation or worse in the near future.
		Steel coaster designers have improved their non-inverting wood-like designs in the last five years and that has been reflected in the finish of the My Favorite Steel category in this poll: 12th in 1997 & 1998, 11th in 1999, 8th in 2000, 4th in 2001, and 1st in 2002.
	www.geocities.com /wcoasterpoll/wcprs02.htm (1363 words)

	Wooden Roller Coaster Counts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Most coaster losses were due to park closings.
		Although 49 new coasters were built between 1960 and 1990, a far greater number were lost during that period.
		In contrast, very few coasters closed permanently between 1990 and 2000.
	www.personal.psu.edu /faculty/v/a/vac3/woodcount.html (78 words)

	LegendsJohnAllen (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Foremost on this list was the wooden roller coaster, a ride that theme park developers could not figure out how to adapt into a heavily themed environment.
		As a result, construction of wooden coasters had slowed to a trickle with just one or two rides opening annually at the few traditional amusement parks that were healthy enough to add large attractions.
		His coaster design style was well suited for family-oriented theme parks and reignited interest in the rides during periods when amusement parks were turning their backs on traditional attractions.
	www.funworldmagazine.com /2003/Jul03/Features/Legends_John_Allen/Legends_John_Allen.html (2150 words)

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		Temple of Gloom 5 (Wooden Reverser Roller Coaster)
		Temple of Gloom 6 (Wooden Reverser Roller Coaster)
		The Curse of Aumunra (Wooden Twister Roller Coaster)
	www.atari.com /rollercoastertycoon/ride1/user.php?name=lucasmcc (214 words)

	The Son of Beast and The Vortex
		This new ride (opened April of 2000) is a world-record breaking roller coaster that elevates the classic wood coaster experience to a new level.
		The "Son of Beast" is not only the tallest, and the fastest wooden roller coaster in the world, it is also the ONLY looping wooden coaster on earth.
		The Vortex was the first 6 inversion steel coaster in the world and is still one of my all time favorites.
	www.zuko.com /Cool_Rides/Extreme_Coasters_4.htm (595 words)

	Roller Coaster Corporation of America
		Roller Coaster Corporation of America is the premier manufacturer and builder of quality wooden roller coasters in the world.
		The tradition of the wooden roller coaster as the amusement park icon is as strong today as ever.
		As the next millennium approaches, Roller Coaster Corporation of America is positioned to deliver the world's most innovative and exciting wooden roller coasters...
	www.rcca.com (114 words)

	Roller Coaster Corporation of America - History
		This "out-and-back" coaster debuted in the Spring of 1973, and is considered by many to be one of the most beautiful wooden structures ever built.
		In 1989 Roller Coaster Corporation was contacted by Opryland's Keith Sanders about building the World's Greatest Wooden Coaster - The Rattler, which turned out to be the tallest, fastest and one of the most unique wooden roller coasters ever built.
		This first wooden roller coaster for Germany was designed and engineered by renowned roller coaster engineer, Werner Stengel, Munich, Germany, to exacting German DIN standards.
	www.rcca.com /RCCA/history.html (997 words)

	CoasterDynamix The Comet" Wooden Roller Coaster (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		With its cars taking dips and turns amid a web of spindly wooden supports, the "Comet" roller coaster from Coasterdynamix was a big hit at the National Train Show in Cincinnati.
		This intriguing working model is patterned after a typical wooden coaster like those found at amusement parks beginning in the 1920s.
		This HO Scale plastic kit is a great addition to any steam- or diesel-era layout and will appeal to roller coaster and circus modelers too.
	www.modeltraincrossing.com /199-WC002.htm (77 words)

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