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  3. Roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    The Scenic Railway at Luna Park, Melbourne, is the world's oldest operating roller coaster, built in 1912.. A roller coaster is a type of amusement ride employing a form of elevated railroad track that carries passengers on a train through tight turns, steep slopes, and other elements usually designed to produce a thrilling experience.

  4. List of roller coaster elements - Wikipedia

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    A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster train.The most common type is the friction brake, often called a fin brake, which involves a series of hydraulic-powered clamps that close and squeeze metal fins that are attached to the underside of a coaster train.

  5. Roller coaster wheel assembly - Wikipedia

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    He patented a design to make Pleasure-Railway attractions safer. His design consisted of wheels underneath the rails, keeping the train on the track rather than relying on gravity, which allowed more aggressive inclines and a more thrilling ride. Most roller coasters have some form of up-stop system that runs underneath the rails.

  6. History of the roller coaster - Wikipedia

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    This was the first roller coaster to use a tubular steel track. Unlike conventional wooden rails, which are generally formed using steel strips mounted on laminated wood, tubular steel can be bent in any direction, which allows designers to incorporate loops, corkscrews, and many other maneuvers into their designs. Most modern roller coasters ...

  7. Roller coaster train - Wikipedia

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    Roller coaster wheels. Roller coaster trains have wheels that run on the sides (side friction or guide wheels) and underneath the track (upstop, underfriction, or underlocking wheels) as well as on top of it (road or running wheels); these lock the train to the tracks and prevent it from jumping the track. The side wheels can be mounted on the ...

  8. Physics of roller coasters - Wikipedia

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    The physics of roller coasters comprises the mechanics that affect the design and operation of roller coasters, a machine that uses gravity and inertia to send a train of cars along a winding track. Gravity, inertia, g-forces , and centripetal acceleration give riders constantly changing forces which create certain sensations as the coaster ...

  9. Brake run - Wikipedia

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    Block brakes are important to roller coasters that operate more than one train simultaneously, in the event that one train stalls on a portion of the track. While modern roller coasters have at least one computer-controlled brake run embedded in the track, older coasters such as The Great Scenic Railway at Luna Park Melbourne may have brakes ...