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Wooden Roller Coasters

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What was really the purpose of having a roller coaster? Well, the purpose of it is to have fun, because everyone likes to go fast right? Well, roller coasters can from to zero to 128 miles per hour that (206 km/h) in 3.5 seconds, pulling about 1.67 g force. Mostly roller coasters made out of metal. Wooden roller coasters can go up to 66 mph max.

After roller coasters started back around 1885 most of them were made out of wood. One of the first roller coasters was built by Lamarcus Adana Thompson in 1885. His roller coaster was called “Russian Mountains”. It was built over St. Petersburg in Russia. Others believe that the first modern roller coaster was built by the French and was made out of steel. Back then, the roller coasters was 50 cents …show more content…

For some wooden roller coasters, the support structure was made out of steel or lattice or truss, but the ride remains as a wooden roller coaster. Wooden roller coasters are also identified as the most dangerous roller coasters out there because the wood could not be strong enough to hold up the weight of the coaster, and it breaks. Most of the time the wood breaks from the rain getting the wood wet and making it weak over time.

The first metal coasters came around, it was 1959 and the first steel roller coaster was built in Six Flags in Texas in 1966. Steel coasters are safer but still dangerous because they go at higher speeds. They are more fun than wooden ones because they are smooth but still throw you around. However it does not hurt you as much as a wooden does. Some wooden roller coasters don't have seatbelts; they just have a bar that goes over your lap. The person who invented roller coasters was this guy who named was Lamarcus Adna Thompson he built his first coaster on January 20, 1885 in St. Petersburg.It was made out of wood, supported by steel beams with a coaster with four wheels, and a metal bar in the cart to keep the passengers in the cart. The slides were built to height of between 21 and 24m (70 and 80 feet), consisted of a 50-degree drop. These were reinforced by wooden

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