Category: Building A Roller Coaster

No one wants their roller coaster to fly apart as you’re riding it! We need to understand our loads so that we can prevent failure. Using our general calculations, we are able to know what they...

Designing a roller coaster can be a tedious challenge. Where do you begin? So many decisions to make is daunting to anyone. We'll, how do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time. In order to...

Impossible! It broke again in the same spot. Why? Well, let's find out. Also, how are we going to prevent it from happening again? New materials? Different wheels? Lower Loadings? [aweber...

If Megan getting stuck wasn't bad enough, we now have foot long missing section of track. And no, the cart can't jump it. This video detail what happened, what the root cause is and how we are...

Roller Coasters can be dangerous. When accidents happen, they are to be taken very seriously. Root causes need to be found and addressed. There was an incident on the Black Widow where the bogie...

In the last week, I experienced 2 failures on the rollback prevention devices on the lift hill. Both cracked along the length of the 2 x 4. Why is this happening and how can we prevent it? [aweber...