Roller Coaster Research Paper

The Invention of the Roller Coaster Roller coasters are the most popular thrill rides in the world. With thousands of roller coasters all across the county, the height, the speed, the acceleration, the loops, the drops, and ultimately the thrills, all vary (Sandy). About 290 million people ride roller coasters a year (Bullock).The first roller coaster was a Russian ice slide. The first roller coaster was during the 17th century (Sandy). The first actual roller coaster was made of wood. The first roller coaster was made to save America from Satan. This was because a man named Lamarcus Thomas is the first man to think of the roller coaster. He had a spiritual crisis and he believed that the roller coaster was a way to entertain people, so he …show more content…
The roller coaster was sold at 50 cents a ride. Thompson makes the equivalent to of almost $15,000 a day ("A Brief History…”). The first roller coaster was loved he built 50 of them all around the world. He became the first roller coaster millionair ever. The first roller coaster grew out of fashion after 20 seasons. The first loopy roller coaster got shut down after a trial run, because there was an accident (Sandy). The 3rd fastest rollercoaster in the world goes 0 to 120 MPH in 4 seconds. The 3rd fastest rollercoaster in the world is called Top Thrill Dragster. “In 1959, the first ever steel roller coaster was created. The Matterhorn bobsled roller coaster was built for Disneyland in California.” Many conventional roller coasters do not have any sort of engines, instead, they work by converting potential energy into kinetic energy (FAWAL). In the U.S. there are 6 rollercoasters with 7 loops. “Warner snaggle both devised clothoid loop, which exerts less gravitational force on riders than the more circular loops, and the heartline roll, which places the axis of a twist not on the track’s center but rather on the location of a rider’s heart” (Summers). People who love riding roller coasters …show more content…
Magic Kingdom is the most visited amusement park in North America (Yarborough). Biggest amusement part in world is Chimelong Ocean Kingdom (Miller). There are more than 400 amusement parks and attractions in the United States ("Amusement Park and…”). Florida has 7 of the top ten amusement parks in the world. 6 Flags magic Mountain teamed up with samsung to get a rollercoaster using virtual reality (Yarborough). The Valravn rollercoaster is the newest roller coaster at cedar Point. It has a 223 foot drop. And it go as fast as 75 MPH that makes it the fastest dive drop in the world. Disney owns the top 5 amusement parks in the world (Yarborough). About 290 million people ride roller coasters a year. Normally roller coasters that are wooden dont go upside down, because of the centripetal force generated when the coaster goes around curves and the acceleration generated when the coaster goes down a hill (Bullock). On the roller coaster Steel Phantom you go up 440′ tall this is where are able to see both Philadelphia and New York City very clear. Mumbo Jumbo in Flamingo Land beat the record with the 112-degree drop (Fritscher). The roller coaster is one of many inventions but the roller