Question

What makes a successful roller coaster

Answer 1

This is a great question and I would love to hear what a roller coaster designer / engineer thinks makes a successful roller coaster. Until they show up, though, you've just got me.For me a successful roller coaster is one that fills me with dread as it makes the slow climb up the track, and then converts that dread into pure adrenaline as it takes me down and around. It's the one that makes your stomach drop as you're in freefall and makes your heart skip a beat as you take a corkscrew loop. Some roller coasters are open at the bottom so your legs dangle off. Some go backwards through a corkscrew. Those are fun additions.What I'm saying is that a good roller coaster is one that floods you with emotions as you're riding it - think about the Mummy ride at Universal Studios. It's not a particularly crazy coaster as far as thrill rides go, but the design of the ride itself is meant to fill you with anxious dread as you wait for something to happen and then launches you at breakneck speed when you least expect it. That's a good roller coaster, and I'm not even sure you'd actually call it a roller coaster.Well that's me ^.^ I hope this helps

Answer 2

What makes a successful roller coaster is the rail that hold it so when it might make a loopy loop, it will not fall over and squish all the people to the ground.


But before someone makes a roller coaster they always have to use a test dummy (a robot) so you can test the roller coaster out.


Here is what I found:


"A roller coaster is an amusement ride developed for amusement parks and modern theme parks. LaMarcus Adan Thompson obtained a patent regarding roller coasters on January 20, 1885, which were made out of wood, but this patent is considerably later than the "Russian mountains" described below. In essence a specialized railroad system, a roller coaster consists of a track that rises in designed patterns, sometimes with one or more inversions that briefly turn the rider upside down. The track does not necessarily have to be a complete circuit, as shuttle roller coasters demonstrate. Most roller coasters have multiple cars in which passengers sit and are restrained. Two or more cars hooked together are called a train. Some roller coasters, notably wild mouse roller coasters, run with single cars."


Hope this helped! :D :)

I included a picture so you can see the railing in how it is to not let the people fall when they are riding. :)