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Description |
A roller coaster that runs without a fixed track. The train travels freely through a trough. Both wooden and steel bobsled coasters have been built. |
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First |
Flying Turns - 1930 |
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Oldest in Operation |
Bobbaan - 1985 |
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Latest |
Flying Turns - 2013 |
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Bobsled roller coasters do not have a fixed track. The train travels freely through a trough. Bobsled coasters can not reach incredible speeds, because if it does, the car will fly off the trough. Thus, Bobsled coasters are relatively small.
The train configuration on a Bobsled coaster.
History[]
The first real Bobsled roller coasters were built in the 1930s and 1940s and were made out of wood. These were known as Flying Turns coasters. None of these remain, with the last being Bobsled at Coney Island, demolished in 1974.
In the late 1980s and 90s, Mack Rides and Intamin AG manufactured many Bobsled coasters.
Long after the last wooden Bobsled coaster was demolished, Knoebels Amusement Park are to open the first modern wooden Flying Turns coaster, Flying Turns. It was originally planned to open in 2007 but was delayed until 2013 due to issues with the original trains including defective wheels and the trains travelling too quickly for passenger comfort.
Video Games[]
All three RollerCoaster Tycoon, RCT2 and RCT3, along with Thrillvile have Flying Turns and Bobsled coasters available in-game.
| Roller Coaster Types | |
| Track Materials | Hybrid • Steel • Wooden |
| Train Configurations | 4th Dimension • Bobsled • Dive Coaster • Floorless • Flying • Inverted • Mine Train • Motorbike • Pipeline • Side Friction • Spinning • Stand-Up • Straddle • Suspended • Virginia Reel • Wing Coaster |
| Track Layouts | Dueling • Figure 8 • Launched • Möbius Loop • Out & Back • Racing • Shuttle • Strata Coaster • Wild Mouse |