Virtually every Hot Wheel track included a way to launch your car down the track to get the fun started. While a launch start isn't revolutionary for roller coasters, the concept seems tailor-made ...

The roller coaster has its origins in St. Petersburg ... wheels," which rolled along the inner edges of the track. The under-friction wheel, by contrast, kept the train bolted down beneath ...

Excited by the challenge of building a Backyard Roller ... The track is made from parallel PVC pipes on a lumber frame, similar to the one we saw for the Manpowered PVC rollercoaster, but it ...

[Jon Mendenhall] fixed this deficiency by designing a model roller coaster that accurately simulates a full-sized ride. The track and cart are all made of 3D printed pieces, which altogether took ...

zero-gravity barrel rolls and a high-speed “triple-down” element with twisted and overbanked track. Cedar Point is documenting construction of the new roller coaster in a video series named ...

Theme parks across the U.S. are introducing a variety of new roller coasters ... On a winged coaster, the seats extend out from both sides of the track like wings. “And then you have a launch.

Kings Island's record-breaking coaster is getting an update to its track for the 2025 season.The amusement park says this offseason, crews began replacing more than 1,600 feet of track for The Beast.

Arizonans will soon have an exclusive theme park based on properties like Barbie, Hot Wheels and more ... In honor of ...