What are facts about roller coasters?

Answer 1

The Super Man Escape reached a speed of 100 mph. It can hit this speed in 7 seconds. It was built on January 4, 1996. The brand new steel roller coaster has fifteen aerodynamic cars. The roller coaster was installed at Six Flags Magic Mountain, California.The tallest roller coaster is 415 ft. high. This roller coaster is the Super Man Escape. It was first opened on the 25th anniversary of Six Flags Magic Mountain.The Super Man Escape also has the most airtime at 6.5 seconds. When it gets to the top of a 415ft. mountain it starts going backwards down the mountain

Answer 2

1) The earliest known devices resembling Roller Coasters were ice-covered wooden slides constructed in Russia in the 1400's 2) It was a large wooden slide that people rode down on ice. People could not ride the roller coaster in the summer because the large blocks of ice would melt quickly. They would have to climb a large flight of stairs to get to the top. 3) The first American roller coaster was actually a train for moving coal down a mountain, called the Mauch Chunk Switchback Railroad. After the train no longer needed to transport coal, passengers began to ride this thrilling train from the 1850s through 1929. 4) There was a huge decline in roller coasters beginning during the Great Depression and lasting until the 1970s. 5) The first steel roller coaster was built in Disney World in 1959 6) the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world is Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey. 7) Roller coasters are based almost entirely on physics