This Java-based roller coaster simulation lets you design a ride to "achieve maximum thrills and chills without crashing or flying off the track (unless that's how you like your coaster to work!)" You can vary the height of the hills, the size of the loop
Joyrides is a photo gallery "celebrating the joy and beauty" of roller coasters and other amusement park rides.
This QuickTime animation, created for a high school physics class, demonstrates the gravitational potential energy (GPE) and kinetic energy (KE) of a roller coaster as it goes from the first hill to the end of the ride.
Join journalist Vince Rause, a recovering "rollerphobe," as he tackles his fear by returning to the site of his "childhood humiliation" to ride every coaster there.
Roller coasting began with the Russian ice slides found at fairs in the 1700's.
