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William L. Cobb (1917 – December 17, 1990) was an American designer and engineer of roller coasters, as the founder and head of William Cobb & Associates. He is particularly noted for his work on designing and relocating several major wooden roller coasters in the 1970s and 1980s. A number of these coasters were world-record holders at the ...
Pages in category "Roller coaster designers" The following 30 pages are in this category, out of 30 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. John C. Allen;
Ronald Valentine Toomer (May 31, 1930 – September 26, 2011) [1] was an American roller coaster designer credited for designing 93 roller coasters around the world. [2] He graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno in 1961 with a degree in mechanical engineering and was a part of the design team responsible for the Apollo spacecraft heat shield.
Centrifugal Railway was the name of a number of early looping roller coasters that were built in Western Europe in the middle of the 19th century. These rides were very similar in their basic design to many modern day shuttle roller coasters (i.e., they did not make a complete circuit), but with only one lift hill and no launch.
Stengel received an honorary doctorate from Gothenburg University in 2005 for "inexhaustible creativity in linking physics and design to the experience of the body in roller coasters and other rides,". [1] In 2002, he designed the "Stengel Dive," the roller coaster element that bears his name, for Goliath at Walibi Holland, Netherlands. [2]
A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster train.The most common type is the friction brake, often called a fin brake, which involves a series of hydraulic-powered clamps that close and squeeze metal fins that are attached to the underside of a coaster train.
Church was working on side-friction roller coaster car designs and began developing an interest in inventing new rides. [1] Later coasters by Prior and Church would be built by Harry Traver, a legendary coaster builder and designer. Throughout the 1920s, Prior and Church coasters were built by Arthur Looff. (double out and back coasters)
Miller patented over 100 key roller coaster components, [1] and is widely considered the "father of the modern high-speed roller coaster." [ 2 ] During his lifetime, he participated in the design of approximately 150 coasters [ 3 ] and was a key business partner and mentor to other well-known roller coaster designers, including Harry C. Baker ...