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Rocky Mountain Construction to deliver a world's

first wooden coaster at Silver Dollar City

Update : 13/08/12 - 14h02 Published by François Mayné the 12 August 2012, New.
The amusement park Silver Dollar City, located in Branson Missouri (USA), will hit a grand slam in 2013 with the opening of Outlaw Run, the first wooden rollercoaster in the world to have multiple inversions!
Outlaw Run

This daring project was awarded to the American manufacturer Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC Group) which has developed two patented systems of steel rails for this type of rides. Outlaw Run will feature the topper track system, namely that the top of the track (wooden planks) is replaced by a steel rail providing more comfort, higher speed, less maintenance and the ability to create original layouts.

For an investment of $10 million (approx €8 million), the layout of Outlaw Run will indeed be totally original with 3 inversions including a 720-degree Double Barrel Roll and a 153-degree Outside Banked Turn. With a track length of 895 meters (2,937 feet), the ride will also hold a second world record with the steepest drop on a wooden coaster (81°) and will be the world fastest with steel wheels (110 kph - 68 mph).

Outlaw Run will be the world's most daring wooden coaster in 2013Focus on Outlaw Run's layoutOutlaw Run will be the world's first wood coaster to have multiple inversionsFocus on Outlaw Run's station and entrance area mapThe ride will be themed with stagecoachs and western inspiration

The ride - which will essentially be composed of elements favoring the effect of speed and floating with 9 airtimes - will also take advantage of the natural relief of the rugged terrain of the Ozark Mountains. The lift will thus be 30-meters high (107-foot) while the first drop will be just over 49 meters (162 foot) tall ! The attraction will be equipped with 2 trains of 24 passengers with U lap-bar restraints (class 5) and individual fiberglass seats. These will be themed as a stagecoach of the great era of the gold rush.

Headquartered in Hayden, Idaho, Rocky Mountain Construction has completed numerous projects of rides assembly and rehabilitation (including for water parks), but has become particularly well known in the industry after the retracking of the wooden coaster Texas Giant at Six Flags Over Texas in 2011, a project that has been recognized by an IAAPA Brass Ring Award.

View of the 720-degree Double Barrel RollView of the 153-degree Outside Banked TurnView of the 153-degree Outside Banked TurnOutlaw Run's layout take advantage of the relief of Ozarks mountainsView from the top of the first drop, the steepest for a wooden coaster!View of the 81-degree first drop from the groundView of the 81-degree first drop from the ground

This is not the first time a wooden coaster will offer passengers the experience of a inversion. In 2000, another North American theme park (King Islands, Ohio) indeed inaugurated Son of Beast, a ride that signed at that time seven world records. Featuring a Vertical Loop, it has since then been modified before closing definitively in 2009.

“Our Silver Dollar City fans told us they wanted a new thrill attraction, and we were determined to create a world-class experience even they couldn’t imagine,” said Brad Thomas, senior vice president, Silver Dollar City Attractions. “We pushed to take the classic wood coaster to a place it’s never been before by applying modern technology and techniques to traditional wood coaster building methods. The result is a wood coaster with never-done-before thrill elements.”

Silver Dollar City is part of a group of attractions owned by the Herschend Family Entertainment Group in Branson, a holiday destination popular with families. It offers visitors a thirty rides - including a Steel Coaster of Bolliger & Mabillard (Wildfire, 2011) and a Launch Coaster of S&S (PowderKeg, 2005) in an authentic setting inspired by a town of the late 19th century .

A promotional website dedicated to Outlaw Run has been launched where web users will find information over the attraction, goodies or construction photos.
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