A bobsled roller coaster is a

roller coaster A roller coaster, or rollercoaster, is a type of amusement ride that employs a form of elevated railroad track designed with tight turns, steep slopes, and sometimes inversions. Passengers ride along the track in open cars, and the rides are o ...

that uses a track design that is essentially a "pipe" with the top half removed and has cars that are sent down this pipe in a freewheeling mode. The name derives from the great similarity to the track design used for the winter sport of

bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team winter sport that involves making timed runs down narrow, twisting, banked, iced tracks in a gravity-powered sleigh. International bobsleigh competitions are governed by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Feder ...

. Most modern bobsled roller coasters are made of steel; however, the first bobsled coasters, known as '' Flying Turns'', were made of wood. On October 4, 2013, after seven years of construction,

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opened the world's only modern wooden Flying Turns coaster, Flying Turns. The ride was scheduled to open in 2007, but had been delayed due to dysfunctional wheels and other issues. As there were no historic plans available, the new coaster was designed entirely from scratch. Both the bobsled coaster and the Flying Turns coaster are buildable in the '' RollerCoaster Tycoon'' and ''

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'' series of

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Installations

As of 2012, 21 bobsled roller coasters have been built. The roller coasters are listed in order of opening dates. * * Denotes that exact closing date is not known. * † The Screamin' Delta Demon was transported to

Old Indiana Fun Park Old Indiana Fun Park was an amusement park located near Thorntown, Indiana off I-65 at 7230N 350W. The site is now used for a privately owned hops farm and processing facility. Early years (1983-1987) The park opened under the name "Middle Count ...

following Opryland's closure in 1998, but was never reassembled and eventually scrapped.

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