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LIMs on Wooden Coasters


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With the new technology in coaster trains and track, is there any reason LIMs couldn't be used on a wooden coaster? Not only could the propel the train up the lift hill but they could provide a boost along the circuit.

I would appreciate your comments on this (and I'll accept royalties if my idea is used!)

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From my extremely limited perspective, I don't really see why it couldn't work. In terms of forces, it'd just be the same as braking, but with the force exerted on the track going in the opposite direction. With LSM technology similar to the fins on rides like Sky Rocket and Maverick, it seems like they'd just need to design some sort of magnetic component for the trains to respond to the LSMs. I'm sure there must be more to it than that.

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