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1 reviews – “Good”

Silver Dollar City

Roller Coaster

Returning to the station.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

An overbanked turn hiding behind the trees. Much of the ride is difficult to see from the main park.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

More hills and banked turns follow.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

The train launches over an airtime hill.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

...When the the train is ready to launch air is pumped into one end of the pressure tube and removed from the other. This makes the piston in the tube move at high speed, pulling the cable, and hencd the train along with it.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

The launch system is an adaptation of the system used on space shot rides. A pressure tube the length of the launch with a plug piston in is attached to a loop of cable with a hook the train attaches to...

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

A bit of blown up track is flung into the queue.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

This backwards bit of track leads up to a reverse vertical section with brakes. If a launch fails, the train rolling back uses this bit of extra track to slow down.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

The train shifting into launch position. The track also continues backwards behind the launch.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

The launch building.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

From the station the train is slid sideways uphill on a transfer track into the launch building.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

The spacious trains seat 16.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

Nitro goes boom, which basically sums up the premise of the rapid launch on this ride.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

And another entrance if one wasn't enough.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

Powder Keg is a family coaster with an air powered launch.

by Gazza, 8 years ago

Powder Keg: A Blast in the Wilderness Silver Dollar City

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