Outlaw Run

Outlaw Run is a wooden roller coaster located at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri.

[2][3][4] It features a 162-foot (49 m) drop, three inversions, and a maximum speed of 68 mph (109 km/h), making Outlaw Run the sixth-fastest wooden coaster in the world.

Rocky Mountain Construction was selected as the manufacturer after their proposal met Silver Dollar City's concerns over available space and budget restraints.

Planning for a new 2013 attraction in the Silver Dollar City amusement park began in 2009 with the owners, Herschend Family Entertainment, approaching Rocky Mountain Construction and other manufacturers for ideas for "a ride with marketing appeal".

[23][24] This track style is designed to reduce the maintenance typically required for a wooden roller coaster and to provide a smoother ride experience.

[24][25] Rocky Mountain Construction spent four years developing technology to allow them to twist beams of wood that make up the lower layers of the track.

[9] Riders, who must be 48 inches (122 cm) or taller to ride,[9] are restrained in their individual fiberglass seats with a U-shaped lap bar.

The track then goes through a small pre-drop, similar to that on Bolliger & Mabillard steel roller coasters, before dropping 162 feet (49 m) at an angle of 81°.

Outlaw Run's final two inversions are heartline rolls, where the rotation axis occurs at approximately chest level.

[17][22] Although the creators of Outlaw Run originally planned to claim the record for the only operating wooden roller coaster to feature inversions,[22] the announcement of Hades 360[29] at Mt.

[21] Brady MacDonald of the Los Angeles Times ranked Outlaw Run in his top 13 most anticipated new theme park attractions in the United States for 2013.

[26] Brandy McDonnell of The Oklahoman described Outlaw Run as the highlight of Silver Dollar City: "it's a speedy and spine-tingling ride worth waiting a few hours to take".

[34] Tim Baldwin of Roller Coaster Magazine described Outlaw Run as "exhilarating but not intimidating" and "satisfying to the thrill seekers and fun for moms as well".

A train going through a banked turn
Lift hill
One of the inversions
Outlaw Run's brake run