A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster train. There are various types...

fin brakes throughout the ride to allow the train to be stopped in the final (primary) brake run, the secondary brake run, the mid-course brake run, the...

A disc brake is a type of brake that uses the calipers to squeeze pairs of pads against a disc or a rotor to create friction. There are two basic types...

An anti-lock braking system (ABS) is a safety anti-skid braking system used on aircraft and on land vehicles, such as cars, motorcycles, trucks, and buses...

Electromagnetic brakes or EM brakes are used to slow or stop vehicles using electromagnetic force to apply mechanical resistance (friction). They were...

or more, it becomes a helix. A brake run on a roller coaster is any section of track that utilizes some form of brakes to slow or stop a roller coaster...

bicycle brake reduces the speed of a bicycle or prevents the wheels from moving. The two main types are: rim brakes and disc brakes. Drum brakes are less...

Regenerative braking is an energy recovery mechanism that slows down a moving vehicle or object by converting its kinetic energy or potential energy into...

structure and down another hill, turning to the left into the mid-course brake run. The train then dipped down to the left into another airtime hill. Riders...

before transitioning slowly into a turnaround that leads to the mid-course brake run. during the midcourse, the train comes to a complete stop, and a short...

the track were replaced while a shade covering was added over the final brake run and various sections of track were repainted. The ride reopened on May...

The train then continues onto another camelback before a mid-course brake-run. A 270° upwards turn brings the train back under the lift hill and onto...

a series of high speed turns and a helix that guides the train onto a brake run, where a psychedelic visual of leaves with wind-blowing sounds are on...

third brake run, since the ride was refurbished in 2007, two of the robot mannequins from the old queue line were positioned on the brake run and lit...

for the storage track was erected. By October 22, the majority of the brake run was complete; two days later the final pieces for the section were put...

Texas, but it lacks a 540-degree upward helix prior to the mid-course brake run and features a slightly shorter track layout. For a brief period, Goliath...

drum brake is a brake that uses friction caused by a set of shoes or pads that press outward against a rotating bowl-shaped part called a brake drum....

Outlaw Run's final two inversions are heartline rolls, where the rotation axis occurs at approximately chest level. The train then enters the brake run and...

a left hand turn into the mid-course brake run which slows the train down. After the train exits the brake run, it goes over the fifth camelback and...

final brake run before returning to the station. In July 1994, during the ride's inaugural season, 26 people were injured when the computerized braking system...

cobra roll. The track then rises up into the midcourse brake run. Off the midcourse brake run, the track makes a near-miss with Shambhala's first drop...

on the ride, before ascending up into the mid-course brake run. The train drops from the brake run and continues through a series of low-to-the-ground...

of three main sections: the boarding station, the lift tower, and the brake run. Riders are loaded into a gondola near ground level at the station and...

Wheezy the Penguin, who serenades guests at the Big Finale on the final brake run. Wheezy's singing on the ride was voiced by actor Sean Kenin.[better source needed]...

helix to the right, and onto the mid-course brake run. The train then dives off the mid-course brake run and into a corkscrew, which leads into a tunnel...

The train then enters a flat brake run and then ascends a small airtime hill before entering the final set of brakes. Red Force has two trains with...

brake run. Off the midcourse brakes, the track drops into a Corkscrew, and finish off with a figure-eight turn. The train then enters the final brake...

A hydraulic brake is an arrangement of braking mechanism which uses brake fluid, typically containing glycol ethers or diethylene glycol, to transfer...

enters a 165-foot (50 m) Immelmann loop before rising into the mid-course brake run. The train then drops 131 feet (40 m) and enters a dive loop, followed...

mid course brake run. After the mid course brake run, the bobsled turned left followed by several banked turns and curves and two more brake runs. One...