William Cobb

"This article is about the engineer. For other persons by this name, see William Cobb (disambiguation)"

William L. "Bill" Cobb (1917 – December 17, 1990), was an American designer and engineer of roller coasters, as the founder and head of William Cobb & Associates. He is particularly noted for his work on designing and relocating several major wooden roller coasters in the 1970s and 1980s. A number of these coasters were world-record holders at the time of their opening.

On the subject of roller coaster design, Cobb has been quoted as saying "You have to be a little bit mean. Sometimes you have to be a little bit sneaky. You get them going on a nice straight track and they think 'This looks smooth,' and then you dip it down a little to give them a good jolt. Or you have it so that when they go over a hill it looks like they're going to get their heads chopped off at the bottom" . [cite web
author = Adam Sandy
year = 2006
url = http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/1980_1990/index.shtml
title = Roller Coaster History, 1980's - 1990's
accessdate = 2006-06-09]

Roller coasters by Cobb

The following roller coasters were either designed or engineered (in whole or part) by William Cobb:

Quotes

quotation|"If you make it too smooth, it'll be like sitting in your living room."|William Cobb cite web
url=http://www.ultimaterollercoaster.com/coasters/history/intro/
title="Roller Coaster History - Introduction"
year=2006
accessdate=2008-06-22
last=Sandy
first=Adam]

Notes

Other References

* [http://www.rcdb.com Roller Coaster DataBase]
* [http://ultimaterollercoaster.com Ultimate Rollercoaster]
* [http://www.adventurelandpark.com Adventureland Park]
* [http://www.coasterbuzz.com/ CoasterBuzz]
* [http://www.americanmidway.com/ The American Midway]