REC Rules
While not quite a full day of park operation for some parks, the ride must operate for this number of hours.
What is 8 hours?
In a way, the final deliverable, the presenation of the ride at the competition happens on this date.
What is April 10th, 2027?
Measured by track length, this is the longest roller coaster in the state of California.
What is Incredicoaster?
The location of the Ride Engineering Competition this year.
Where is Hershey Park?
The location of the Ride Engineering Competition last year.
Where is Hershey Park?
With two vehicles required to be operating on each ride, this number of block zones is required for rider safety.
What are 3 Block Zones?
What is the Project Charter?
This coaster is famously regarded as "The Wildest Ride in the Wilderness".
What is Big Thunder Mountain?
This officer of TPEAD also serves as the 2027 REC Team Lead.
Who is Jake?
This Ride Devils team member served as Team Lead in 2026.
Who is Melody?
This easy-to-use material comes with a hefty points penalty.
What is 3D printing?
This is one of the last deliverables due, ensuring the ride is unable to be touched until competition.
What is Bag and Tag?
This roller coaster features an element called the "Top Gun stall".
What is Twisted Colossus?
This TPEAD Officer serves as a point of contact if you're interested in a competiton like REC.
Who is Emma N/Who is the Project Manager?
This Ride Devils 2026 competition entry shares a name with an aquatic species.
What is The Anemone?
These little guys serve as not only a delicious candy, but also our riders.
What are Jolly Rancher Chews?
One of the heftiest documents, this deliverable can end up over 50 pages for many teams.
What is ASTM Compliance Analysis?
This coaster was the first ever "RMC Hybrid" (wooden coaster-turned steel coaster).
What is New Texas Giant?
What are Controls Systems?
This Ride Devils member started as Mechanical Lead in 2026, and now serves a new role on the team.
Who is Jake?
This hefty category is worth a fifth of our possible points, more than any category aside from the ride itself.
What is Safety Acceptance Testing?
This deliverable wave contains the highest number of things to submit.
What is Wave 2?
Shattering the 600-foot barrier, Falcon's Flight is the first ever roller coaster to be categorized by this height-based name.
What is Exa-coaster?
This professor, known primarily for being the head of the Dynamics department, serves as our team's advisor this year.
Who is Noopy?
These two subsystems were combined after the end of the 2026 season.
What are the Software and Electrical teams?