211 replies to this topic

[SuperTKDKid]

Hoy Crap Stig! You should spend your life savings on building your own coaster with a layout kinda like this. I'd come visit you then...haha jk.

[RCExtreme]

Wow, I never knew that VV could be so sexy. But can you get a top view of the turn? It looks like there's a sharp spot at each support. And you'll probably lose about 3 orange rods of height from that turn. But the coaster looks awesome.

[maarten12]

The transition from the stengel dive into the turn is somewhat bumpy. The rest is just pure awesomeness

[Blackkitty]

I have never really built with VV, so I wouldn't know, but can the turn be banked less than 90*?

[Dragon]

I have never really built with VV, so I wouldn't know, but can the turn be banked less than 90*?

no,but on looping lightin coaster have a special curved track.

[The Stig]

no,but on looping lightin coaster have a special curved track.

And the radius of those curves are very small.

[SwimZONE]

...the...
Oh mah gawd. Where does that sexy thing live?

[Helmut]

That stengel dive and the turn after look like a part of Goliath in Walibi Holland.
Oh gosh, you must really have a lot of micro knex!

[tornado96]

EPIC!!!!! That's an amazing turn! Really looking forward the the NL

[-=TK=-]

You can also change that turn into an overbanked turn if you don't want the 90* part
But it looks really good, but fix, as Maarten said, those bumps in the transition.

-=Tk=-

[Maxlaam]

Seems a little over supported. But sure does look sexy!

[RCT2123]

You're one of the few that makes VV look good...

[scott]

What about vvballer?^
Any who you need to be banned for over awesomeness!
Also i see a bump in the middleish.

Is this going to be the largest vv yet...?

[TheSUCKCrew]

What about vvballer?^

Read please:

You're one of the few that makes VV look good...

[The Stig]

Let's end the week on a positive note.

[quote name='Jumpge']Wow, sheer amazingness to see this being build is mind blowing, and that turn and Stengel dive look beautiful together. Only thing I see is a straight spot (regarding to the 4th picture) in the pullout. I am glad to see that this is still being constructed over the last long wait. I can't wait to see more...[/QUOTE]

Thanks. Despite any rumors that may have been spread, Scrap Attack is definitely not cancelled.
I think everything will turn out just fine.

[quote name='SuperTkdkid']Hoy Crap Stig! You should spend your life savings on building your own coaster with a layout kinda like this. I'd come visit you then...haha jk.[/QUOTE]

Thanks. It's almost like this coaster has all of my favorite elements in one cool layout.

[quote name='RCExtreme']Wow, I never knew that VV could be so sexy. But can you get a top view of the turn? It looks like there's a sharp spot at each support. And you'll probably lose about 3 orange rods of height from that turn. But the coaster looks awesome.[/QUOTE]

You're absolutely right and I'll explain how this problem was fixed.
Now's the time for improvement.

[quote name='maarten12']The transition from the stengel dive into the turn is somewhat bumpy. The rest is just pure awesomeness [/QUOTE]

Thanks.
I've gone back and adressed the problem.

[quote name='Blackkitty']I have never really built with VV, so I wouldn't know, but can the turn be banked less than 90*?[/QUOTE]

Nope.

[quote name='SwimZONE']...the...
Oh mah gawd. Where does that sexy thing live?[/QUOTE]

Deep South

[quote name='Helmut']That stengel dive and the turn after look like a part of Goliath in Walibi Holland.
Oh gosh, you must really have a lot of micro knex![/QUOTE]

Thanks. I wanted to shape the Stengel dive and turn just like Goliath's.
I wish I had an accurate part count myself.

[quote name='tornado96']EPIC!!!!! That's an amazing turn! Really looking forward the the NL [/QUOTE]

Thanks.
I think it'll be awesome.

[quote name='-=TK=-']You can also change that turn into an overbanked turn if you don't want the 90* part [/QUOTE]

I don't mind the 90°.

[quote name='Maxlaam']Seems a little over supported. But sure does look sexy![/QUOTE]

Maybe... I really want to preserve speed.
EDIT: ... I see it now, I'll work on that. Thanks.

[quote name='RCT2123']You're one of the few that makes VV look good...[/QUOTE]

Thanks

[quote name='scott']What about vvballer?^
Any who you need to be banned for over awesomeness!
Also i see a bump in the middleish.

Is this going to be the largest vv yet...?[/QUOTE]

^ tornado96, RCExtreme, RNB, & kevkillerke too.

Yes. Let's not forget the VV God himself, Mr. Bballer.

You're saying I should ban myself?

Tallest = no; Largest = I believe so.

So today I wanted to get away for a while. I just wanted to go off to a place where I could enjoy some alone time while I get my thoughts together and really think about the things that have been going on lately. Not surprisingly, I ended up at the Scrap Attack construction site.

Here is the requested bird's eye view of the new turn:



Compared to last week's pictures, there were sharp and straight spots all around the diameter of the turn. As it turns out, the rods in the spine were wanting to straighten out, which were causing straight spots at each 'rod-break'. So the team engineered this little device:


Thanks -=TK=-

By using this at the end of each rod, it was possible to keep all of the spine at just the right curve. And the straight spots disappeared.


Voyage is on TV.



They also had the train hooked up to a wench and was moving it around the turn. They called it a 'clearance test'. This was to make sure the train doesn't hit any of the fittings holding the rods in place.



Please comment :rfro

[Jumpge]

Wow, that looks super incredible now and I am glad to see you got back out to the site. That one track connection to help out with the straight spots also play a major role in this coaster, and is a major innovation for VV spine shaping.

[alpal]

Excellent. I am impressed.

[ickus305]

Simple yet very effective. Looks great so far!!!

[Kevkillerke]

very clever!
looks really nice!

[RNB]

There's a straight spot at the end of the turn. Move on, It's EPIC!