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[Gupardox]

Hej all,

I've been away for a while and it's holiday now so I decide to get the knex and built a new coaster. I've 4 ss sets and would realy like it to build with tubes. Is 4 ss enough to build with tubes? I hope so!

It will not be so big though, i've about 1.5 meters at 2 meters space.

Lay-out

[alpal]

Looks good!

[Dragon]

wow awesome layout. want to see knex pics
good luck on this man:tmbs

[BGEurope Kid]

You should be fine on tubes. Since you plan on building small, pieces shouldnt be too big of an issue. One question, is the half barrel roll into a half loop kind of like a dive loop?

[Kevkillerke]

^
I guess more like a snake dive

[Jonny]

I was just looking at your old hyper thread that you made and was like "Man, I want him to build another coaster." I am excited to see how this coaster comes out!

[Gupardox]

Looks good!

Thanks!

wow awesome layout. want to see knex pics
good luck on this man:tmbs

Thank you, pics files tomorrow

You should be fine on tubes. Since you plan on building small, pieces shouldnt be too big of an issue. One question, is the half barrel roll into a half loop kind of like a dive loop?

Ok nice! Uhm i dont know how its called, but i think ita a shake dive like kevkillerke says.

^
I guess more like a snake dive

I was just looking at your old hyper thread that you made and was like "Man, I want him to build another coaster." I am excited to see how this coaster comes out!

Wow, Thanks a lot man it was a long time ago i touched knex... Work, school and my girlfriend take a lot of time... But ita holiday now here



I made the lift hill this evening, tomorrow i will post a few pics and make another part..
Its pretty hard to type this al on my phone at 1.20 midnight here in Holland, but i was excided to see if somebody had replied Thank you all!

[Gupardox]

Here are the first pics. Lift hill is done It's by the way the first time I build with tubes, so if I do something wrong, tell me! Tips are also welcome.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

That's a nice lift! I might recommend adding diagonals on the lift backbone, but because your tubes are so close together, it's not completely necessary. Looking good!

[Gupardox]

The update for today. I changed the layout a bit, I think it's better on this way.
Please be harsh, I want to have a good coaster

The end of the turn isn't good shaped, I will change that tomorrow.

Pics:








After this there will be a turn drop, then it will be the same as on my first layout.

-Gup-

[Jonny]

The drop looks too steep. And the bottom of the turn up needs to be banked a little more. I like your cars too. : )

[Maxwell58]

^ I agree. But the first pullout also needs to be widend and smoothed out.

[alpal]

There also needs to be more banking on the turn.

[Gupardox]

Sorry for no updates these two days, but I had a lot to do and had to work this whole day.

The drop looks too steep. And the bottom of the turn up needs to be banked a little more. I like your cars too. : )

Yeah, I already made that much better I think. I will change the banking this evening. Thank you

^ I agree. But the first pullout also needs to be widend and smoothed out.

I think I fixed that.

There also needs to be more banking on the turn.

Ok, I will do that!


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Thanks for the support


Tomorrow I get my fifth SS set So I don't have to worry about having not enough pieces I think.

Maybe I got time later this evening to post some pics.

-Gup-

[Gupardox]

Here is my second update

I changed a bit in the turn, and the first drop isnt really steep any more. I hope that this is better.

I also madr the second drop with turn.

Tomorrow I dont have much time to build, i do get another ss also tomorrow saturday its my birthday, but i have a lot of time so maybe can get very far then.

Here are the pics, please comment

[Jonny]

It Looks Good. The banking Looks right to me.

[matthijskm]

The drop looks better now. I see a flat point (6th picture) on the end of the overbanked, but i'm not sure if that part is done already.

[Gupardox]

The drop looks better now. I see a flat point (6th picture) on the end of the overbanked, but i'm not sure if that part is done already.

Thanks

Yeah I know, I will re-shape next week (I need to get it out of the room for my birthdayvisitors )

[Maxwell58]

Can we have an overview? Hard to judge with only little bits and pieces of your ride.

[Gupardox]

Hello all,

after a long time no updates I have news

I had to broke my coaster up because I had to celebrate my birthday sunday, and yesterday I had to work the whole day and after that I had a BBQ.

Now am I going to continue in a other room, where I do have more space to build(and I have another SS so it can be a bit bigger).

I only hold the lift hill, the rest will be gone. And I'm not going to build with a layout now, I always change my ideas, so I think this is a better way to build for me. There will be a few inversions in it

Over a few hours you will get the first pics