I'm about 3 weeks into Spinout! This ride is one of my favorites. We have had it at the California State Fair for the past 3 years. Trying to recreate this ride has been quite the challenge because of the sophisticated nature of it and how heavy the ride came out to be. Also still trying to find a hydraulic type system for lifting the ride off of the loading platform. I still have to make some adjustments and major floor work but I'm liking where its going so far! It operates just like the real ride: Floor, main arm, and gondolas all rotate. All 3 points of rotation on the model have made up for a surprisingly smooth and fluid motion. Enjoy!
General view of Spinout progress
Side view
Lifted position
Ride testing
Ride testing
Underside
More updates to come!
5 replies to this topic
#1
Posted 01 July 2012 - 05:52 PM
#3
Posted 01 July 2012 - 07:35 PM
I've seen this before. Crazy ride. Looks good. If I were you, I would replace your motors with the ones with the long cords to the controllers so you can do it remotely.
Member of a few physics experiments; Orchestrator and/or Copyist for a few musicals.
#4
Posted 01 July 2012 - 07:54 PM
Thanks guys!! Yea its forsure an intense one. I actually am using 2 motors with long cords to rotate the floor but there is an issue with the others: Since the arm and and gondolas are both on a rotating floor there's not really a way to run long cords as they will get caught up in the ride if that makes sense.
#5
Posted 02 July 2012 - 04:24 AM
Cool ride! I would love to see a testvideo of it working.
#6
Posted 02 July 2012 - 09:18 AM
Thanks! I will probably post a test video sometime this week
Also tagged with one or more of these keywords: scm, sheikra, war
Theme Parks, Coasters, Games, & More →
Talk About Anything →
Where Has (Insert Name Here) Gone?Started by IonZer0 , 21 Dec 2013 scm, sheikra, war |
|
|
||
|
Theme Parks, Coasters, Games, & More →
Talk About Anything →
custom K'nex coaster "Zeus"Started by Guest__* , -- coaster, knex, scm, suggestions and 1 more... |
|
|
|
K'NEX Discussion & Construction Area →
K'NEX Coaster Construction →
Wendigo: COMPLETE [WINTER CONTEST 2014]Started by Cobra Roller , 08 Nov 2013 glitch, life, real, scm |
|
|
||
K'NEX Discussion & Construction Area →
K'NEX Building Help →
Building PatienceStarted by SwimZONE , 12 Jun 2013 scm, wrong |
|
|
||
K'NEX Discussion & Construction Area →
SSC Contests →
Official SSC Contest Area →
Entry Thread: Got InnovationStarted by Knexrule11 , 08 Apr 2013 coaster, knex, scm, suggestions and 1 more... |
|
|