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[Old_Hag]

I've been in a bit of an NL rampage lately because I just figured out Newton2 (as you probably already know). Anyway, I just finished my first coaster using newton that wasn't a "test". What do you think?






This thread probably wont be updated often, but every once in a while I'll post a ride.

[Coasteradict]

Pretty decent attempt for your first proper newton coaster but I would recommend for your next ride that uses such a long train would be to try not to exceed 3.5g's and -0.5g's as Newton treats the train as a point object, but No Limits treats the train (correctly) as an extended object, so whilst you may have all the forces correct in Newton when you use a longer train it will skew the forces so that the front and back trains will sometimes get some nasty spikes in the forces (as was present) and nobody wants to be experiencing +5g's for such a long period of time like on the first turn and then continue to get spikes of it later in the ride.

On the coaster itself. It was fairly good with some decent support work and you almost always get good track work from newton. However I felt the layout was lacking quit a bit IMO, as it was just 50-80* banked turn--couple of straight air hills--banked turn--air hills. You need to mix it up, try some low to the ground quick transitions, some helix's or an overbanked turn (if you're doing a layout like i305 have low to the ground overbanks with the banking starting at about 5* or in a layout like this try the taller versions).

Good attempt though 7/10

[CW5X]

I have to agree with what's been said above. This ride looked very intense. Probably a bit too intense for a normal rider just because of the few long instances of 5 Gs. The trackwork seems pretty smooth as you would expect from Newton 2 but yes mix it up a bit. The supports however do look epic especially on the first drop and I quite like the lake landscape as well. It could be improved but since you just figured out Newton 2 (something which I found very hard to manage and in some instances, still haven't managed), a very good effort I think has been produced.

[Old_Hag]

I made a new coaster, as you may have seen in the longest thread...This started out just as a test to see if I could make a drop like the one you will see in the video:

[Witting]

Looks very good i could see someone build a knex coaster like this in a few months.

[RideOnKI]

Try out the new tool FVD++! http://lucasbosch.de...ools/?dir=FVD++
(Its the FVD0_51.zip file)
Its like Newton 2 only better! But slightly harder!

Your coasters are looking good Hag!

Also, just because it is smooth doesn't mean its good.

Your track should be shaped appropriately to the manufacturer of the ride your creating.

And the support work should be accurate to the manufacturer as well.

Edited by RideOnKI, 03 June 2013 - 07:26 PM.