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[MTw]

Hello everyone.
This is going to be my first rollercoaster on this forum so I hope you enjoy!

This Rollercoaster will be inspired by Dwervelwind in Toverland. (Currently trying to make MACK spinning rollercoaster carts.)
This will be my track layout (I think):



I'm going to use 2 ss rollercoasters.

Here is the station:





Sorry for the bad quality. Next time I will use my fathers Camera.

I hope you like this little start.
Don't be afraid to leave ideas or a remark. :-D

Edited by Maxlaam, 16 May 2013 - 03:09 PM.

[Witting]

i'm liking the small lay-out but what are those big points on the lay-out picture.

[MTw]

This is how it works:

RED - Highest place on the hill

PINK - 2-3 of the full height of that hill.

PURPLE - 1-3 of the full height.

BLUE - Ground level.

Red, Pink and Purple doesn't really mean a specific height (Because the lift hill will be higher than the first banked turn)

So it is a easy way to declare the height on the layout map ;-)

[Rollerfreak987]

I really like that station. Just add a floor of some sort even if its cardboard. And, will this be tube or box supported?

[MTw]

I think I'm going to try Tube. Once before I tried box but it didn't really turned out very great. And tube looks realistic. :-D

Currently I'm trying to think about a way of tube supports.

[MTw]

Sorry, Double post.

UPDATE:

I don't think I have much time today to finish it but here is what if done in those few seconds.

The first part of the lift hill:



Support close up:


The MACK spinning coaster cart. W.I.P.





Now I have a small problem. It is possible to put the chassis of a normal ss train beneath this. But the top wheels are stuck using the orange part, But with a custom cart you don't have that orange part on top of it so the top wheels are loose.
Does someone knows a way to make them stuck again but give it enough space to turn. and I really would like to be removable so when I want to use the normal carts I can change them back....

[Witting]

cut i have a underneath view so i could try some knex connections out to put it on a ss cart.

[MTw]

This is the part where you can put the wheels and other stuff from a normal cart.

The light grey 5 connector will be the part where the normal wheel chassis fits. (But you already can see, if you put there the normal wheel chassis the wheels can fall out.)

[crazyracer]

cool great start and glad to see someone new to this site

[MTw]

cut i have a underneath view so i could try some knex connections out to put it on a ss cart.

I wasn't really clear I think but for this cart you have to screw the wheel chassis off. So the normal orange screamin serpent is the only thing that I wouldn't use for this. Also I'm going to use bolts so it will be stable.

But try to screw off the wheel chassis apart from the orange thing where the knex people can go in. Than the first thing that will happen is: The wheels will fall off.

Hope it's a little bit more clear now.

(Sorry my english is not very amazing :-P)

[Rollerfreak987]

(Sorry my english is not very amazing :-P)

Still better than crazyracer's.

I think that you should raise the bottom gear and change the tubes around so that there's a way for the chain to bring the chain up.

[MTw]

I already saw that problem but I didn't had the patience to fix it.


Also I started with two diagonal tube supports, Now it looks like a Intamin Mega coaster :-S But I don't know how to make it steady in another way...

[Witting]

for the carts i would screw of the orane part and then make a wodden or metal pice to connect the wheel together and then make a hole in that piece for the spinning seats

[MTw]

That's also an idea... But I don't think it will prevent the wheels from falling off...

Witting: Do you speak Vlaams/Dutch?

[Witting]

MTw i'm flemish (vlaams) but i don't have any experience with taking carts apart you should ask an older member who has done it before ( maxlaam has i think)

[Maxlaam]

I used solely front wheel hubs for Super Mouse, the running wheels are enclosed on those hubs, unlike the back hubs, where the running wheels are held in place by the coach itself.

[MTw]

That's also a idea...

[Witting]

but you would need a lot of SS's to get al these front hubs.

[Maxlaam]

but you would need a lot of SS's to get al these front hubs.

I also used RR and SR wheel sets.