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[Rare Rides]

The Depths is a model coaster unlike any other ever built. This coaster uses buildings from it's surrounding as supports. Starting of on a bridge over the main gate, the coaster lift to the top of a 90 degree chain lift. First time on an inverted coaster. As the train crest the top it goes into an inverted drop about an estimate 200' in real life (Also in real life it would be 235' tall at its maximum and 75 MPH). Then it goes into a corkscrew in the middle of another coasters massive loop. The other coasters has 11 fly throughs that the Depths almost hits too. Next to a tower into the brakes and transfer track. 90 dgrees left and it pass on of my night time shows and heads back into the bridge.
http://www.youtube.c...h?v=qzk9o0UxJQ8
Challenges:
The Bridge was hard to do because the ride is K'nex and the bridge is Fisher Price. I usally glue stuff like this down, but it was in a bad position to glue. Also the track was bankd coming in and wouldn't clear it.
The walls of the room were right next to the bridge and keep hitting it.
The vertical lift was the most challenging. It probably took me a total of 2-3 hour to finish the chain lift. This was hard to do because the chain would get caught in the track. Ended up using 3 chain cogs. Also the lift had to have slack or it would get stuck and a peice of the tower.

Edited by Rare Rides, 04 June 2013 - 04:47 PM.

[CW5X]

It's a bit shaky but inventive and I like the bridge fly through which is pretty cool. Supporting and shaping you'll need to work on in the future but either way this thing would be insane in real life.

[Rare Rides]

The supports were like that because of the other rides next to it, I had problems with the chain lift so I had to make changes, and I had limited parts.

[Maxlaam]

Definately unique, you should look at the Models Databse sometime

[knex-man]

You really redefined the standards with this coaster, I'm sure people will remember this coaster for a long time. Keep it up!

Edited by knex-man, 05 June 2013 - 05:44 AM.

[Rare Rides]

I'm having a problem posting to Model Database. It says to come back in 400000000000 secs. What is that about?

I tryed it again and this what it said "This forum requires that you wait 10 seconds between posts. Please try again in 2521897 seconds."

Never mind, it was because I use the opening date for a ride instead finished date.

Edited by Maxlaam, 06 June 2013 - 04:06 AM.