Yeah, the speed loss sucks. Thanks for pointing out that bump.Its sad us VV builders have such little speed. There apears to be a straight spot just beforr the climax of the corkscrew but besides that the shaping is very well done!
Yeah, that’s what I had in mind, I don’t know why I worded the whole surface area-speed loss problem so badly. At least we have a common solution: concentrate all of the mass in the center of the car, thus having a more pronounced center of gravity.Hate to break it to you, but the main killer in wingrider carts is actually because the wings cause the center force of gravity to be off everytime it moves or twists, which causes the car to shake, thus causing more speed loss. The wind on a coaster this small wouldn't affect it much, so little you probably wouldn't even notice it, unless you had it outside on a really windy day. Trust me on that being the main reason, I built a wingrider, and I made 3 different designs of wingrider carts until I was satisfied with the speed loss that occured because of it having the central force of gravity not balanced.
Anyways, shaping looks very good, besides the point ^he already pointed out, which is where that gap in the spine is.
Thanks! Will do.I saw the test video and it looks amazing. Only thing I would do is add more support to the exit of the dive loop/ Immelman
Yeah, I worded it poorly. I understand the whole surface area/mass/center of gravity concepts. I plan on finishing with the keyhole element!I can totally confirm what Turtle Man said, on my wing rider you could actually see the trains wobble because the wings caused it to shift. And wind resistance depends on surface area, not mass
But as for the coaster itself, the shaping looks really nice. Let's hope you can squeeze out all the speed you need from this.
Thanks man.The others are right about the wing seats causing extra speed loss due to extra shaking of the coaches. I also noticed it when I was building my dive coaster. On the other hand, the seats look very nice and I can imagine that you would like to keep them.
The shaping looks fantastic so far, I hope you can still get a good layout out of the remaining speed.
Thanks! You’ll like the next element.The shaping is great! I like where this is going.
The train still loses speed because there is still weight hanging off of the cars, thus throwing the center of gravity off. I tried adding more coins, but for some reason three coins per car is the limit. The speed loss can be connected to a thousand more things, so I just have to make do with what I haveEven with all of that weight from the coins, it still looses that much speed? I don't think there's really anything you can do besides taking the wings off. I think that the weight could still be centered because of the coins and the wings actually don't do anything, it could have something to do with the weight being too close to the track, but idk why that would slow it down. Anyway if you continue, you could shake out at least another corkscrew or something else.
