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[Westside7th]

Iron Falcon is a massive flying coaster that conquers the

sky! I have completed the coaster and just need to take the pics. Here are the

stats:

Iron Falcon

2 Screamin' Serpant Sets +

Misc. Pieces

Layout: (I use this scale: 1inch=3feet)

Station

(passengers start out lying on their backs)
183foot Lift Hill
Banked Drop to

the Right
1/2 Inline Twist (flips riders into flying position)
120foot

Non-Banked Drop to the Right
81foot Inverted Raven Turn (the same as on X

but flying version)
Full Inline Twist
Turnaround to the Left with 90degree

Banking
1/2 Inline Twist (flips riders onto their backs)
58foot Lift Hill
Banked Turn Drop to the Left

Pics will be coming!

Iron Falcon: Conquer The Sky!

[Westside7th]

Well, it seems like not many people are interested in my

new flying coaster. Oh well. I will have pics soon I hope. I am waiting for my dad to

get the pics of the digital camera because there is ho more space on it for new photos.

My dad l0ost the firewire to upload the images so I am waiting for him to find the fire

wire
Unlike the other

flying coasters featured on this site, the Iron Falcon has realistic flying cars that

resemble the trains of Vekoma's Flying Dutchman coasters (Stealth, X-Flight)

The Iron Falcon has 2 trains of two cars each. Each car has one row that seats 2

people for a total of 4 people per train.

[live4bb21]

im intrested.. it sounds cool, i hope you can get pics up

soon

[sixflagsfreak56]

Can't wait to see pics. When I first read the topic, i

thought you were making a 100 foot ride!

[Westside7th]

When I

first read the topic, i thought you were making a 100 foot

ride!

LOL! No, I

don't think I will ever have enough pieces to make a 100foot ride. The coaster

is complete but as I stated above, I am waiting for my dad to find the fire wire.

A little off topic, I bought Rippin Rocket today! It is very cool but I only

have enough batteries for one booster and I can't find an AC Adapter for the

other booster!

[GregM]

Your model sounds great!

Congratulations on getting the Rippin Rocket. I still have not been able to get it yet

although I did acquire a couple of Storm Mountain sets this passed week.

So, the booster for the RR can be powered with AC by using an adapter? That is

super news to me. Will both boosters accept an AC adapter???

[coasterfreak11]

yes, each booster will take the knex adapter plug in

thingy! but if you have batteries in it and you plug it in it is more powerful

because when i unplug the adapter the booster slows down...but still gives the car

speed! if only the boosters were quiet!

[Westside7th]

Finally! Here are the pics!

Here

is a pic of Iron Falcon's state-of-the-art K'nex flying coaster trains: Train
Here is a pic of the entire ride. It isn't very

good but I have more pics I will send in to the site. Iron Falcon

And, since I kept you guys waiting so

long for the pics I decided to throw in some cool pics of Rippin' Rocket!

My version of RR has a slightly taller top hat. I added a pair of flexi rods to the top hat

to make it look more realistic. I also added rope lights to make it look

awesome!
Daytime
Nighttime

[Screamer]

Did you use the holes in the middle of the crossbars to

string lights through the Rippin' Rocket? Bye the way that Iron Falcon looks

really good.

[sixflagsfreak56]

Wow! I love those trains! The custom layout

is cool, but I can't get enough of those trains!

[Westside7th]

I am really proud of the trains. I was going to build an

inverted coaster but I didn't want to make an inverted lift hill because I am lazy

and custom inverted cars weigh more. I decided to try a flyer because the other

flyers on this site (not to be rude) stink. None of them have flyer cars. The layout

was going to be more elaborate with a pretzel loop and such but the train lost too much

speed so teh layout isn't the best.

The lights on RR are too big to fit

through the hole in the crossbars. I just taped the lights to the flexi rods.

[Westside7th]

Well, hopefully you will get to see more pics of this

coaster soon because I finally emailed the rest of the pics successfully to the

site!

[live4bb21]

finally success... thats always good to hear.

[joshg678]

Yes it is, and it sounds pretty good.

[Westside7th]

I am still waiting for the ride to be added to the list of

coasters! Once the Iron Falcon is added to the sight, I will start taking pics of

my rocket coaster so I can send those in! Technically, the Iron Falcon will be

the first true flying coaster on the site because it has actual custom flyer cars. With

my RR set to add to my track length, I might be able to make a longer flyer

sometime! Maybe get a pretzel loop in there too!

[Westside7th]

YAY! Here they are! Pics of the Iron

Falcon!

Iron Falcon Pics!

[Westside7th]

No comments? How sad.

[sixflagsfreak56]

Pretty Good! Nice job on the model. Looks like

Stealth/X. Wioth Stealth's drop and X's Raven turn.

[Westside7th]

When I uploaded the Iron Falcon pics to the Gallery, I

forgot to upload this one. Some of you may have already seen it but here is the

link:
<a

href='http://www.bgtguide....hp?album=24

=0' target='_blank'>Iron Falcon Pic</a>