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[Unendingride]

So I've been on this site for quite a while now (roughly five years), but I am not the most active member. I would usually just glance around, looking at coasters progressing and not really commenting on them. I've only posted maybe 4 coasters on here, and only finished one of them, and that was back in 2011. Then I moved two years ago and started building a little launch coaster, but that was quickly scrapped. I moved again to a much smaller house, I started band and high school which took every bit of attention, leaving me with no time to build at all. So that's about two years of no building. Now it's a month into summer vacation, I'm bored out of my mind, and I have about a month left before I have to go to band camp which will take up every minute of free time I have. So, I thought "I haven't built in a while, so I'm gonna build something." So now I'm here, posting what is probably my largest project: Guardian

My plan is to use my sister's half of the driveway to build it in, and it will feature the usual B&M elements like floater hills and maybe a fun turnaround. It'll be based on the older hypers, Apollo's Chariot being my main inspiration. Enough talk, here's some pictures:












So a weighted six car train makes it over the hill with just enough speed, but I'm worried that the weight will be too much for the lift hill. Any suggestions for this problem? I'll have better pictures on Sunday when I assemble it in the driveway, and the bottom of the first hill should be finished.

[CW5X]

Wow. This is pretty big but it also looks smooth and well done. I hope it all works out nicely. For the lift hill, do you intend on putting lots of motors together or using a drill (if you have one)?

v I second that.

Edited by CW5X, 04 July 2015 - 01:51 PM.

[Helmut]

It is quit hard to do the shaping right with a ride this size, but it looks like you did a good job on it, I can barely spot any flaws. Could you post a picture with a direct side-view of the drop and camelback so we can have a better look at the general shaping?

[Unendingride]

Wow. This is pretty big but it also looks smooth and well done. I hope it all works out nicely. For the lift hill, do you intend on putting lots of motors together or using a drill (if you have one)?

v I second that.

I was thinking of using the drill, but buying some more 12v motors isn't out of the question. I was also thinking of buying a terrain trekker motor, but I don't really know how strong those are. The most likely option right now is the drill.

It is quit hard to do the shaping right with a ride this size, but it looks like you did a good job on it, I can barely spot any flaws. Could you post a picture with a direct side-view of the drop and camelback so we can have a better look at the general shaping?

I was hoping to get some better pictures outside today, but the weather is keeping me from doing so. I'll try to get some pictures tonight though if I can use the living room again.


Like I said above, the weather has been pretty bad for the past few days, as it has rained every day since Monday. I'll try to get it in the living room again, but if I can't, I'll try and get some some better shots tonight of the individual elements.

[Unendingride]

Double post, sorry.

I managed to get the coaster into the driveway between storms and get some close-ups and a large side view of the entire coaster so far. I also noticed today that the driveway is on a slight slope, so hopefully this wont bring too many problems coming back to the station. Anyway, here's the pictures.














And here's a short test video:



I plan on finishing the camelback tonight, and maybe start the bottom of the turnaround. Any suggestions for the type of turnaround I should do?

(P.S. sorry for the smudge in the pictures, I only noticed it after I took inside :/ )

[CW5X]

I makes it over that hill with pretty good speed I have to say. I think the valley may be a little sort-of bowl shaped but actually it doesn't look too bad as you've made it very smooth like the rest of the ride. The transition between the flexis and the greys is also done nicely. Come to think of it. Since the speed is so good, I'd suggest setting the coaster up the other way round so you have more speed on the way back. I generally do that in my garden as it's also on a slope. It compromises the early height a little but you lose more speed due to friction at that point anyway.

[Spaghetti]

This is pretty good. I would advise you move the coaster to your backyard. (If you have one) Also, If I were you, I would use the rest of your speed on a overbooked turnaround and some more airtime hills. Btw, are you basing this off any coaster?

[Jumpge]

The speed and the elements look great my friend. Good work!

[FrIeDeGgS]

This looks really nice! I love the look of these gigantic box hyper coasters! It would be cool to make a turnaround like on Shambhala.

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