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[Mister Piglette]

I'm loving seeing all these coasters go up so quickly. This is looking great, love the layout. It took you a while to get going on this build but now you have it looks fantastic. A little bit of shaking on the last turn around but pretty solid other than that, can't wait to see the finished coaster.

  

Thank you! There is a little bit of shaking, but I completely forgot to add diagonals and connect them with horizontal supports since I was busy continuing the layout. I can't wait either, but it'll have to be another two weeks! Not so quick anymore, huh.

I think that little bit of shaking could be killing quite a bit of speed on that Fury turnaround (at least that's what it looks like) but it's paced nicely regardless and pieces certainly aren't infinite. Very impressive work on the layout and everything else though. Is that tubing switching between the colours a design feature or just how it came out? It seems to be done with some kind of thought behind it. It's subtle but quite nice.

So with the shaking of the Fury element, I forgot to support it more as I said above. The top of my second element is 7 granites, and then through the banked air hill to the Fury element is a loss of about 2 1/4 granites. After I support it more, I could probably raise it just a tad more, but I thought speed loss is really well, especially for not being too weighted (only two batteries).

The tubing is just a mishap and I'm fixing it later. It will probably be all red, or red with a purple middle.

[CW5X]

Pretty good actually for 2 batteries since high speed turns always kill the speed. At least it safely makes it now so whatever you do, you have a bit of a margin to work in.

[BGTKing]

Wow, this ride is going up very quick! Like the name a lot too.

[IOAgeek]

I like the layout a lot I think you should add some diagonals to the fury turn to save some speed and reduce shaking on that element, cause I feel like you are losing some speed from it plus you're using flexi rods for the track too.

[dylpickled]

Gosh, this is amazing! I'm praying my giga will turn out this great ! I have no complaints. Can't wait for that final video!

[Mister Piglette]

Pretty good actually for 2 batteries since high speed turns always kill the speed. At least it safely makes it now so whatever you do, you have a bit of a margin to work in.

  

Yeah, I'm surprised they didn't kill even more speed since they take away so much speed.

I think there's a balance between getting maximum speed and the amount of shaking, too. I could have built all my elements taller if I added more weight to my cars, but then it would shake too much. I am satisfied with the balance I have even if I don't get to utilize all the speed.

Wow, this ride is going up very quick! Like the name a lot too.

  

Thank you, but it has been about a month since my last update
I think its the only snake-name that hasn't been used yet!!

I like the layout a lot I think you should add some diagonals to the fury turn to save some speed and reduce shaking on that element, cause I feel like you are losing some speed from it plus you're using flexi rods for the track too.

  

I added some, but I still have to add one more on the tallest tube for the turn, and the same goes with a tube on the first element. The flexis do account for some of it, but it isn't too much. I'll make a coaster some day with mostly grays. I am just low on them because they all went to the tubes. Thanks!

Gosh, this is amazing! I'm praying my giga will turn out this great ! I have no complaints. Can't wait for that final video!

Thank you so much!! You'll do fine! I can't either, I may even use a song that I've written for my final video!! It will probably be like Maybr's and be not all hype if you remember it Thanks!

I fixed, and changed the Fury turn to make it look more like one. I only glanced at a picture to make it and didn't see the detail. I think you guys will see what I mean. I also made it taller because the train kept going right through the element.

I'm onto my last update for this ride because the last element has been constructed! I made a helixy version of pretty much the first element; definitely feeling the nostalgia.

After this element, the train will enter into a brake run and go into a station and a 180° turn before the lift. I have decided to not do any automation because I don't want to take the fun out of my building and take more time than I need to. I will be disappointed by that, but it will be worth it, in my opinion.

I don't have any news to share so I will go onto the few pictures and then the test video:

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*Sorry if the video seems dark. I took the video in the middle of the day, but it was so cloudy.

Thank you guys for viewing, and a comment is always nice (:

[IOAgeek]

I like the test videos and final helix! Maybe lube your trains or weigh them if you haven't they seem kind of loud in the video tbh. Why does it say the date as 7/10 for the update title if it is only the 8th by the way?

Edited by IOAgeek, 08 July 2016 - 04:07 PM.

[rgarner42]

Looking really good, I do like that layout. Now get working on the final video

[IonZer0]

Looking Great!  Definitely do one last lubing before filming the final video.

[KirbyCoast]

That shaping is amazing! I also really like the layout, I'm excited for the final video.

[CW5X]

This coaster gets better everytime I see it. It flows so well between all the elements and the general pacing is perfect.

[Muzz135]

I just love the way you built! You put an awesome twist on every element, literally
Keep it coming with the brilliant building

Edited by Muzz135, 11 July 2016 - 02:27 PM.

[Mister Piglette]

Hello All! You probably thought I was dead or forgot to even finish a video for Krait, but I had one all along. All I had to do was find music for it, which I was really specific for because it was a piece I wrote myself. It was important to me because I wanted to follow in the steps of Maybr's with a sad kind of song. I'm always the one to change things up a bit huh.

Anyways, I will leave up the video for you guys and you can comment on the video quality, ride in itself, or if you like music, the song. I don't expect much out of it because I know I could do better with the ride and the video, so if you guys want to make me feel better, then try that haha.

I don't really know how to submit it into the archives, but I plan on it, along with Maybr. I'll figure it out. I knwoy out guys are waiting long enough so here it is:



And as always, thank you for your support and patience. I can't wait to start another build once I find motivation to tear down. It will probably be a tubed hyper because I will want a simple layout, but something really long that I can use for my mentorship starting in September.

Thanks guys!

[rgarner42]

Fantastic coaster! But put some overview shots in future videos. 

[~stεεlspectrum~]

It's finally here! I like how unique this layout is, it's definitely not your traditional giga. All the elements have a nice shape and flow super well, just like on Maybr but on a bigger scale. For your next tube coaster I'd suggest adding more lateral supports to prevent shaking, but that's my only complaint about this one. Maybe you can hint to your girlfriend to buy you some more gray rods

[-=Zach=-]

Very nicely done Logan. You're becoming an all around fantastic builder and you know how to use your pieces very well.