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[knefax0011]

After years of no building, I feel like building again. 

The lift, first drop and inclined immelman (is that the correct term?) are already standing.

The immelman was rather frustrating to build, but the third attempt seems pretty good to me, certainly better than what I had previously.

 

 

Overview:  

 

 

 

 

Side view of the inclined immelman: 

 

Slightly elevated side view:

 

pullout:

 

 

 

Next up I'm planning an overbanked turn or inverted top hat to come back around in front of the lift into maybe a loop or some kind of roll, not sure yet.

Edited by knefax0011, 09 October 2016 - 03:47 PM.

[CW5X]

That's a pretty good height on the Immelmann from that size of lift. The exit is a bit interesting though in that it turns one way before turning back and you might just want to fiddle with that a bit to make a little smoother but the rest is all pretty good though. Good to get back into it after some time away.

[knefax0011]

That's a pretty good height on the Immelmann from that size of lift. The exit is a bit interesting though in that it turns one way before turning back and you might just want to fiddle with that a bit to make a little smoother but the rest is all pretty good though. Good to get back into it after some time away.

Thanks! Yeah I reworked the Immelmann again, should be a little smoother now.

I also added more gray rods to both the first drop and the pullout of the inclinded immelmann to make them sturdier sturdier. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I tried to go for an inverted top hat to get back around in front of the lift, but the train doesn't make it all the way.  

In the images I have fixed the train where it reaches while I hold the structure as if it were supported properly.

 

 

 

 

I don't want to make the tophat any smaller, I think it would look weird(not that it doesn't already), so I think I'll replace it with a low overbanked turn like http://prntscr.com/crt4ev this one from blue fire, just extended to be a 180° turn.  

I hope I won't loose too much speed from that, if I do I'll have to think of something else.

 

EDIT: Uploading a test video atm

EDIT2:  

Test Video: 

Edited by knefax0011, 09 October 2016 - 03:47 PM.

[IOAgeek]

Well you transitions before and after each element are kind of sharp when you switch from flexi rods to gray rods which kills you speed before each element. Add some middle tubing to the inverted top hat to smooth that out and put some flexi rods in the middle part of the x-tie at the inverted top hat too.