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[Steelwheels33]

Hey coaster fanatics! I want you to picture this: a very sturdy track system that does not need very much support. Essentially it's a tube supported track where you would have to bend the tubes. If this is already been done and I've missed it I apologize. But this could be used on a very large hypercoaster or giga coaster or a coaster of enormous scale where you really need that rigid support.

Let me know your thoughts!

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[SCM]

This has already been a thing for a looong time, only Y-connectors are used instead of the smallest green / black rods. 

[Steelwheels33]

Hey coaster fanatics! I want you to picture this: a very sturdy track system that does not need very much support. Essentially it's a tube supported track where you would have to bend the tubes. If this is already been done and I've missed it I apologize. But this could be used on a very large hypercoaster or giga coaster or a coaster of enormous scale where you really need that rigid support.
Let me know your thoughts!

Ha ha well I'm glad that I put that little blurb in there about if this has already been done. Thank you SCM! I thought it was a little bit too easy to have stumbled upon such a great invention.

[CrayCray for coasters]

Ha ha well I'm glad that I put that little blurb in there about if this has already been done. Thank you SCM! I thought it was a little bit too easy to have stumbled upon such a great invention.

i am defo gonna use this for my i3055, well a modified 2 tube version

[Alabastine]

You can check out my models (Griffin and Ascension), I built a backbone similar to yours but I conected the blue connectors of the backbone to the green rods in the crossties with the small black connectors. I recommend using grey rods in the track itself as well instead of the green ones. You really want to keep an eye on consistent overlap of the grey rods otherwise the track is difficult to get smooth.
However, this building style is not new I believe models have been built like that for quite some time.

Good luck!

[CrayCray for coasters]

You can check out my models (Griffin and Ascension), I built a backbone similar to yours but I conected the blue connectors of the backbone to the green rods in the crossties with the small black connectors. I recommend using grey rods in the track itself as well instead of the green ones. You really want to keep an eye on consistent overlap of the grey rods otherwise the track is difficult to get smooth.
However, this building style is not new I believe models have been built like that for quite some time.

Good luck!

i'm using grays for hypersonic and right now it's the smoothest coaster i've built, with i305 i'm gonna make a new rack pretty much, i'll start the topic tomorrow when i get some snaps, as rn idk where my phone is so i'm gonna have to use my dji to get photos

Edited by CrayCray for coasters, 20 March 2021 - 12:05 AM.

[Alabastine]

i'm using grays for hypersonic and right now it's the smoothest coaster i've built, with i305 i'm gonna make a new rack pretty much, i'll start the topic tomorrow when i get some snaps, as rn idk where my phone is so i'm gonna have to use my dji to get photos

Interesting, excited to see what you come up with then!

[Britfag]

I've seen it before, but it's never a bad thing to bring it up again!

[CrayCray for coasters]

Interesting, excited to see what you come up with then!

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[Alabastine]

i prototyped a 4'' section WIN_20210327_11_16_49_Pro.jpg WIN_20210327_11_16_54_Pro.jpg WIN_20210327_11_17_02_Pro.jpg

Cool, But I don't really get how it will work, it's way too wide for the K'nex trains isn't it? And will you not use the classic crossties at all?

[CrayCray for coasters]

Cool, But I don't really get how it will work, it's way too wide for the K'nex trains isn't it? And will you not use the classic crossties at all?

i'm gonna use custom cars, as to use the regular assemblies would be way off scale, and no, i won't be using the classic crossties for anything other than supportwork

[Alabastine]

Oh so It's for the Custom cars you're working on, that's dope. are the rails rigid enough?

[CrayCray for coasters]

Oh so It's for the Custom cars you're working on, that's dope. are the rails rigid enough?

the center one has some extra bracing, all of the ties will have that, so yuh, it can hold about 17 kilos of force before snapping, i'll be making the cars for many track guages, mainly the standard tie and red micros