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[IonZer0]

Have a few days at home to hopefully slap together a build.  Going for a Wild Eagle recreation, but I've lost a lot of height for how far in the layout I've gotten. 

 

Running Yeah Racing bearing oil, single battery under the center car, 7-car train (not 4 as shown).  Might try a few more weights, but I feel like I've pretty heavily optimized my trains without going full 3D printed, which I'll probably be getting into in the future.  Crawls through the Zero-G atm.  We'll see, I suppose.

 

Days 1-3 progress below:

 

 

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Edited by IonZer0, 13 May 2022 - 11:31 PM.

[SCM]

Oh, wow, cool! I think that the loop's pullout/0-g's pullin should be lowered some so that there is a smoother transition between the two inversions. 

[Steelwheels33]

This is looking really nice especially for only a few days of building. I see you mentioned using some kind of racing oil or lubricant. I suggest just running the wheels dry. The coefficient of friction of most lubricants isn't designed for an axle or bearing of that diameter with the traditional SS coaster trains. So the viscosity of the oil actually ends up slowing your train down. Best thing to do is just make sure they're really clean.