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[coasterfreak11]

Well tonite I destroyed Greezed Lightnin' and

started on my Wild Mouse roller coaster!! So far I have the lift hill with

gears and track finished!! Also, tomorrow I am getting the Big Ball Factory

from my friend for $25 so that will give me an electric motor and lots of

supports! Also, this coaster will

not work because of the tight turns, but it will have a working lift and look neat as if it

does work Here is a

pic of what I am building!!

[sixflagsfreak56]

The coaster wont achully run through the course?

[live4bb21]

thats too bad because i think it would be awesome

[coasterfreak11]

No, only because the turns are so tight to make it

realistic...otherwise the ride would be out of proportin (sp?). The cars goes down an

inclined straight away and then comes to the turn and just stops because it is not able

to turn through such tight turns.....But if it did work it woudl look really kool beacuse I

could have like 7 or 8 cars going.....but actually sadly enough...I am not sure if I have

7 or 8 SS sets!

[live4bb21]

i think you would only be anle to run the front SS car

because than there would be nothing draging behind it. than build a free spinning

mechanism on the car and havetriggers on the track, that would be sweetness.

[joshg678]

you could get a buch of moters and tires to move it

around the turn, just do it right and it will work.

[coasterfreak11]

Yes, I know I could make it work...but I would rather

have it look good and not work....then have it work and not look good....but hopefully

soon I am going to get more pieces!~

[PlatinumCoasters]

I really wish sometimes that the serpent cars

would have had pivoting wheel assemblies moving laterally like real coasters do, they

don't make it around really tight lateral turns because if the rails are turning to

tight the rails rub against the frame that holds the wheels. If only they had that there

would be no reason for your coaster not to work.

[gforce]

You could possible take out some screws and loosen

some so maybe the cars wheel assembly would be able to move. I've never tried

it so I don't know if it would work, just a thought.

[PlatinumCoasters]

Yea, you could get a longer screw for the front

assemblies and put maybe some small washers or knex spacers between part of it so

it would pivot easier. Hmmm, I smell time to experiment.

[live4bb21]

im not against it but it seems all odds are not for

you..

[coasterfreak11]

Ya, I know.....but its ok that its not going to

work...as long as it looks like the real thing Also, today I am gettin

more pieces and this morning I finished the station and the control booth and more

straigh track sections!

Itmight be finished by the end of

this weekend...because I started on it Thursday nite while I was watching

survivor...and we got out of school at noon Friday...so I have had more time than

usual to build this because I have not had much homework lately Lets just hope I have

enought supports to build it now

Well, tonite

I should finish it because I am supposed to get the Big Ball Factory from my friend

today!! Also, last nite I took a construction picture of it!

[live4bb21]

picture... i love that word, good lick on finishing it

[coasterfreak11]

Well, I got it and construction will resume

tonite!!

Well construction resumed tonite and I finished A LOT

of the supports and some of the turns at the top, I thought I would finishe it tonite, but I

am taking my time and also, tomorrow I will have to study for 3 tests that I have

Thursday and I also have to watch Big Brother 4 because it is the

finale!!!! But I am sure I will still have time to work on it, but

just not enought time to finish it...so I am pretty sure that it will be finished by

Thursday nite if I dont run out of supports!! But it is looking good so

far!

[live4bb21]

thats good to hear, that's what happened to me

lately with my coaster... school

[gforce]

Sounds good, I've got no school thursday, nor

friday. Then a feild trip monday and I won't be at school Friday the 3rd becuase

I'll be in WV with the XC team.

[joshg678]

WOW, good for you.
i can't wait till i see

some pics of the coaster and then i would like to see some pics of it work.
that

would be nice.

[wakey1512]

Yeup piics wiould bee godd.

[coasterfreak11]

Well today I got a DIGI

CAMERA!!! So here are 3 pics....

Numero Uno-

[coasterfreak11]

Here is the second pic...

Numero Dos-