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[TripleHelix]

Finally, a real looper from me. Except it's floorless. Coming soon is Devastator, THE's & B&M's newest project. Already 7 1/2 grey rods high, it will (hopefully) boast a whopping eight inversions: a Jo-Jo roll, loop, immelmann, a 0-G roll, a cobra roll, and two interlocking corkscrews. It'll be a fast packed track full of twisted steel and devastation, inspired by three of the best B&M floorless coasters.

So far, from the predrop to the crest is done. The Jo-Jo roll is coming out weird though, and it's unfixable. It looks better without track than with it.

See?





There are two ways to smooth it: 1. Take out all the X-ties, or 2. Massacre and completely destroy each X-tie to bend in the right shape. I'd like to do neither, thank you very much. However, it looks fine from top:




And then there's the lift...






...and the trains... (Look familiar? :king )






...and last, and definately least (picture-wise), the whole thing.





As for why this is in Upcoming Models, that's because I'm going on vacation until (uhh...) the 12th, so I can't really build much....
However, during these two weeks, I shall be finalizing the layout - with the help of you guys, of course!

So, comments on the pictures, questions about whatever, or anything else that seems to confuzzle you?

[fastman xc]

on the jojo, you need 3x as many track ties...and no straight (orange, brown) connectors...

[Chaos]

He's right about the jojo roll. The predrop looks really nice. I hope you can pull off the 8 inversions though.

[CoasterBuilder]

For the jojo, take out the flexis and use maximum ties. Like this. It shouldn't be too hard to fix...

[pkiknex25]

That turn out of the jojo needs to be banked also.

[fastman xc]

^and don't forget slipped....

word5

[TripleHelix]

If I crowd up the ties, it doesn't make it because it hits literally every single one on the way out. The turn after it is banked, but you can't see it because everything's in the way.

[fastman xc]

^if we cannot see the turn, it's not slipped :king

[pkiknex25]

This is what the turn needs to look like. And don't try to cover it up, because I can tell from the fourth and fifth pics that it's not well banked if at all.

[fantom]

You'll notice how on Hydra it's fluid as if continued it would enter another roll. That's how it should be.

[TripleHelix]

^^The fourth and fifth pictures are of the lift...
Oh, and I really did bank it - 5 degrees, meh.

(To Fastman, that "AMEN!" junk is uber spam and very vexing.)

^I meant to, but whenever the hell I built it I didn't feel like super banking it. I rode that a month ago, and I know what it's like.


After super laziness has stopped getting the better of me, I redid it how it's supposed to be.












If anything needs to be changed, tell in the next 3 hours or it will not be fixed until mid-August.

[RCT2123]

The jo-jo roll looks perfect. The turn before the lift is a little tight, and it could be banked more, but I think you should leave it. A little bit of g-froce never hurt...

-Rct2123:cool:

[pkiknex25]

Oops, I meant third and fourth.

I would try to make the turn bigger, just move the station and jojo back a bit. The roll looks good. I see a few small kinks, but all it requires is some cross-tie twisting.

[fastman xc]

...(To Fastman, that "AMEN!" junk is uber spam and very vexing.)...

okay...
1. that's why it was deleted
2. a little :spam once in a while doesn't hurt:banit
3. I personally thought it was fine, as SN25 had just proved what I said in the previous post
4. if I had put more than I did, no one would have called it span.

Just my 2% of a dollar.

the jojo is awesome...excellent job

[TripleHelix]

Wooh, finally a drop update, a week earlier than I thought.



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I fixed the turn too.




I think the banking is fine, but tell me if I need to bank it any more ('cause the POV makes it look too less banked, but the other two look fine).

[fastman xc]

nice pov comparisons...I think everything is passable, so move on!

[CoasterBuilder]

The drop looks good when compared to the pov. The banking on the turn could be more, but it is okay. Its not like it's going really fast around it anyways. Go ahead and move on.

[PlanetSaturn56]

OMG!!! That looks so cool!!! I really like the color scheme too!!

-PS56:king

[KiNg Of Da Ka]

Wow this looks awesome and when the pics are compared they are perfect.Great job.

[Antinos]

I like it, but it seems to rise a bit while it banks.