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[christian]

SELLING IT? What the...? Oh well, it looks nice, smooth, and very cool.

-KG:)

[CP-ephY]

Yea. I figure I'll have a better shot at it than that ugly ass tower the other guy was trying to sell.

EDIT: Damn you, I was gonna surprise you guys if it sold, but you found it in like 5 minutes.

[Cardsandcoasters]

^Yeah, well not too many people have $21,684 lying around....lol. Your a great salesman haha. I love the coaster, and awesome wing over.

Tell us if you get any bids.

[CP-ephY]

Hey there's always some rich bastard willing to pour money on something appealing.

[Panchuk]

Only $3,982 in shipping for me...

To bad I could buy better things, no offence. Not saying nobody would buy it.

[Airtime]

I hope it sells (in a good way), great shot of it in the thumbnail!

[lilmikemarin]

Wow 15000, maybe 1000 would be good. Also, you are going to transport it there and assemble it? And it might not even make it all the time like the people are supposed to lube it?

[LCAL]

EDIT: Damn you, I was gonna surprise you guys if it sold, but you found it in like 5 minutes.

Sorry! I was looking through ebay, like I do every 3 days for some good deals on knex. xD

[TripleHelix]

At least it's better than that crappy Kingda Ka... haha.

TBH, the only people who have the space to put that beast have the money to buy it. Since Templar is really awesome, someone may want to buy it...

[CP-ephY]

Gentlemen. The time where the circuit is complete is finally approaching. By the end of today it will be complete and hopefully the tire drives and brakes will be put in. I have some work to do on the station (i.e. make it longer, but not with the same roof because I don't have the pieces anymore and make entrance/exit paths). A maintenance platform will be put in for the brakes as well as railings and stairs. I also have to lube train 2 and weight it. This coaster will be FULLY done in no more than 3 days I would say. For some reason the pics are making what I've built look a little worse than what it is in real life. I can assure you there are no straight parts (other than the obvious one) or pointy corners. I didn't do the helix, because it would take too many parts, which you can tell I don't have (unless you're color blind) and I'm not a big fan of 360* helices either. I usually use helices if I want to redirect the train. It kind of looks RCTish otherwise. But enough talk, enjoy.



(lol, didn't even try to heartline it, but whatever)

[PlanetSaturn56]

I like the straight part. Looks refreshing after so much twisting.

[coasterkid101]

How are the people how who will buy it be able to set it back up after shipping?

[LCAL]

^ Ephy himself is also traveling to the house to re- assemble it. (seriously)

This looks incredible. Its the most insane invert i've ever seen. How old are you?

[coastermaniac]

If you don't want its ok, but how about if you change the strait part for a small air-time hill ? Would be cool for riders.

Coaster looks cool

[christian]

Can we get an overview? Thanks. Looks good. It's very amazing.

-KG:)

[CP-ephY]

2 tires done so far, the station will have 7 tires. They don't smoothly pull the train because of those stupid ball joints which are higher than the chassis, but they still get the job done, which is all I really care about. There will also be about 3 tires after the brakes to get the train around the turn.

[LCAL]

The circuit is complete? Thats so cool! The station will have 7 tire drives? Or am I miss reading something?

[PlanetSaturn56]

Motor and gear housing looks very complex.

[CP-ephY]

It's the exact same housing as that of the 2 motors operating the lift. Anyways, the chain connected tire drives SUCK, so I'm putting an individual motor to each tire (2 are with electric, the rest are battery pack)

[the_burrito_master]

AWESOME coaster! congratulations! very nice it's just about perfect! try using wheels without tires on them connected to eachother with rubberbands.

EDIT: this has got to be the longest invert ever, measure it.