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[Airtime]

Okay, I HAVE changed the banking to 45*, I am currently in the process of adding diagonals, and I turned the whole structure on it's side last night to change the 3-d connectors and raise it up a red rod length. But guess what? I ran out of red rods! What should I do!? I can't build anymore until I have more 5.5in. rods! :0

[rollercoasterfreak]

Wait a second. How come your launch is elevated but the start of your cobra roll is on the floor?

[Britfag]

nice, i cant help asking the same question as ^

it'll slow it down by sending the car downhill after a drop,
unless the downhill is long, smooth and not sharp..

[Jplaz]

EDIT:Sorry, i hit submit awhile after I wrote this....

Anyway, he said he flipped the cobra roll over to make it taller.

"...whole structure on it's side last night to change the 3-d connectors and raise it up a red rod length."

[pkiknex25]

Actually, I think it'd be sweet to have it drop out of the launch. Look at Furious Baco. It drops out of the launch into a turn.

[Airtime]

Um, guys, read my other post. I lust stated that I ran out of red rods while I WAS RAISING IT UP A RED ROD LENGTH! LOL!

EDIT: ^Thanks SN25 and ^^(Jplaz)

[rollercoasterfreak]

^ So... What are you going to do?

[Airtime]

well, the good news is that I just got another ss from my friend Bryan. So guess what? I HAVE MORE 5.5 IN. RODS! YAY! I am unsure what I am going to do next, though.

EDIT:
Time for pics-

video:


rest are pics:







What should I do next?

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

That is actually a pretty good cobra roll. It is a bit bumpy, but pretty good. It also has nice speed and doesn't shake at all. Maybe do a loop or a zero g roll next. The zero g might be hard though.

[Airtime]

I think I will try a nice, simple loop. Thanks!
EDIT: Where are the bumps?

[TripleHelix]

I really want to see an inclined loop, with the top of it right over the launch. That's if you want to do something a bit harder, though, but it would make it quite original.

[DJMK]

It's a bit bumpy and straight in the first pull up.

[Mikecoastermaniac]

if you added a few more crossties to the cobra roll it will look really good.

[the_burrito_master]

that c role is rely good but it uses a lot of pieces I hered you were looking for red rods you can take a lot of pieces of that cobra role and make it just as strong.

[coasterkid101]

I see that you really want to improve and you are. Good job.

[mophead999]

A bit bumpy, you can take out almost that entire middle section of supports to save peices

[Coasteradict]

Do what MCM said and it'd be golden , how many ss's do you have?
I think you shoul do a Zero-G-Roll next (with the exit going to the ground), into a loop, then the rest's up to you.

[TripleHelix]

More crossties? Other than the exit of the launch, no. You've got to be kidding me, what do you want, maxed out ties?

[Airtime]

First, to answer CA's question, I have 4 ss at the date of this post.
Second, I think that if I add just a few more crossties the roll will look good.

I have an important news article that you guys will want to hear:

TRAIN DOES NOT MAKE IT THROUGH LOOP!

According to spectators, a train did not make it through the loop on a Wednesday afternoon test. Some people believe it was because of shakiness, while others think it has to do with bad shaping. The head engineer is in distress, as he spent at least 30 minutes constructing a loop over April 1st - April 2nd. "I may have to downsize the loop diameter, because at this rate the train is never going to make it, no matter how hard we launch it", says coasterlover5784
-courtesy of 5784 news: we never let you down

Seriously, though, Here are some pics of the loop:

Is this shaped bad?:


This is how high the train makes it:


Here is a vid showing what goes on:

[Coaster55]

Have you lubed you axles yet?