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Lightning Bolt: a launched B&M looper

Started by Airtime , Mar 26 2008 11:01 AM
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#61 Airtime

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Posted 10 April 2008 - 02:10 PM

Well, I will post a picture and you can identify it for me because I am not sure.

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Posted 11 April 2008 - 02:05 PM

cool, looking forward to it

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#63 Airtime

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 11:16 AM

I've got another update:

Here is the Steingel dive/Nitro turn
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Here is a vid showing the speed I have left.

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Also, I have added on to the track and now it goes under the launch area!

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#64 Jplaz

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 11:30 AM

It looks like it gets stuck at the end, unless you put something to stop it. Also, it looks like you have almost no speed...

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#65 DeAzncy

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 12:21 PM

did it just crash into the launch??? lol because you only have that much speed left, do a helix into a heartline roll and into the station...then a chain or tire or whatever(if you have any in tho station) will push it back to the launch again. good work so far.

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#66 Airtime

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 01:23 PM

Well like I said before I added on and now it goes under the launch track.

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#67 christian

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 01:32 PM

Coolio. I can't wait for an update.

#68 Airtime

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:03 PM

Is This a Nitro Turn or a Steingel dive?

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:04 PM

A nitro turn- a stengle dive goes over 90*, this doesn't.


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#70 Airtime

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:39 PM

^ Thanks! I was wonderin about that!

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 02:40 PM

^^ That's what I thought too.

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 04:45 PM

Well it looks like a nitro turn in reverse.

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Posted 12 April 2008 - 05:12 PM

You really to lube your trains. You're losing speed way too quickly on this coaster, it's not even 3 elements in and you're already done with the speed it has now.

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#74 Airtime

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 06:52 AM

I have more speed than you guys think. I will try to get a vid up showing how much speed I have left. The train got stuck at the end because the tubing wasn't atached to the track ties. ^ I do not want to lube my trains because:

1. The substance would damage my decals, which I spent two hours making.
2. In the long run, the substance would affect my cars negatively, which means I would have to clean the cars, which means I would have to clean the axels, then the axels would rust if I didn't dry them enough, and-no.
3. Finally, I don't think my parents would want me to do it.

However, I could weight my cars. Would that help? ;)

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#75 Mikecoastermaniac

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 11:34 AM

weighting your cars wont help at all if you dont lube them

and the rubber band wont even launch them because they would be so heavy

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#76 Airtime

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 11:42 AM

Well then I'm broke because I can't lube my cars and apparently according to MCM weighting my cars won't help either. So I guess I will just have to make do with the speed I have left. But hey, there's always the chain lift!:tmbs

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#77 Chubs33

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 12:27 PM

Or maybe you can take our advice and be like every other member and lube your trains. If you think it has a negative effect, your wrong. It just depends on what you use to lube it.

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#78 Jplaz

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 12:30 PM

I use this extremly old oil from when my dad was a kid... it works...

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#79 Mikecoastermaniac

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 12:30 PM

how old are you 5?
lube your traings and stop making excuses.
They wont ruin anything. I have had mine lubed for I dont know how long. Just dont use WD-40

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MaXair732865 (9:32:12 PM): im not going to post this, dont worry
TehMike23 (9:32:15 PM): cockscrew, then station
MaXair732865 (9:32:28 PM): cockscrew? what the hell is that?
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#80 christian

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Posted 13 April 2008 - 12:34 PM

^ Yeah. Lube your trains. I think with WD-40.

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