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[Geartooth]

Looks great.
I hope you can finish the whole thing

[Cardsandcoasters]

Ahhhhh so much better. Do you have a video? I just want to check your speed.

[the_burrito_master]

^it's still pretty much the same.


Update time!:
please mind all the bumps at the beginning of the un-banks and the end of the re-banks

here's the second turn


heres the second turns un-bank

here is the whole thing tell me what you think about the twist in the front and how I can fix it if there's a problem


I think I have enough speed to make a 1ft 2in. hill so I think its gonna work.

[coastermaniac]

In the last pic the middle transition is a little bit bad-looking but it can pass. Other than this it's great. However I don't think you will be able to do maverick's layout. I'm curious about the speed you have now.

[Maverix]

Fix the bumpeness and i want to see a test vid. if you smooth out every bit you shoulg be able to make and even taller hill, because remember there is the twisted horsehoe roll.

[lilmikemarin]

Wow all those transition look bad in that last pic, but if those are what you're telling use to mind than ok. And does it seriously make it?

[Top_Thrill_Dragster33]

This isn't going to work. Even if you make your transitions wide, the Horseshoe roll is going to look out of scale. Oh, and not enough speed.

[the_burrito_master]

ok I started building the hill and it acts like it has no momentum the hill is currently 5 inches higher than the track below it. what I might try is to make the last turn go down to give me more speed. I also haven't got rid ov every bump yet so it might be ok.

^I think it could i might have to minus the horse shoe role though

^^ yeah it makes it just fine but I want a lot more speed.

^^^ sure Ill get it Monday or Tuseday night.

^^^^ I have the same thoughts but I'm gonna try 8)

[Mikecoastermaniac]

All the transitions look bad. Except the one after the drop.

[coastermaniac]

You should keep only one turn like Rollerdude's fantasma. Just shorten the layout and it will be as great as the real.

[TripleHelix]

If you made the last two turns smaller and the transitions smoother, the train would have more speed to get up the hill.

[the_burrito_master]

ok so I guess I have to work on he transitions.

also the last turn goes up that slows it down a lot so I think I'm going to make every turn go downward a bit to make it keep its speed better.

[the_burrito_master]

update: (without pictures)

Ok I re-built the second turn and the hill I have so much more speed, I think, that I made the hill a yellow rod taller. I haven't worked on the transitions much but I'll try to get to that tonight.

[Airtime]

how do you get the track to stay on an angle other than 45 or 90 while using only hinges? Do you support it in other ways and just use the hinges to make the angle you want?

[the_burrito_master]

^I'll show you with the next update witch is now.

[Airtime]

So the track kind of just hold itsself in position when it's all complete?

[the_burrito_master]

^Yeah its just like any other connection except its sorta rigged up.

please comment

[rollercoasterfreak]

^ If you will comment Elisions...

It looks really good and I hope you don't run out of pieces and have to cancel or anything like that. I have yet to see one person make a maverick look-a-like.

[DDRman732865]

It looks really good and I hope you don't run out of pieces and have to cancel or anything like that.

Related Question: How many cross-ties do you have? It looks like you're using a lot.

[the_burrito_master]

^about 475 from 3 ss and 1 rr.

^^me too! I'm gonna get more knex soon so I should be ok.

Video Update coming soon tonight. so stay tuned.

what would you ghuys say about a rippin rocket booster before the hill to make it get up a larger hill?