91 replies to this topic

[Renegade]

KI101 is back . . . ? Uh oh . . .
Loop looks fairly awesome. Move on.

[big builder145]

I remember when you first came out with this coaster way long ago i really, like it move on.

[christian]

^^ Yeah... not good.
Loop looks really nice. I say continue.

-MIBB)

[Maverix]

Could we get a picture of that without the Lep Zeplin Loop over it? I just want to see if there are still any bumps. But with the trace-over right now it looks good.

[MP thrill rides]

Yeah I think it looks a lot better now. Why don't you layer your tube supports?

[pkiknex25]

Yeah, you don't have to fix what's already done, but you should start layering the rods in the support. Look at how gump did it for Speed o' Fear. It'll make the supports a lot stronger.

[CoasterBuilder]

Why will this coaster be your last coaster?

I've been here on SSC for nearly 3 years, and its nearing time for me to retire. I've got one more year left in high school, then I'll be off to college. Also, this coaster will take me a very, very long time to complete. Trust me, there's many complex features I haven't announced.

Why don't you layer your tube supports?

Well, I started out without layering them, and for the sake of keeping everything similar, I'd like to keep them that way. Plus, the ride is already heavily supported, and layering them will not offer much improvement in speed. If there is really that much demand for me to layer the supports, I would rather just redo everything than to have mixed styles, although this would delay the ride even further.

Now for the bad news. With it being Easter, I had some family come over, and of course, the entire drop was ruined when my young cousing thought it would be fun to "play with" while I was gone. Additionally, there was some damage to supports on the loop and overbank. I'll be retracking the entire ride, along with getting ready to prepare the "foundation" for the upcoming ride segments.

With this in mind, don't expect an update for at least 2 weeks.

[RCT2123]

Now for the bad news. With it being Easter, I had some family come over, and of course, the entire drop was ruined when my young cousing thought it would be fun to "play with" while I was gone.

Yep, that about sums it up...

-Rct2123:cool:

[Poseidon]

Man that sucks it was so good you had the loop perfect. Man once you found out you must have screamed at the little kid. Thats too bad though.

[CoasterBuilder]

Yeah, I was pretty upset about it at first, but then realized that it will give me a golden opportunity to go back and work on a few things I should have done from the start.

As for updates, don't expect any soon. I'm busy with a ton of homework, mixed in with some stuff that has just popped up. Plus, it doesn't help that I'm taking the ACT next week.

Not sure if I mentioned it, but this ride won't be done till the end of this year, at its earliest. I cannot stress enough just how much intensive work will be going into the theming and other ride systems. I would love to talk about the theme and scenery, but it may be best to keep that secret for now. My next update won't be for awhile, but it will be quite substantial.

Note: Just read about the SSC companies. I may start my own company to sponsor the construction, but I know I will need outside companies to sponsor some of the innovations, specifically unique theming and ride mechanism features.

[Shamu]

I cannot stress enough just how much intensive work will be going into the theming and other ride systems.

:lov:lov:lov

[CoasterBuilder]

Ok, much has happened behind the scenes in the last week or so. I've been hired by Aminspec, and together, a final plan has been developed for Calypso. Various work has been going on, but not directly on the coaster itself. I will continue to update Calypso until its completion, but will be withholding key features until its final debut (around the end of this year if construction proceeds as scheduled).

Edit: I haven't been able to work on it lately, due to a variety of reasons. But hopefully, I can begin work on it next week. I'll update this thread with pics once there is anything substantial.