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[thetickler]

hey guys,
i no i havent built the best rep in this forum, and i apologise for that, but i am a do it my own way kind of guy. but i decided to head your guys advice and am thinking of down sizing. now, i usually dread vv and serpent spiral track (wat ever it called) but is there any difference between that track and the other kind? is it more shaky? can u do the exact same kind of features with both? r the normal (big) knex peices compatable with it? if u guys could accept my formal apolagy for being such an @$$ hole and help me out on this i would greatly appreciate it.

[Britfag]

Interesting, well VV has set sides, so the turns have to be at 45* or 90*
and the knex is compatible with the changing rods (one ends big the other end micro)
also I believe VV is a bit shakier, but it entirely depends on your supporting!

[Maverix]

Well with VV track you can only get 90* turns because the track peices are straight. And you can do more with SS track.

[thetickler]

ya, cause i saw some vids of the ss on youtube, and that track can do alot of crazy turns, but can it do loops and cobra rolls and hills and stuff?
the dragons drop and duelling coasters seem to be able to pull of some good anles to.

[CP-ephY]

It can do all the usual elements, but they will not be banked properly. I would choose the SS any day.

[thetickler]

i thought so, but just to be clear u mant the serpent spiral right? not the screaming serpent. so dose the serpent spiral track, dose it work that u just twist it to fit and its all bendy or is it hard, formed peices, and (hopefully LAST question) do the micor track coasters come with only micro knex or reg knex?

[PlanetSaturn56]

Serpent Spiral and Screamin Serpent are the same types of track. Yes, you bend it to conform to whatever shape you want it to. And micro pieces only come with a micro piece set. Not regular knex.

[thetickler]

really? i thought the screaming serpent used the x ties and the serpent spiral used trhe slim track

[PlanetSaturn56]

Nope. They both use cross ties.

[Britfag]

I thought the serpents spiral was micro track too..
the only x-tie coasters I know are;
Rippin' Rocket, Screamin' Serpent, Storm Mountain and Shark Run

[DDRman732865]

Um, PS56...



Yeah. This is the Serpent's Spiral.

[thetickler]

i thought so! thanks! ive decided to buy the serpent spiral track and use it for all my coasters, cause even though it dosnt look as cool as reg track, it can do the same things, and is a million times cheaper, thanks for all the help guys!

[PlanetSaturn56]

Whoops. I was thinking Loopin Lizard.

[thetickler]

lol no problem

[thetickler]

something i found kinda cool about the dragon drop coaster is that it comes with hangin cars, that the first official knex coaster to hav that right?

[Jplaz]

It is not cheaper, unless you aren't using eBay...

[thetickler]

guess wat! i got dragons drop today at walmart for 25 bucks! there was 28 feet of track in it and the hanging cars, and the best thing about the cars is that they can be switched around to be like normal sit down ones or hanging ones! after i downsize my drop tower and remove the old x ties, ill finally be able to lay some trach and start my coaster!