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[the_burrito_master]

make this a 13 foot hyper sonic xlc and that will impress me enough top thrill dragster was 12 and a half feet tall and that was hard to build.

You would need a fire truck and scafoldings (sp?) to put it together.

[NitroDude319]

Heres a tip: finish a simple custom coaster before you try to do a recre!!!!!

[Jogumpie]

As an admin I should be nice towards everyone, but I laugh at you even thinking you can do this.

[metallicais1337]

As an admin I should be nice towards everyone, but I laugh at you even thinking you can do this.

lol doesnt every1???


coming from gump's mouth, you really shouldnt be doing this.

[The KNex Weasel]

yes, I will be recreating hypersonic XLC and trying to break a world record. A lot of you will think I cant do it but I think I can. It will be challenging for me, but I am up to the challenge. The Coaster will be 37 feet tall and will be made with tube supports. NEGATIVE COMMENTS ARE NOT ACCEPTED! only negative help comments. construction will begin tommorrow and will proboly last for about 4 months maybe more . i want everything to be perfect for this coaster so I will listen to everybody. I will construct small parts in my house, then put it together outside when am finished. It will hopefully have a winter theming if there is snow on the ground. Once I am done, I will have a guiness world record person come to my house and watch me launch the coaster. yes, there will be a final vid for this on youtube. All help is needed for this project. Has anyone recreated HyperSonic?

-knexcoastermaker2256-

37 (now 43?!?!) feet tall?! Tube Supports?! And you didn't think you could finish Kamikaze?! You're out of your mind!!

[Jogumpie]

Not that I'm perfect, I thought Nemesis would be possible. Now I figured I'll need to change plans. I have experience with tall coasters, though. My record was 25 feet and that's very tall. At that height it all comes down to your structure design and its stability. And that's just the static part, when it's done. Assembling the tower is even harder, because you need to lift large and unstable parts up to the top. And that top gets taller as you move on... Planning well is also recommended; you don't want two pieces to not fit properly, thus creating a bump.

[metallicais1337]

Not that I'm perfect, I thought Nemesis would be possible. Now I figured I'll need to change plans. I have experience with tall coasters, though. My record was 25 feet and that's very tall. At that height it all comes down to your structure design and its stability. And that's just the static part, when it's done. Assembling the tower is even harder, because you need to lift large and unstable parts up to the top. And that top gets taller as you move on... Planning well is also recommended; you don't want two pieces to not fit properly, thus creating a bump.

WHAT?!?!?! YOURE CANCELING NEMESIS?!?!?!! NOOOOOOOOOO


lol

[imakecoasters]

I agree, I've been building coasters since 2006, and I wanted to start off big. I built a 13 foot tall coaster, and most of mine were 5 feet. Then I realized they sucked, and ever since I'm in love with as compact as possible rides. You'll learn that down the road of your K'nex building. Even with 2 years of experience, I know for a fact I can not build a decent 20 foot TTD or KK, I'd need even more experience with supports.

-IMC-

[Coaster55]

You were having problems with your lift on both of your last coasters, how will you make a 43 foot Hypersonic XLC?

[Jplaz]

Are you trying extra hard to piss us off?

[G Force]

Have you ever finished a coaster before? You will probably cancel this before you even get to the launch.

[~stεεlspectrum~]

I, personally, think that he can pull this off. If he goes on ebay and buys a ton of pieces, or designs a really strong tower building design that doesn't use a dumptruck-load of pieces, then this is really possible. All you need to do is build your tower on the ground, then make it uber-strong, then attach a wire to the top and hoist it up. If this were my coaster, I would make a vertical launch straight up into the tophat, just to eliminate the factor of speed-loss on an under-supported pullin. no, im not being sarcastic.
Heck, I might even try this one day.

[~G3n3rOo2256~]

finally someone acually supporting me. for my tower, should I do 1, 2, or 3 reds wide for the support tower?

[/\ero]

neither. hmmmmmm 20 no's to one new member's yes.

[coastergeekrtc]

Did you not notice the white text claiming the entire post as sarcastic?

"Boys, I think we have a dumb one on our hands..."

[~G3n3rOo2256~]

for my tower, should I do 1, 2, or 3 reds wide for the support tower?

[coastergeekrtc]

I say you don't build.

[DDRman732865]

Try a tiny black rod wide. (You probably would.)

So if you don't care that we hate you, why are you asking for advice? Isn't that kind of ... what's the word... hypocritical? (Yes lazor, it is.)

[~G3n3rOo2256~]

for my tower, should I do 1, 2, or 3 reds wide for the support tower?

[coastergeekrtc]

Yea, now he is just trying to instigate a fight. Probably is his brother or something, or a friend.

I think we all know that he won't do this. We can leave him alone since it's obvious from the last few posts that he is thriving for attention.