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[Cardsandcoasters]

Alright, for coaster number six, I bring you guys Apache! I will be working on a Giga coaster for the summer of '09, and I'll be getting this into MOTY in September. Right now I have the drop and turning pullout like on Diamondback, and the next element will be an air hill, followed by an overbank into a sweet turnaround element, and ending with some swooping bunnyhills. Enough talk, lets get on to the important part:














Please comment!

Apache is here.

[Kool Coaster Kid]

Looks really good!

If you are entering it in moty, you can only use box or tube supports.

[knexems]

I can already tell that this one will be great. Everything is smooth, as always. The only thing I don't like is that support at an angle on the pullout made of ladder connectors and yellow rods. It doesn't match the rest.

If the last pic didn't have the bright spot at the bottom of it, it would be one of the best shots of a coaster I have ever seen.

[RCExtreme]

^^He's not doing this for MOTY. This coaster looks great so far.

[lazor 22]

^......


I love your box tube's lol. Looks great.

[Cardsandcoasters]

Thanks for the comments everyone, yes I am building this for MOTY, and so some of the supports will be changing. I've been experimenting with some tube like box supports, and I like the one coming off the lift, which is what I'll probably use.

Knexems: Thanks, I can try to retake that without the flash.
Thanks for commenting, and please keep them coming!

[pkiknex25]

That turn has way too small of a radius. That's my only complaint.

[SwimZONE]

It also needs some more banking at the bottom, IMO.

[Chubs33]

I don't know Brian...

I know you can rely on me to be honest, haha. I am just not feeling this at all right now. If you increase the radius of the turn that would be nice, but I think you might be better off if you just made the turn 15-25*.

Again, just not feeling it yet, and I expect it from you...

[RCT2123]

No where near enough banking on this thing. B&M has a silly way of banking on pullouts...

Check out this pic...



You see how the pullout has a lot of banking. It's almost like the whole thing is tilted a bit. Maybe you can do something like that...

-Rct2123:cool:

[coasterfanatic11]

mmmm I like this! and that pic ^

Anywho, it's about time you got this up! The drop needs to have a wider radius, and bank more, so basically everything that the people above me said...

-cf11 :cool:

[RCT2123]

I drew you a picture to show you what I mean...



The blue lines show the general idea of how the banking should be. It would look much better if you made it like this. Hope this helps...

-Rct2123:cool:

[coasterfanatic11]

^yeah, that looks a LOT better! do you draw those by hand? If so, could you draw my layout for Ansion if I gave you a pic to draw on?

-cf11 :cool:

[Cardsandcoasters]

RCT, you're amazing, thanks man.

[RCT2123]

^^Yes to both...

^No problem buddy...

-Rct2123:cool:

[Cardsandcoasters]

Update #2!
Alrighty, I rebuilt the full turning pullout and I agree, it looks much better. The turn now has a bigger radius, and there is more banking. Next element is a simple airtime hill, which will also have a turning pullout . Here are the update pics:













RCT, comparison pic to DB:


Prelift:


Please comment! I'll try to update again this weekend.

[big builder145]

Personly I realy don't see that much of a difference but, it still looks great.

[christian]

^ Really? It stands out a lot to me.
Looks amazing CAC! I love it! Will this be the permanent place you will put it?

-MIBB)

[pkiknex25]

Wow, huge difference, huge improvement. Glad to see you got it down.

[coastercrazy10]

Looks excellent as always sir. Great work.

-CC10