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[coasterfanatic11]

Nice! I like the straight part! It seems more natural with the kind of coaster you're building. Move on! And I can see how it slowly goes toward the lift...

-cf11 :cool:

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

WOW that is perfect. Move on!

EDIT: I like how it's more than 180*.

Thanks a lot! I made it a bit more that 180 degrees so it can go back to the lift. I also thought it would add a realistic touch, haha.

Everything looks great! I like the big crest. Keep going.

Thank you.

Nice! I like the straight part! It seems more natural with the kind of coaster you're building. Move on! And I can see how it slowly goes toward the lift...

-cf11 :cool:

I had first built it without a straight part, but then I looked at that picture, and had to fix it, haha. Thanks!

More comments are welcome!

[DDRman732865]

Nice to see something out of the ordinary.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

Nice to see something out of the ordinary.

Thanks. I've always liked the Comet at Hershey Park, but a layout like that wouldn't fit in my room. So I looked for other coasters by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company, and the Swamp Fox had a nice layout that would be perfect. I changed it up though, and Lynx was born, haha.

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

The hill is finished! It only loses 1 granite rod of height, and the cars haven't been lubed since Squall! I am going to lube them though, because it barely makes it. I also added some laterals to the drop to prevent any wobbling. The hill doesn't shake either. Here are a few pictures and a test.

Overview


The hill (with a small turn at the top)


The first pullout (I think it turned out very nice)


The hill's profile


The pullout after the hill (it is higher than the first pullout so that I have enough room for what's coming next)


And here are 5 pictures of the banking










Here is a test video.

I won't be able to build tomorrow, because I'll be at SFGAdv with Iggfish!

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[dylan]

i think that the turn needs more banking.

[Millcreek47]

^no it doesnt. Its perfect. Great job RCF! are you going to release to us whats next? or is it a secret?

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

i think that the turn needs more banking.

It doesn't. If anything, it has too much banking considering the speed it goes through it.

^no it doesnt. Its perfect. Great job RCF! are you going to release to us whats next? or is it a secret?

Next is a turnaround. Thanks!

[pkiknex25]

I think you should take the heartline out. Other than that, great!

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

I think you should take the heartline out. Other than that, great!

Cool, that's what I'll do. Thanks!

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

I fixed the heartlining and I think it looks much better.







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[NitroDude319]

Ok everything looks great!!! Keep on going!!!

[G Force]

It looks much better, I like the batterbraces to. Nice job!

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

Ok everything looks great!!! Keep on going!!!

Thanks!

It looks much better, I like the batterbraces to. Nice job!

The batter braces actually don't do much, I just added them for looks. Thanks!

Feel free to comment/critique more.

[~stεεlspectrum~]

Looks pretty darn good! I would make the batter braces go all the way up the supports though.

[Millcreek47]

I'm impressed. It looks great. Keep it up!

You should have built this in the woodie buildoff... hehe

[coasterfanatic11]

It looks great Brennan! I thought it was funny how fast you whipped the cars up the hill though...

-cf11 :cool:

[rollercoasterfanatic919]

Thanks guys.

Okay, I know that I haven't built much. I just wanted to give you guys an update before I go on a week long vacation to South Carolina tomorrow. Anyways, I did make the rise to the turnaround. It will turn slightly more that 180 degrees (you can see some of the base radii in some of the pictures). Here are a few pictures.

Overview


What I built (luckily, it only loses a small white rod of speed)


The pullout


The upper part of the hill


A few pictures so you can see that's it's not heartlined, like you wanted






And lastly, just a cool picture


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[G Force]

It looks good, it will be cool to see how it turns out.

[big builder145]

You really beef up you track connections don't you, I don't see any problems.