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[lazor 22]

Superman?


Guess not






Before I built more:


Top 3 things about the Phoenix:
1. Rails/Splices
2. Station/Lift
3. New "G" joint

This coaster is unnamed as of now and I don't have a Hyper train so I'm using my Sitdown train.

Comment!

[Jack Rimer]

This is what Ilike to see. Experimentation!

[lazor 22]

^Thanks. There are 2 problems I would like to address about the new lift though.

1. At the top were there is the small section of tight wound spring, when the train goes over it it hold it for a few seconds. Why?
2. I noticed that the Phoenix train has a new chain dog on it. When I ran my Floorless and Inverted trains the chain dogs wouldn't catch. I bent them down and I still had the same problem. Any Ideas on what to do?

[Jack Rimer]

The spring was meant to be used on the Phoenix hill, not a custom hill. The tight coil acts just like the tight coil on the Griffon model where the hold brake is. Think about it....if the coil is spread out, the model will move at a certain speed. If you make the coil longer, it will move faster. If you tighten the coil, it will move slower. If you don't want it to pause, cut the tight coil off.
I answered the chain dog question on our site.

[lazor 22]

^Yea I was thinking about cutting it off but I'm too lazy. It's fine with a "holding break". I'll cut the chain dogs.

[LCAL]

Why would you buy a phoenix and not use all the new lift parts?

[lazor 22]

^Umm, I did. On the phoenix though, the end of the spring would go under the turn. Without the turn it is exposed.

[lazor 22]

It's done. As you can see I went with a generic "Beemer" name. Anyways,

Beemer - SSCoasters Rides Database

Comment!

[kne]

Looks great. now can you tell me whether the new phoenix rails are better than the old ones, it would be good to know.

[lazor 22]

Yes, they are way better.