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[Da_Cool]

'Cause there is no Ideas subforum anymore i just post it here :

1. Automatic K'nex LIM launch :
http://www.sscoaster.../LIM_launch.bmp
Green : Launch Track
Black :2 swingin' switch's (train catches them)
Blue : Middle point of swingin' switch's
Red : Electric switch
SandyBrown : Wires
Turquoise : Battery
Purple : ElectroMagnet

It works like this : Car goes over first switch, turns over an Electric switch ON, and the electromagnet starts working. There's metal in the car(DUH!) that get atrracted to the electromagnet. When the car goes over the second switch, it turns over the Electric switch back OFF

2.Suspended drop tower
No pic made
It works like this : instead of having the seats to the drop tower, they are hangin' out so that they can swing 360°, the seats can be swinged by G-forces(in K'nex) or with a motor(More for IRL)

EDIT : I put the wrong name as title, can a mod rename this to Da_Cool's Idea Thread

[pkiknex25]

Unless that is one strong magnet, that's too far of a distance for a launch to work. Maybe (again, strong magnet) for a 3 car train with a short launch track.

I like how you are thinking of ideas for new innovations though!

[rexdino5]

Well I think that there should be more magnets that push and pull like the first half of the magnet pulls and the other half pushes and then it may make a good lift.

[pkiknex25]

Unless you have an electromagnet that will reverse the poles of the magnet at an exact interval of time, I think that's out of the question for K'Nex.

[Old_Hag]

I have an idea for a launch brake (in case of roll backs, like the retractable fins on top thrill dragster). I'm gonna try it on my next coaster.

[LukeIsLuke]

You'd have to use some intense calculus equations to figure out the exact time that you would need to switch polarities, and I think it would be somewhat inconsistent and not easy to maintain. A LIM launch would take tons of devotion to develop.

[rexdino5]

I think we should stick with rubber bands now...

[decaxxeca]

for now. but in the near future a electric launch is highly possible.

[rexdino5]

I doubt affordable and simplistic though. Thats one thing I can't do.