DougMJr

I may be wrong, but I think it kinda cuts out early. As in it starts out as an overbank and then sorta heartlines out to level.

^I feel bad for the little guy seeing as his loops are pretty much being t-bagged by Levi's lift hill.

All B&M inverts being melted down to be made into crappy Vekoma SLC's. What's worse than the end of semester crunch?

Not sure why, but if you never closed your browser window the line continues to count down as people leave. I wonder if we chat if it still appears at GizGallery? BTW, it still shows ThemeParkReview in line next to me... not sure if that's true either. I just can't close the window.... it's too hard! Robb, you guys actually still in line next to me? Or have you exited? edit: Anybody else still have their browsers open, and are still in line?

^ That is what happens during testing... that is the whole point. To figure out how the ride behaves at various speeds amongst other things. Most likely the ride will find a happy middle where it is not speeding through the course but doesn't crawl either.

I have to stop at the bank and transfer some money into my account tomorrow, but I'll probably get the biggest claw ever" shirt if it is still in stock

It all depends on compression really. The HD cams at school will use a gig with a couple minutes of shooting. I'd say you won't have a problem if you use an application like handbrake to format your videos to the size of the iPod screen. Full HD is kinda useless on an iPod.

I love HUSS UFOs! I'm very lucky to have one at my home park. Easily one of my favorite flats ever!

I'm too wondering how a "Magic 8 Ball" would translate into a game. I did have this thought the other day, Real Art here is a free idea for you. Giant-web-controlled Hungry Hungry Hippos the game! If would have 4 players at a time so high capacity. The controls would be simple, press the space bar to make the hippo "nom nom nom." Have one webcam overhead for the line to view and then additional webcams on the back of the hippos for each players POV. You can even re-use the giant knobby balls! I think that would be a blast!

If there was a collection to rent the claw for a week for TPR Exclusive Claw Time I'd defiantly donate. And all the TPoRlando people could party in it as we claw them! Not that that will ever happen. I'm curious as to how much it would cost to rent the claw from real art? Just curious, that is all. Hopefully it will make more appearances at different tech related events the next couple years! Too bad it isn't practical to keep it running year round. BTW, who is "ThemeParkReview" in line? Is that one of your Accounts Robb, or do you only play under RobbAlvey? edit: NVM, clicked the FB icon and found out that I'm two to the right of Elissa! as "dugglus".

^ I an set to go about 10 min to six right now. Crossing fingers that I get a go. Especially since all my other attempts have been disconnected because of my crappy DSL. Also, wasn't most of the "partying" last night after the claw was down? Therefore it couldn't interfere with anybodys gameplay. I'm sad to see the claw go, but hopefully whatever RADG has in store for Jan/Feb will be just as good as the claw. They set the bar pretty high though. edit: ^ OMG WHAT IS THAT?!

^^Me too. Especially the guy on the right. Hands half way up, finger together. It kind of reminds me of family portraits where everyone pretends to be having a happy family moment, but isn't.

^Who said the Santa Claw wasn't giving gifts this year! Just watch the webcam.

I give up. "Lost connection" with 45 min to go. I guess I will not be playing this year.

Arrgh! My dad went on my desktop and exited my window! 13hrs for me, I was down to 1! EffML.

^Good question. Actually that bit has changed a bit. I did end up using kickers. The reason the chain starts on the flat part is because, like leviathan, that is where the motor will be. (Pictures Below) Kickers and brakes (In case of e-stop while starting on hill. Extra safety measure) A motor will go hear, much like leviathan.

Looks like I'm not going to be able to play today, as I have 10hrs to go But I have tomorrow off so hopefully I don't lose connection like last night.

I've been busy with finals, so I haven't had much time to work on this the last couple of days. I nearly have the layout completed however. Here is an overview of the coaster thus far. Order of elements. 1) Lift and Drop 2) Overbank / Barrel Roll 3) Airtime Hill 4) Overbank / Turn Around 5) High Speed Airtime Hill 6) Airtime Hill 7) High Speed Curve / Overbank 8) Under lift into MCBR 9) Helix 10) Out of the helix into a slightly overbanked curve. 11) Small Airtime Hill Overview from a Different Angle I'm probably going to add an small overbank to turn into the final break run, unless I change my mind and completely tweak everything I've done so far. I know that the beginning of this is similar to Leviathan. This is on purpose because I like the drop into barrel roll into airtime hill combo. I changed things up a little with the turn around, but you can only do so much with a B&M turn around. And in all honesty, most B&M hypers are similar to each other in some regard. What do you guys think of having the slower, twistier section after the MCBR. Do you think it looks out of place? This is my second track on the forum and I put a lot of thought into these. I want to make sure they are my best. If there is anything you would suggest improving please comment. As a side note, this is hand made. I am experimenting with Newton2 and I'll be using it on my next track.

Not sure why, but there are two guys just chillin' with laptops on the claw right now. So everybody. GO FOR THE MACBOOKS!

^Clawsome! If's kinda funny you posted that because a buddy and want to start a claw related project as well. It's basically to make a smaller model called "the candy crane" and use a K8055 board and set up an Apache server to run it. He's more technically savvy than I am. I'm currently talking to one of my professors who may also be interested in helping out. Of coarse, nothing will beat the origional. I just want something to play when the Santa claw is down.

^But only cool kids pee their pants!

Robb. Last year they sent me two giant knobby balls by mistake. I still have a blue one I didn't inflate. If Kidtums is dieing to have one I can throw it in a flat rate box and send it to you guys. I really only need one...

I want more claw! I didn't get a chance to play this time around because of school and work Hopefully they bring it back after Christmas like last year. I don't actually want to win a prize, just play.

^Or add some sort of close by water feature, as it is called leviathan... Although I doubt a tunnel or water feature would make much difference as you'll be traveling so fast it would only last a fraction of a second.

So just got in line... but now santa is telling me that the game will be paused at 11PM and resume at 10:00AM. This is a bummer as this throws my 12 hr window out the window. I hope they bring back the claw 24/7 in January like last year. That was an epicsandwich with bacon. -Doug "Long live the claw!" Mandell Jr.