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I didn't miss some of my target as in "they passed me by" but as in "I'm in the wrong isle". I got the impression that the big guns have their familiar haunts that they plan on visiting and they basically don't see the show.

I did those detailed engineering drawings BY HAND. Computer skills are, unfortunately one area where I am a bit behind. However, the primary reason I made a working model instead of a computer model is that a computer does not prove that something works. I have seen a LOT of impossible animations, demonstrations, and simulations. A physical model show that either it works or it doesn't. That being said, a good computer model would be a convincing and fantastic complement to a physical model. But time and money....

A riduclously expensive and complicated computer controlled powered model coaster is one of 4 known ways to do it. The second is no doubt as expensive, and that is to run the model in an aircraft descending at a rate of acceleration nearly as fast as gravity. Probably less than a 2 minute window before the plane would have to pull up to avoid crashing into the earth. The third way would be to run the model in a spacecraft in an altered orbit or in deep space in a slow but constant acceleration. The fourth is to place the model on a celestial body with 1/48th of the earth's gravity. Point is, there is no practical way. The best thing to do is film it in slow motion. Looks great. I'll try to find a friend with a camera that does that. The speed debate is nothing new. The technology the model demonstrates is.

Yeah, if you could let me know how to scale down gravity and apply it to my scale model, I would love to slow it down. There was someone who took slow motion video of the model and it looked fantastic. It looked real and the seat rotations were smooth. Unfortunately, he hasn't yet made good on his promise to post it on his site and send me a link.

Yes, braking/propulsion systems basically go where they would on any other coaster. This model would have had a working lift except that I did not include it because I needed to demonstrate it by hand anyway. Keep in mind that the proportions of the gear mechanism are overkill in the model because I had to work with the parts that I could acquire.

Well I sure have had an interesting welcome to this site; I try to indtroduce new technology and my post is deleted for violating a spam/posting rule. My technolgy is posted about in the "model" section, when the model is only to help others understand the new tech. Thanks to those who see some merit in the new technology. As for people who think they are good at judging me personally: Independently developing and patenting advanced roller coaster tech is not the activity of a "kid" is it now?- I am a 29 yr. old father of 5.- "money"- without being specific, I am FAR from rich; why do think I am working so hard? "patent is bad idea/should get a job with comapny" - how would you go about dealing with the industry? It's not McDonalds you know. Excuse my venting. Despite being by the main entrance and adjacent to S&S at IAAPA, I was missed by a large portion of my target audience. This will be rectified however. I will soon be featured in more than 1 trade magazine, including "Funworld". I am contact those who have missed me. This technology is not for model making. You will see it made. You will ride it. It will be good.