(NL) Inferno - Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop

[AmyUD06]

There's a bit of a twist from the normal Shuttle Loop variant...a second loop!

 

-56mph weight-drop launch in 2.55 seconds

-125ft front spike / 80ft front loop

-100ft rear spike / 70ft rear loop

 

The Gs can get a little high, especially in the back row, but it is a Schwarzkopf after all.

 

Enjoy!

Inferno (Schwarzkopf Shuttle Loop).nltrack

[DBru]

Looks good!

 

Hmmm, is the back spike vertical? A second loop?

[Steffen_Dk]

What's that black stick?

[dr.gumbo]

^ I'm guessing it's a weight drop tower found on some Schwarzkopf Shuttles

[AmyUD06]

Correct...the black pole is my best attempt at the weight-drop tower. You can also (barely) see the grey beams running below and through the center of the launch track to do the best job of simulating the cable housing.

[AmyUD06]

Bump for the update!

[DBru]

Great job! A perfect reproduction of the shuttle loop coaster!

 

 

*1000th Post*

[thrillrideseeker]

WOW! Great job!! The only thing I noticed was that your loops were teardrop shaped when Schwarzkopf loops are always more of a circle! Other than that your coaster was great!! Amazing job!

~Matthew

[Théo the little french]

Very good job but the acceleration looks a little bit weack, no?

 

Thanks to you I've finally found how I could make a good acceleration zone for my Intamin Accelerator! Thanks^^

[AmyUD06]

Thank you all for the positive commentary! I have to say the supports were painstaking. Getting the "joints" on the diagonal supports on the spikes to look right was a terrible practice of "change and view." I am very much looking forward to NL2 being a "WYSIWG" editor.

 

On the topic of pure-circle loops:

I originally thought the same thing about Schwarkopfs, but having viewed several images of the shuttle loops and other "Looping Star" era coasters, it seemed that they are infact oblique (though more circiular than say, an Arrow or B&M design) and captured that as well as I could.

 

On the topic of the "weak launch:"

Having never ridden a shuttle loop nor being able to find statistics on the launch force and having viewed videos of shuttle loops in action, I figured that something of that vintage (and launch mechanism) would've probably had only about 1g accelleration. I could be completely wrong about this though.

 

As for the length of the launch track, I used the calculator at NLDC.

[Rct3man777]

^Well on the launch, the weight drop isn't overall that intense, but it can accellerate you good, but the newer ones have flywheel which suddenly propells you forward before you even know what the heck just happened.

[Théo the little french]

About the launch, I thought your could be a bit weak because I've already watched some videos showing this type of Shuttle and they look faster and stronger....

 

But never mind, it's a small detail and you're pretty right when you talk about the age of this kind of coasters...