Ccron10 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 It's that time of year again, but this year at the Greater Governor Mifflin Community Days, there's something new. Fellow student Brandon Moyer plans on breaking the record for the world's tallest roller coaster. The coaster he picked to design and build was KingDa' Ka at SFGADV. The coaster standing 36 feet tall seemed like a monsterous task to assemble and it took a year or two design. It required one fire truck, a lot of rope, TONS of k'nex pieces, scaffolding, and a lot of nerves all on one basketball court, but a loss here would end up being disastorous. I didn't get there until 2:15 and by this time there were 5 main pieces ready to be put together; the top hat's base, the mid-section, the top, the rabbit hop,and the launch track with the final turn. All the pieces for the top hat were lifted up by a fire truck with a ladder and placed at their appropriate spots. After a long afternoon the top hat was ready to be placed. Their was so much tension in the air that you could've cut it with a knife. The final section was lifted up to the base and after a little hand power, at around 4:00 PM it was unofficially world's tallest K'nex coaster, but a lot of work still needed to be done and there were still a few problems that still needed to be solved. After the top hat was finished, there was a slight breeze going and the tower was bending and twisting slightly and since we were all limited on K'nex pieces I made a call to my parents and told them to see if they could bring down some of my K'nex. Doing this made the base of the tower a little wider and more sturdy. By this time I had to leave for bowling practice, but was going to come back later to help out a little more. 3 or 4 hours later.... By this time the whole track layout was placed together, but there were stil a few problems with the launch system. At the base of the top hat, the car would launch at a fast speed that the train would just keep going straight and go between the track and tear up the transition to the hill. At this point it was time to call it a day and work on it tomorrow. At this point I decided to go in to the carnival. The carnival was the same as last year execpt for the rides being in a parking lot instead of a field. But some of my favorite rides were there like the Ring-of-Fire. The Ring-of-Fire seemed better than last year. The hangtime was incredible, but I had a tough time getting out of the cars and it only stopped at the top once. 9/10. Time to ride the wildest flat rides ever concived: The Zipper. The Zipper strangly had a No Single Riders policy so I had to get paired up with somebody. This had to be one of the most intense rides I've ever been on! Also a word of advice: NEVER ride when you have a headache. 10/10. I should've stopped here with the rides, but I next made one of the stupidist mistakes since the time I went to Hersheypark back in December. The Rainbow. This was a BIG mistake. About 10 seconds after the ride started, I felt sick. Luckly I managed to hold it in even after I decided to talk to one of my friends who works at the Apple Dumpling and Sticky Bun stand. After the rides I walked off my sickness with my friend and I showed her the coaster again and she seemed very intersted in it. After I said goodbye to her, I got an Apple Dumpling and left. Here's some pictures of the K'nex Coaster. Expect another update for Day 2 by tomorrow. I'd like to thank Brandon for letting me take pictures of this record-breaking occasion. Stay tuned for more! Done! A few more inches.... Almost there..... We have lift off! All systems are go. This is the base. Brandon showing how the launch will work. The launch track. The top of the Top Hat. Here's most of the jobsite This is what's going to be lifting the pieces into place. The base and the top of the top hat waiting to be assembled. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vffreak07 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Holy. . . *Faints* It doesn't look that smooth but the support work looks amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElToroExtreme Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 WOW! That is the most insane knex creation i think i've ever seen! Great work! can't wait to see more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cca Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Its the tallest free standing but not the tallest the tallest is 40 plus feet tall it was built in Cosi science museum. Also not to be mean but the coaster would work better if the twist were heart lined and also if all the bumps were taken out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THE ONE Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 That's insane how big that thing is, I wound how fast it will go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.gumbo Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 I'm completely blow away by this thing, a LOT of work must have went into building it. To bad it has to be taken down sooner or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kennyweird Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 That thing is crazy huge. Maybe intamin should look into using a rubber band launch for their rocket coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagro5 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Wow! This is completely awesome! If you could, will you post a video when the train is able to make it all the way around the track? I'm just amazed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holyblakbelt Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 Thats crazy! They should give it to SFGAdv when they're finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imakecoasters2 Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 It's been topped though... sorry guys, but you should have added another 10 feet, http://www.sscoasters.net/forum/showpost.php?p=117073&postcount=204 Looks quite bumpy, =/. supports are good, but it'd be painful, -IMC- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesdillaman Posted July 1, 2008 Share Posted July 1, 2008 ^ This is FREE-STANDING, where the Cosi one wasn't, so it would still be a record-holder. -James Dillaman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ccron10 Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 We got a lot done yesterday. We fixed the track and added a few pieces to make it a gradual incline and figured out the best was to launch this thing and we almost got it over the top! We used 4 people holding a couple chains thick of rubberbands. We launched the car and it got between the top support brace and the second from last support brace. Today is the day it will work. This thing will be on national news today so keep watching! If anyone's in the area I reccomend you to come and see it! No TR today. I was too busy helping out and getting stuff and it will probably be the same way today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMK` Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^Where is it? It's not that hard to figure out how to launch it. I've seen 10 year olds launch it and you guys seem like 26 or something like that.. And seen 10 year olds build a unbumpy. In my mind, this is truly unacceptable. I'd recommend staying below five feet before you try this again. Compare these two pictures: http://www.themeparkreview.com/forum/files/dscf0361__800_x_600__115.jpg AND http://cache.rcdb.com/pictures/picmax/p12394.jpg ^That doesn't matter. They are claiming to have the TALLEST K'nex coaster. Not the tallest freestanding. They have a false statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^ Quit crying dude. In my opinion, the tallest one should have to be freestanding, otherwise, any jag could drop some track from the 4th story of a building, and claim top prize. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMK` Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 In my opinion, this is that jag that just built this because he felt like it. Building is more of a talent than just a hobby or "OMG I NEED TO BE DA TALLEST!" Actually, I have a whole website of k'nex coaster builders, who laughed hysterically at this coaster. Most of them under 15 years old. How do you feel when you overhear some people waiting in line for a ride and they are talking about the ride like. "first the ride brings you up to the top, then you go straight down and then 5 loops and flippy things" But you know very well that it's a 45* drop with one loop, an immelmann, a 0 g roll, a cobra roll, and a corkscrew. You may feel like some idiot thinks he knows everything about coasters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^ LOL, Who is this guy??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cca Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^He is a better roller coaster maker than this "Tool" I build with k'nex and am a hell of a lot better than these "old guys" that can't make it go over a top hat. I my opinion-"how sad is this thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DATman Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^And how good does bashing someone else make you look? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 This thread makes me laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cca Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Well if this was my coaster I would put more time in making it look good and not bad looking. Also when building with k'nex it takes a lot of time to get things to look right. I am sorry if i act mean, I just have higher standers for older builders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonisharsh Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 It is really creative and interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJMK` Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 And another thing. This guy came to our website asking for parts from us. HOW INCREDIBLY AWESOME!!!!! ADMIN EDIT: Warning. Warning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 ^ So you counteract by coming here and blasting him? All aboard the FAIL train! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rct3man777 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 So this TR thread turns into a massive debate over a Knex coaster... It makes me really sad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsme102 Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Is it just me or are some of these people wayyyy to overhyped about k'nex? People need to chill! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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