Cool site for working coaster models

[FlyingScooter]

I thought these would be fun to build.

http://www.coasterdynamix.com/

 

Enjoy.

[phazan]

wow those are cool! they look better than the knex! they are so expensive though.

 

thanks for sharing!

[benzo41190]

if i sold my camera, I would but it

[phazan]

i saw one of the videos and it goes really fast! the trains must be really heavy because it says it runs all with gravity. it looks like it is boosted by something it goes so fast. wierd.

[Angry_Gumball]

it's because it's scaled down. Even the Knex coasters have this hi-speed feel to it. I've seen a Scorpion set which goes for $275 currently sitting at $127.

[CoasterFanatic]

i saw one of the videos and it goes really fast! the trains must be really heavy because it says it runs all with gravity. it looks like it is boosted by something it goes so fast. wierd.

 

All because Galileo bitch-slapped Aristotle

[DenDen]

Isn't this last-year's fad? "Pimp-buzz" prostituted this thing when it came out a while back (must have gotten a freebee), but at $500, I'm rolling my eyes so far back I can count the hairs on my butt.

 

Now, when someone starts selling back yard rides, then I'll be impressed!

[coasterdude5]

Those things are expensive! But it would be so awesome to have one. I'd run it 24/7!

[memphish]

Oh, but they are so reasonable compared to other HQ, and model railroad pieces. /PimpBuzz justification... Fantastic, that doesn't mean they should charge as much as they can for them.

[CoasterFanatic]

A little bit cheaper way of getting it:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=19015&item=5972968372&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW

[Musical Pete]

i saw one of the videos and it goes really fast! the trains must be really heavy because it says it runs all with gravity. it looks like it is boosted by something it goes so fast. wierd.

It indeed does run by gravity, pure and simple. The trains are infact very light, as heavier trains would cause more friction on the pin bearings (like those on model railway rolling stock). They could build the trains heavy with miniature high speed roller bearings, but if not anything else, they'd atleast increase the cost significantly, and (the anything else) the bearings might infact have more operational friction than the plain pins, at this scale.

 

I've not got one of the models myself and don't plan on getting one, but that's how I understand things to be, by what the Coasterdynamix guys themselves say.

 

I'm planning on building my own scatchbuilt woodie model, 1:16 scale. My desired 80' lift will be five actual feet high . I've just bought a circular table saw to turn sheets of 6mm plywood into ½" strips, for the bent uprights (scale 8x4s, as many old woodies used. I'm told CCI usually used 6x3 uprights and as a consequence, the parks with them are suffering problems with the bolt holes causing cracks.. funny that they used smaller posts for coasters which use the heaviest PTC trains yet). Anyway, going off topic there.. just a bit of trivia I suppose.

[AllisonY2K]

woah! that's awesome! out of my price range, but still awesome.