AmyUD06 Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Backstory: Upset with seeing comments on various forums that they have lost any sense of innovation or originality, B&M released information on their first-ever Gigacoaster. Still in the prototype stages, the coaster requires a few final touches, but the company hopes to use this ride to finally give Intamin some competition when it comes to world records. Statistics: Maximum Speed: 96 mph Peak Height: 375 ft First Drop: 271 ft, 100* Length: 9110 ft (~1.7 miles) Lift Hill : 57* LIM-powered at 40 mph Features: -700* and 540* helixes -6 airtime hills -270* climbing turn -270* dive-and-climb turn -50mph, 2.5g boost launch into lift hill. World Records: -Longest coaster -Fastest non-launched coaster -Tallest non-launched coaster Color scheme and supports are obviously in the works! -Passes E-Stop Test (in so much as that it will never crash due to e-stop activation; there are times when it won't restart that I blame on NL and not the design). -Passess Tunnel Test. Comments apprciated. Yeah, I know it needs a bit more smoothing and fine-tuning of banking angles. B&M_Hyper_01a.nltrack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.gumbo Posted August 10, 2008 Share Posted August 10, 2008 Well, the trackwork was good but not great. Thats all I can say really until you actually release the full ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dragsterfan420 Posted August 11, 2008 Share Posted August 11, 2008 Once you're done can you make a video? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted August 13, 2008 Author Share Posted August 13, 2008 Update: Trackwork is done (as much as I'm doing, in other words) and lift hill/drop supports in place. B&M_Hyper_01a1.nltrack Updated track file. A view from the crest of the drop. Going down. An unconventional B&M calls for unconventional supports. No caption. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr.gumbo Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 I think it'll be better if you didn't give us the download everytime you update it. Great work though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted August 13, 2008 Share Posted August 13, 2008 Looking pretty good; much better than the little Double-Dip coaster you posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyUD06 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Share Posted August 21, 2008 Finished some more support work. The paying job keeps me pretty busy, so time to work on the coaster is slim. Making supports is such a tedious process (don't hold your breath on realistic beam joints for this one ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xpress Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 You know you could use ASG.... Could support your ride in seconds. And I agree with Gumbo, you don't need to post a download link every update. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Team Thriller Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 ^ But then we wouldn't have the joy of watching the coaster being built. I like seeing it improve after every update, which is one reason why he probably posts the download every time. I don't want to see it done in only one update. I really like this coaster. The layout is just so amazing. Keep me updated. --James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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