NL -- Black Panther -- Woodie

[MontuWillOwnYou]

First attempt at a realistic woodie.

 

It's pretty boring, but I'm trying to keep it simple right now while I get better at handbuilding. The Helix is hand-built so it's probably not all that great.

 

Happy grilling

blackpanther1.zip

Ooooo Picctuuurreeessss

[MrX8991]

Just looking at the picture, I recommend straightening the lift hill. Overall, looks pretty good for a first woodie. I'll have to try it out tomorrow, though.

[MontuWillOwnYou]

Gah. Crap. Sorry about that lift hill. I think by mistake I smoothed the wrong segment. I'll be posting an update tomorrow.

[the ghost]

That was actually a pretty fun out and back, but the lateral g's are way to high, also, go over the track and take out some of the supports that the track goes through.

[MontuWillOwnYou]

Good point, Ghost. I'm doing that right now

 

What would you say is a safe level for lat G's? I've gone through a couple more times. The entrance to the helix, from what I can tell, is the most severe portion in terms of lat G's.. Could someone let me know what it gets to?

 

I use NL on a laptop that is sadly wayyy underpowered to be running such a program. My FPS is so bad that a lot of the times I can't really tell what the G's are like. Dreaming about a brand new desktop

 

Thanks for the help

[Sasquatch]

Generally speaking, about 1G laterals are about the limit, as they can get uncomfortable past this mark.

 

However, if the forces come in suddenly (such as in a dodgy transition, or suddenly going into a section of track with a much smaller curve) they are likely to spike much higher, so your best plan of attack is to smooth the transitions as much as possible and bank them slightly more.