Vekoma Fan Boy Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 VFB, actually DOING something?? NO WAY! Yep. This is a coaster I started about 2 weeks ago that I have decided is good enough to be shown to the public. (Or at least try to finish ) This coaster is designed by my own firm, Negative -G Coasters. This is a medium-to-large wooden roller coaster that was somewhat inspired by Ravine Flyer and Boulder Dash, the ride offers stomach-turning drops, a mixture of ejector and floater airtime, and more than enough laterals to go around! The ride is going to have an out-and-back/twister design, all set in a hilly terrain and crossing a creek multiple times. SUMMER CREEK FLYER Goals -Out-and-back/twister design -Custom wide supports and lateral bracing -Well-paced layout -Good mixture of floater and ejector air time -Custom support station and other details Progress Trackwork: |--------|------------| 40%/100% Supports: |--------------------| 0%/100% Terrain: |--------------------| 0%/100% Theming: |--------------------| 0%/100% Statistics Height: 135 feet Drop: 106 feet Speed at bottom of first drop: 55mph Top Speed: 60mph (achieved at the bottom of the 2nd drop) Length (estimated final): ~3500-4000 feet Pictures SCF1.bmp Train on the lift hill SCF2.bmp Coming down the first drop SCF3.bmp Looking down the first drop! SCF4.bmp Going up the turnaround SCF5.bmp You get an insane(!) pop of laterals and ejector air here! SCF6.bmp Headchopper over the second drop SCF7.bmp The insane turnaround! SCF8.bmp It doesn't look like it, but this DOES clear the tunnel test! SCF9.bmp Overview of progress thus far. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the weekend!
Mr. Starr Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 WOW! That turnaround looks insane! Nice coaster, can't wait to see it finished!
DBru Posted February 27, 2010 Posted February 27, 2010 NGC! I had almost forgotten about this firm! Nice progress so far. The coaster looks totally unique.
Kingtravel Posted May 6, 2010 Posted May 6, 2010 I’m really grateful to you for sharing this great post. It looks like really thrill ride and I like this unique coaster designed. I have ridden many coaster rides in different theme parks and I’m really excited to ride on it very soon. Best Regards,
haux Posted May 6, 2010 Posted May 6, 2010 You're giving away your building secrets! Circles and straight lines!
jarmor Posted May 7, 2010 Posted May 7, 2010 You can get them from me... track_shapes_v1.1_187.zip Thanks for the guy who posted it but I totally forgot who it was...
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted May 9, 2010 Author Posted May 9, 2010 ^^I used to use Loefet's, but lately I have been using Newton2 to design my rides, I prefer the way it "feels" compared to hand building. Once I completely get the hang of it I'm going to come back and overhaul this coaster, but thats a month or three off. You're giving away your building secrets! Circles and straight lines! Haha, I didn't consider it much of a secret. I thought everyone did it!
Vekoma Fan Boy Posted August 28, 2010 Author Posted August 28, 2010 ^Computer got reformatted. Why do all of my projects get necroposted? EDIT: To all who are interested, I've started rebuilding the ride (with some slight variations) in Newton2. Nothing picture worthy yet, but I'll 2 or 3 pics when I get to about where I was in the last picture in this thread.
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