Reon Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Looks do-able, but make sure that you have the room to build it. Like I suggested for my own coaster, make the basis of the track out of strong wood (2x4ish), then smooth it out with a few layers of plywood strips on top. Use 2x4ish wood again for the supports, and piece stuu together with screws and stuff... As for Wildcat, I need suggestions for the lift device. Anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riccoaster Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Oh I have a question how do you get and make the rails for the coaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vffreak07 Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 I think a chain system similar to the blue flash coaster might work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted April 11, 2007 Share Posted April 11, 2007 Oh I have a question how do you get and make the rails for the coaster? You dont NEED rails. They just make the ride a bit smoother.... *points at question about wheel arrangements and the bunny hill* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xme3 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 wow, you all are some dedicated folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Oh I have a question how do you get and make the rails for the coaster? From what I've seen, it's definitely something that needs to be learned from experience and trial and error. But, in a nutshell,, it's just layers of wood, bent around the curvature of rises and falls. Using small pieces will help relive stress. Layered 4-5 times, staggered (covering each gap in a pattern), so that the wood can flex with the weight of the train. On turns, the same thing is done, except each piece is cut to fit in diagonally, to get a rough shape of the turn. Then the excess wood is cut out, smoothly, to get a somewhat smooth radius turn. The top layers are done the same way, however the wood is placed 2" outwards to create a lip (I think that it could be scaled down a bit, but it all depends on what size wheels you use). These layers need to be the most precise, and need the most amount of nails because these are what the running, guide, and upstop wheels run on. The top, inside lip, and under the lip should be layered with steel or graphite for friction management. This will also help the track in that the raw steel wheels aren't bouncing on the wood itself, thus it won't splinter. Each rail should be done at the same time, going back and fourth so you don't lose the gauge. Keeping the gauge measurement in check simply consists of a bar, or piece of wood, cut to the lenght of the gauge, and held in between each rail too keep they the right distance apart. This has to be done a second time with a narrower bar for the top layers. I've heard that the level of tolerance/industry standard in gauging is 1/16th of an inch, but for a backyard type ride, I don't think everything needs to as precise (but don't slack off when doing it, you don't want your ride to tear itself up the first time around, or worse, after a few times around with you on it). Just try it, and keep at it. It looks to be one of those things that the more you do it, the 'easier' it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted April 24, 2007 Share Posted April 24, 2007 Drove by the Blue Flash on Saturday, it seems that there is new track for BF2! Looks like just a s curve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechanic Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 While this is none too elaborate, it fits into this topic: backyard coaster And no, it's not mine. It's just something I stumbled upon while browsing the web. This one: Wow! This is awesome for a homemade ride! looks like it'd be really fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanks4me05 Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Jeremy Reid's Backyard Coaster and Blue Flash are probably the two most famous backyard coasters. A person was making a backyard roller coaster on thrillnetwork, but I don't know what happened to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natatomic Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 When I was nine, I made a zip line from our loft to the first floor out of k'nex for my Beanie Babies (don't look at me like that - I was 9 and I'm a girl). Does that count? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Jeremy Reid's Backyard Coaster and Blue Flash are probably the two most famous backyard coasters. A person was making a backyard roller coaster on thrillnetwork, but I don't know what happened to it. But for us "old timers", we all know THE most famous one of all. Anyone else here remember Kim's coaster. (I think it was called the Termite) It was a woodie that had no "lift", and dropped off the back of his house. Sadly, there was a party demolishing the ride, covered in ACE News way back when, and he replaced it with THIS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfotfreak Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 look at this one he even has a pump to blast water at the end! http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=520&forum=DCForumID21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rideslover Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 look at this one he even has a pump to blast water at the end! http://freizeitparkweb.de/cgi-bin/dcf/dcboard.cgi?az=read_count&om=520&forum=DCForumID21 Sound like a water toboggan and they got soaked from cold water Ahh! Ok, I think about the Herschell Mad Mouse at J's Amusement Park? I want a offer to Michael for the Mad Mouse then bring it to my backyard. Thanks, Larry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCody Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 I know this doesn't really count, but I recently met a major Hollywood effects makeup/prosthetics artist (Rick Baker) and he has his own tiny dark-ride-style haunted house installed at his workshop. He had it done for a big Halloween party one year, and he wound up keeping it. He made me go in alone-- it was cheesy, but I was still screaming! I'd love to have my own haunted house. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DATman Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 ^That's awesome! I've always wanted my own dark ride, though I think I'd opt for a shooter rather than a huanted house. Still a sweet idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 ^^I imagine Rick Baker's would've been pretty damn cool. I still remember the "Lost Dutchman Mine" at the long-defunct Frontier Village in San Jose--well, one part of it, at least. The big finale was a huge skeleton miner with a dynamite plunger. Boom! That would be one cool prop to have on your front lawn for Halloween. Thought that was the neatest thing ever; then again, I was eight years old at the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Baynham Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hi TPR visitors I'm trying (and failing) to locate Jeremy Reid's Backyard Coaster, and the Blue Flash steelie on Google Earth. Can anyone here post the Google Earth co-ordinates for these coasters? Many thanks for any assistance Simon B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xcastn0shad0wx Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 This is where Blue flash is at. http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=38.781157,-87.466884&spn=0.001292,0.002511&t=h&z=19 It is hard to tell it's there but living close to it I can tell that it is the place. You can only really make out the blue shed it uses as a lift hill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spaceace12 Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Yeah, another hautian. If you are interested in car pooling to parks, let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sfotkid Posted April 21, 2008 Share Posted April 21, 2008 Me and riccoaster are making a 30 foot suicide water slide, I think thats what they call them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amusing_parks Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 that thing looks crazy, wow but with its theming it makes it look a lot better i wish my parents would let me make a roller coaster in my backyard yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amusing_parks Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 that thing looks crazy, wow but with its theming it makes it look a lot better i wish my parents would let me make a roller coaster in my backyard yeah well there is a bull dozer in my front yard and some other stuff for redoing the front of the house hmmm i still wish yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chadley Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I love this one! Warning: There will be blood! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COASTER FREAK 11 Posted April 22, 2008 Share Posted April 22, 2008 I'm going to start working on Project wildcat again, but I have a few questions first off: 1)How do those first gen boomerang lifts work? I'm thinking of doing something like that for the back spike. 2) Can I safely include a bunny hill in the ride using only top wheels, and a bigger wheel on the underside, grasping to the two main rails? As for the layout, it depends on question 2. I plan on making the basis of it two verticle spikes, with some trick track in the middle. Depending on how gravity works, I might make the trick track into a curving hill, resulting in a S shaped layout. Also, I'd like to make the front spike past-verticle, but I dont think thats possible unless I modify the carriage with a set of undertrack wheels. As for the actual track, I'm thinking use 2x4s and such for the base of the track, then cover it with a few layers of plywood to smooth things out. The verticle spikes will come out by linking the track pieces up at a constant rate of 18 degrees per increment. (It should take 5 segments to get it smoothly from horizontal to verticle.) So whats up with project Wildcat? Ive been watching this thread for a while and I'm glad to see its returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reon Posted April 23, 2008 Share Posted April 23, 2008 I'm honestly clueless right now I'm toying around with a few possiblilities, including, but not limited to: 1) Focus first on buying a steel drum to play some gigs and help raise funds that way. 2) Possiblity that I won't move back home after college, thus making it useless to build something THERE. 3) On a similar note, concidering the lack of time I have at home. As for the coaster itself, I constantly research construction, the physics, and possible layouts for Project: Wildcat. It's just a matter of deciding how I want to go about this... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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