Awesome K'NEX custom-built coaster
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Taipan said:
"Bruce, is this what you're talking about? This one is not a working model though; www.angelfire.com/in2/kfconcepts/psychout.html
BTW, how did you come up with that stylish 'B' in your name? Would you know how to make V^2 look right - V squared?"
Yea that was what I am talking about. My "B" was made by holding ALT and pressing numbers. I already know how to make V², Blink 182°, and more...
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"Bathroom 1 looks too intense for me"-Ed Markey
Jeff said:
". They should really sell packs of track rail, flexi-rods and track ties in a package, as well as just simple structural pieces. Then you could build huge things."
I'm not sure if you noticed, but on the second or third page in the instruction booklet, it has an order form for each of the different peices, including the track and track ties. It's really incase you lost something, but I think I may just order some more track and the all the little things needed to attach the track to make it longer. I already have a regular K'nex set from when I was little, and it has all of the same structural pieces as this kit.
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I'd Rather Be Riding Rollercoasters
www.mycoasters.homestead.com/mycoasters.html
Now here's something to really get the imagination going...
http://www.cyberknex.com/cyberknex.html
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Scott W. Short
scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.cyberknex.com/cyberknex.html
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Scott W. Short
scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com
**Update**
After building the regular looping model, I decided to take things into my own hands, and build something more interesting (with only one set mind you.) So I kept the whole lift and first drop, and after the first drop, it goes into a very smooth zero-g roll/camelback, then comes down out of that, bank RIGHT, and goes into a giant helix. That ends by coming around and going under the zero-g roll, then goes straigt past the begining of the lift, banks left and turns 180 degrees into the start of the lift.
I had plenty of purple track and green ties, but I was lacking flexi rods. So, what I did was take the flexi rods out of the lift hill and replaced them with straight long peices that I wasn't using anymore(I just thought of it as a waste to have all those flexi-rods in the lift since they are not really being flexible). It came out great, and now that I realize how much track I have to work with, I am already thinking about my next model which will in some way utilize a dive loop, and possibly a corkscrew.
After building the regular looping model, I decided to take things into my own hands, and build something more interesting (with only one set mind you.) So I kept the whole lift and first drop, and after the first drop, it goes into a very smooth zero-g roll/camelback, then comes down out of that, bank RIGHT, and goes into a giant helix. That ends by coming around and going under the zero-g roll, then goes straigt past the begining of the lift, banks left and turns 180 degrees into the start of the lift.
I had plenty of purple track and green ties, but I was lacking flexi rods. So, what I did was take the flexi rods out of the lift hill and replaced them with straight long peices that I wasn't using anymore(I just thought of it as a waste to have all those flexi-rods in the lift since they are not really being flexible). It came out great, and now that I realize how much track I have to work with, I am already thinking about my next model which will in some way utilize a dive loop, and possibly a corkscrew.
FCR, sounds great. See, I don't have any K'NEX of my own, let alone the SS. I have heaps of LEGO & have built a huge K'NEX truck for a young friend. Don't even know if the SS has come out here down under. It will probably be about $200 Aussie dollars which is quite expensive. It is easier to build coasters with K'NEX than LEGO, well, not before SS came out!
I dunno wether to buy a set or not. I have a very expensive hobby as it is, flying R/C helicopters which costs thousands.
Then again I'm hoping LEGO comes out with a proper coaster set like CoasterTech, only better. They could do it easily, just that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to create new sets.
timberwolf, I love to do that with my LEGO coasters! :)
I dunno wether to buy a set or not. I have a very expensive hobby as it is, flying R/C helicopters which costs thousands.
Then again I'm hoping LEGO comes out with a proper coaster set like CoasterTech, only better. They could do it easily, just that it costs hundreds of thousands of dollars to create new sets.
timberwolf, I love to do that with my LEGO coasters! :)
If you read the entire post you would know.
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.:| Brandon Rodriguez |:.
http://www.coasters2k.com
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.:| Brandon Rodriguez |:.
http://www.coasters2k.com
**Update**
After a long delay, my second custom model is finished. This one also uses the same lift as the original, and again I am amazed at how long I was able to make it. After the lift it turns only about 30 degree(instead of 180) and drops, then enters the dive loop (maybe not called a dive loop because it enters from bottom, then does the half loop and twist), it then plunges down again next to the first drop and turns to the right slightly. It then swoops up through the opening in the lift hill (The one where the kid on the box is crawling through), then banks right and does a bunny hop, before banking right again and passing over the beggining of the lift(just barely leaving enough clearance for the train to pass under on the lift), then enters a tight left helix into the lift hill. It's quite impressive to look at compared to the original model. Again, the key to making this so long was that I replaced all of the flexi-rods on the lift with regular straight pieces.
I would really like to hear what everyone else has done...
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I'd Rather Be Riding Rollercoasters
www.mycoasters.homestead.com/mycoasters.html
*** This post was edited by FloridaCoasterRider on 8/4/2001. ***
After a long delay, my second custom model is finished. This one also uses the same lift as the original, and again I am amazed at how long I was able to make it. After the lift it turns only about 30 degree(instead of 180) and drops, then enters the dive loop (maybe not called a dive loop because it enters from bottom, then does the half loop and twist), it then plunges down again next to the first drop and turns to the right slightly. It then swoops up through the opening in the lift hill (The one where the kid on the box is crawling through), then banks right and does a bunny hop, before banking right again and passing over the beggining of the lift(just barely leaving enough clearance for the train to pass under on the lift), then enters a tight left helix into the lift hill. It's quite impressive to look at compared to the original model. Again, the key to making this so long was that I replaced all of the flexi-rods on the lift with regular straight pieces.
I would really like to hear what everyone else has done...
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I'd Rather Be Riding Rollercoasters
www.mycoasters.homestead.com/mycoasters.html
*** This post was edited by FloridaCoasterRider on 8/4/2001. ***
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