Multiple Blocks On Lift?

Does anyone know if it is possible to create more than one block on a lift? Sounds silly, but it would be interesting to see work. I tried creating two blocks on the lift of one of my coasters by breaking a chain (inserting a segment with no chain), but much to my chagrin it did not work. Has anyone done this? How?

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I think the closest you can come to it is if you dipped down about halfway through and then started the chain again. I think I've tried that before and it worked, so I'm pretty sure, but not 100%.

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The Point of Cedars

If you make a split lift ala Knoebel's Twister it does work.

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Da Poodle

Coming in 2003-The Spawn Of Magnum!

The key is making sure that the segment without a lift is longer then the train length, a turn around or about 5 straight tracks usually does the trick.

Side note, isn't it funny that as riders we wail and moan about blocks (and their breaks), but as designers we are trying to put in as much as possible

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You could also about halfway up the lift make one regular uphill section, same angle as the lift, without a chain then make the chain continue up the hill after that. The back of the train will push it up to the next lift section, so it ould work, if you get my drift....

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I already tried that, it doesn't work.

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The track need to creast to form a block.

I don't understand. Multiple blocks?
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"Gimmie another donut, i'm HUNGRY!",
GTAIII

Multiple - more than one; many

Blocks - in this case, defined as a section of track in which only one train at a time can occupy

--Ryan

The piece which is "shallow slope-> flat" with lift chain functions as the block segment. You can do whatever you want in terms of segment lengths beyond that (of course, it may prevent you from having n-1 trains).

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If you're building a twister coaster you could have a break in the chain and then a launch lift and then more chain!

I've found that a single section missing the chain that is flat is all that is needed. It must go level for the one section.

I never use block-breaks because they slow the train to a near stop. The speed cannot be set for these brakes and their default speed is way slower that I think real coasters use. I just use chain lifts at the very top of nearly all my straight hills giving the same result of multiple block without the slowdown of block breakes.

I wonder if it was a mistake to have a chain lift act as a brake when the next block is full.

Dave