Need advice, school project, making coaster wheel

My group and I will be making a coaster car wheel for our term project. I've searched on Google Images, but haven't come up with much. I'm coming to you guys for a little help.

a.) close-up pics of wheels
b.) some basic/standard dimensions
c.) any other info

I'm sure it seems like i'm just trying to get you guys to do my work, but i'm really not. I just don't think i'll find a website out there with coaster wheel specifications. Thanks for any help.

http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/fun/blog/index.cfm?entry=a33ec233-8b84-41e9-90f7-60ca6f477bc2

Hand over a Wicked Twister wheel. For some reason, that picture has always been cool-looking to me.

Not sure how much help, but...

-nesdude

http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=6938

http://www.sunray-inc.com/amus.htm

This is a company that makes wheels for coasters. Maybe if you tell them what the project is for they can give you some specs.

Maybe if you live near a park you could head out to one this weekend and try to hunt down a mechanic.

I'm thinking you could get some info by making a visit, but it might be a bad move to. That's all I can think of. Good luck.

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=1306

By the way, Dragster, Millennium Force and Wicked Twister all use the same wheels.

Maverick probably will, too.

Well, my group and I have completed our wheels, and did our presentation. I'm pretty sure we got an 'A'. Opening bids starting at $500 ;)

http://www.coasterdom.com/2006/12/07/homemade-roller-coaster-wheels/

I'm impressed, some people are just naturally good at CAD, unfortuantly I'm not one of those people, the finished product is impressive. I had a similar project, but my partner didn't want to do anything amusement related.

Great job, they really came out looking nice. I'm looking forward to being able to do similar stuff in school as well! Of course, I could do that right now if I wanted to, but I'm a lazy bum by nature ;) Cool project.

Thanks for the nice comments guys, I had a lot of fun making them.

Nice...although I'm sure the only use for aluminum wheels would be on the Grizzly. ;)

Nice work.