This is Iron Cobra, a RMC coaster inspired by Iron Rattler and New Texas Giant. I went for a realistic approach, the track height, speed, and length is realistic. The coaster is hand built, so take that into account when you rate! There are some surprises that I did, that I haven't seen others do before. See if you can spot them!
This coaster goes through tunnels, hills, mountains, and much terrain, this coaster loves to hug the ground, and snake around the mountain. RMC style coaster.
Coaster Stats: Height: 187 ft Length: 5200 ft Inversions: 1
I would like to thank Rickrollercoaster for naming this coaster. Thanks Nick Cage! And thanks to those who helped the problems I encountered.
Cool ride, was a good attempt but it felt a bit slow!
Technique Trackwork - trackwork was alright for the most part. There were a couple of jerks and sloppy turns here and there. Especially the section just before the flurry of right hand turns - ride it in the back and you'll see the track not flowing and snapping around a lot!
Supports - I thought your lateral bracing was excellent and it's nice to see the effort being made! However I think your ride lacked crossover bracing - in parts there were floating beams and other parts would certainly have needed help where the wood had to bridge a large gap!
Scenery - The rails were a good addition and greatly added to the ride. The terraforming was nice and I thought the queue area was fairly well done although adding in the complete fencing and some other extra scenery would've helped your score greatly.
Adrenaline Pacing - The ride really seemed to lack pacing wise - the turns didn't feel like they flowed into one another and a lot of the ride felt very drawn out. My favourite part was the flurry of right handers or perhaps the fast low turn - that was pretty intense!
Layout - The layout was interesting but as I mentioned didn't really seem to fit together or flow very well. Personally I think the transitions needed to be a bit better planned and executed.
Forces - Forces were good, nice variation and some nice floater airtime. Bit concerned about the -1.6 odd on the roll - I'd have liked to seen that a little bit lower but it wasn't *too* bad.
Uniqueness Layout / Elements - The layout of the ride was unique and had lots of little surprises - this was certainly your best category. I thought the in its entirety stood out above other coasters whilst still taking from rides you've seen which is good.
Scenery - What additional scenery you did was good, the rails were a good addition.
Realism
Tech/Adren/Uniq - Speaks for itself above. Nothing else to add I don't think.
Buildability- The ride was fairly long to not have some kind of MCBR - but it followed the hillside well and didn't feel too big to be built.
Likeness to manufacture - Thought this felt very much like a RMC ride in its elements, just needed them to be a bit quicker and have better pacing.
-Technical- Very nice, it was well made, smooth, and no technical errors. The RMC track and the formations along with the terrain made this ride very unique and very enjoyable to watch and ride.
-Adrenaline- Of course with the inversions and what not, it was pretty fun.. But the thing was, the turns were very loose.. And I thought that brought it down because it got a little bit boring when you were going average speed around mild turns.. Although throwing some nice banks here and there did make it pretty fun.
-Uniqueness- Again, same as adrenaline.. It was very unique to NL2, but In the real world, it would be more than less a extreme coaster, considering the other big boys out there (Iron Rattler, Goliath, Medusa) This was more of a set back due to the loose turns and what not... But with the Shape of the ride, plus the tunnels and terrain, it was pretty unique in its case.
-Realism- This was a easy 10.. Nothing seemed dangerous and everything was top notch realistic!
-Overall- Overall, I loved this ride, it was very fun and I enjoyed it very much.. But I'd like to see some crazier things in the future!
- Technical - The beginning of the lift was a tad sharp. There were areas really close to the ground that would have benefited from an extra footer or two. the heartline of the ride seemed a little off. RMC heartlines their ride a little, but not much. they seem to go halfway up to the riders heart. the trackwork wasn't the best, but it wasn't bad either.
- Adrenaline - The ride itself would be fun, though this ride seemed to be MUCH slower paced than all of the RMC's I've seen to date. The G's seemed to be fine and a little low for an RMC. I liked the tunnels in the beginning and the end, I also liked the heavy banks even though they weren't needed to be that far banked.
- Uniqueness - I saw some Iron Rattler inspiration here, though you still managed to have a unique layout. The ride had some great speed and nothing felt repeated.
- Realism - The ride was slower than the real RMC's I've seen, but seemed to have been built decently well. The tech issues also brought this down.
- Rider Value - Lookin at dem beautiful ladies would bring any man to the ride! Maybe not his wife, but your male and lesbian demographic has just gone through the roof! Well done! Oh and the ride was fun too.
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Fun ride. Not the best, could have been faster, but still a fun ride! Thank you
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