Lewis, I am accustomed to having to defend my designs, I just hoped that this thread would be more questioning and less accusing. I'm asking coaster fans about the design because we are the "first responders", so to speak. Coaster enthusiasts help generate buzz for a new product. I have two more app...

The feedback is not what I am taking issue with, it is the assumption that the idea is half-baked or poorly thought through that irks me. I have no problem answering questions about the ride, but when accusations that I'm not thinking about what I'm doing start flying before anyone even bothers to a...

Do you guys really think that I haven't put a huge amount of thought into these designs? I mean, seriously - I wouldn't have spent the money to get patents on these concepts if I didn't think they were 1) buildable, 2) marketable, and 3) profitable. And that means that a tremendous amount of thought...

The amazing fact of the whole thing with the Phelps clan is that they preach punishment for so-called sins, where they are so obviously in the wrong and going against just about every belief in world religion themselves. It's like watching someone shoot themselves in the foot, only that we don't get...

Take a look at just about every Golden-Age wooden coaster, and you will find pumping in the turns. When coasters were eventually designed with computers and better construction methoeds were employed, there was less pumping. But you will still find plenty of wooden rides that pump like crazy. EDIT: ...

Okay, everyone should have a copy of the ride to play with.

Iron, I need your email address.... I'm sure I have it somewhere but I can't find it. The ride will be on its way very shortly.

EDIT: nevermind I got it.

Copies of the ride will be emailed around 5 PM EST today. TJ, I know you have seen this one before, but there have been a few minor modifications with relation to track location and head-choppers.

Are there any more takers?

So I have this ride that I have been working on for quite a while now, and I'm almost ready to make the decision as to whether or not to start the next phase of the design and do some themeing. The entire ride is hand-built and smoothed, and it is my finest work to date from a technical standpoint w...

1. Fred Church (Prior & Church)
2. B&M
3. GCI
4. CCI (GG)
5. Premier Rides (LIM line only)

In that order.

My freakiest coaster moments really only happened while maintaining or working on the rides themselves. I worked at Playland Park in Rye, NY for a few summers - my first summer I was a ride mechanic, and the other summers I was assistant to the superintendents. As the assistant to the superintendent...

I understand the point of view of using the NL standard tunnel tests. Sure, it's quick and easy. It doesn't need any extra tools to utilize. But if I create a tunnel specifically designed to locate interactions at a realistic safety clearance, then I have a credible argument for the clearances and d...

I had bought a registered copy, and then I switched to my new computer. I needed to reinstall, but I stupidly forgot to write down my registration info. I emailed Tia to ask if I could get that info from my purchase record, but she never got back to me - so now I'm pretty much screwed.

I would be interested to know if the headchoppers would actually hit your hands if you did put them up - not that I'm recommending that you try it lol. I wouldn't argue that coaster designs in NL should be allowed to be dangerous because of clearances.

I was looking at making individual tunnel types for different coasters eventually, but I had wanted to start with wooden coasters first since that is really what I spend most of my time working with. Real, as far as the planning and head-choppers are concerned, it's not that I'm not into planning ah...

That's what I'm trying to argue against. I don't think the tunnel test is good enough anymore. That is why I'm working on doing a custom tunnel of proper dimensions for a tunnel test - I'm not suggesting banning tunnel testing, I'm suggesting changing it and making it better and more realistic.

I usually do just use my gut instinct on my head-choppers, and occasionally I'll even go so far as to use relative measurements with the train passing under the area in question for the closest of them, but there really does need to be a litmus test and I still don't think that the tunnel test cuts ...

I figured that it was time to post my theory on tunnel testing in NL, since so many people do it and use it as a criterion for the judgement of a ride. This pertains particularly to wooden coasters, although I have some good arguments for steel coasters as well. I think that tunnel testing either ne...

The Spectre of Stone Mountain Originally uploaded in 2004 for C2K, Spectre was probably my best work with NL 1.3. The ride is dated when it comes to track smoothness and shaping technique, but it might seem fitting for this sort of ride, which looks and feels like it has been rotting in the middle o...

What are the deadlines for this contest?

Thanks for the kind words. I didn't know that my tracks were held in any particular esteem, so I feel kinda warm and fuzzy now [:D]. There were some amazing older tracks at C2K, so I'm glad that they aren't lost forever. I was actually a few weeks away from posting my latest design on C2K, so that w...

Sometimes, you find yourself looking for a new home - now that C2K is gone, I figured that I might as well do something that I should have done a long time ago, and join some other coaster sites. I'm not going to comment on what happened at C2K, aside from saying that it will be sorely missed, and w...