Actually, you will need 169 feet if you want a 92 mph launch, but you have to enter in the launch G's as 1.67 G's, because that is the acceleration of Kingda Ka's launch, which is what was used to calculate it. Though you wanted 90 - 92 mph, either value should be fine. Just remember to enter in the...

I will never follow a real style ride because that severely limits the amount of elements I am allowed to do. That means if I wanted to make a B&M Invert, I *HAVE* to have a loop, Zero G Roll, Immelmann, Cobra Roll, and a couple of wing overs, almost guaranteed in that order. It's so boring, so mund...

^ - Airtime on virtually every hill, and on almost all of those hills the strength of said airtime will be in the -1.2 to -1.4 range, with all forces falling within legal G force limits (I found the charts) - 267 foot triple drop down the bottom of a canyon - 400+foot drop off the side of said canyo...

I'm starting a terrain woodie, and whenever I select anything other than the simple support structure, the lateral bracing goes all the way to "sea level" and ignores the terrain that I put in as if it were not really there. This has been annoying me for forever, and I only want to do custom lateral...

Bump: Is there a faster way to "snap" the terrain to the .3ds file? I'm about half way done, but I want to do something to make the process a bit more expedient. The way I'm currently doing it is by dragging each 1x1 tile in the editor up to the blue wire frame. Is there a faster, and equally as acc...

^As I am currently downloading Sketchup, is it possible for Smoove, or anything in Sketchup for that matter, that can import the terrain from Google Earth? (They are from the same company, so there may be hope.)




One more question: How can I view .3DS objects in the editor?

I don't do coasters in fantasy terrains or flat land anymore; I do real parks. What I usually do to recreate the land plots is that I go into Google Earth, take lateral and vertical measurements, and I record the elevation every 50 feet. I then make a roller coaster that has the corresponding XYZ co...

Originally posted by bandman232 ^ I agree. Seems like everyone wants acceptance now. It's really getting on my nerves. Homosexuals, yea okay, do what you want. Fat people on the other hand... Why do we have to accept that you like to eat 5 happy meals a day and don't do anything? I agree. The reaso...

Originally posted by nolimitsfan38 Originally posted by bandman232 If a homosexual were to try to have a relationship with the opposite sex, it would be impossible for them. Then how come many closeted gay men do marry women,have sex with them and bear children? Committing to the act, or saying som...

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He's over at coasterfuel.com; if anyone misses him, go over there and join up; it's a freaking ghost town over there anyway and we need more posters.

^After I bought my first cartridge, I realized that I could have done it at Walmart. But by then, printing 40 photos would cost $113.06, which the price for the remaining ink and paper would be about the same. So I decided to do it that way since I will be at least able to ensure use of a high quali...

I'm having an issue with a normal force pump in the top of a lift. For the transition to level out the lift, I have two options: 1: Use curved geometry and transition to multi-zone force. This creates a pump. 2: Use multi-zone force for the whole thing, but in order to keep the geometry of the lift ...

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And the Derp of the Day Award goes to...

Gouldy: The national gas average is about $4/gallon (0.66 pounds per liter) so gas is cheaper. Although the problem is we often live 20+ miles (32+km) from work, so it adds up very quickly. America is a huge, spread out country, so mass transit doesn't work for us all that much except within cities.

^^OMG ZABUMAFOO!!!! I remember that show! I loved it!

^I already figured out the entire trip, and most of the hotels are within the $50 - $70 range. It would be nice to get cheaper, but sometimes those are not only few and far between, but I also want a hotel that is clean. I don't care for amenities other than breakfast, exercise area, fridge and micr...

^I'm a AAA member, so worry not. But I just thought AAA was for road side assistance. I cataloged every single amusement park on the planet onto Google Earth, so I have a very good visual idea as to where everything is. The thing is, there aren't many parks in this region of the country, so it's ver...

^^ The original plan was to skip Indiana Beach, Holiday World, KI, Waldameer, and MFI, but I wanted to add them in to break up the multi-day drives. I considered it, but this is as far as I'm willing to go for parks. This is my absolute limit. I love parks, but this is exhausting enough. (And expens...

Well, now that I am technically a college student (I start classes at the end of August) I really wanted to do one freaking huge trip during college. I decided on the GMT-6 timezone for a few reasons: 1: I'd only be 19 or 20 (2012 or 2013), so if I wanted to do a trip somewhere else, I'd likely have...

Need I remind everyone that this trip will not be for several years? I just like to plan very far ahead. It's fun. I am currently saving up for a stateside trip that I wish to do in 2012, but 2013 will be more likely, due to the fact that it's so expensive. Actually, speaking of which, I think I'll ...

^I was considering that. But my main problems is the scheduling of my other high priority flats. The flat rides I want to go on the most are: Airwolf (Owner: Eberhard) High Energy (Owner: Kaiser) Test Strecke (I miss Laser) Hoellenblitz Devil Rock (Owner: Hanstein) Flash High Voltage (Weber) Phoenix...

^^^I know Germany isn't that big; area wise, it's about almost exactly as big as New York, Pennsylvania, and Indiana combined. ^^Remember, this won't be for several years, but this is my itinerary: Day 1: Fly from Syracuse to New York City, fly from New York City to Frankfurt. Day 2: Rest and/or nor...