A Little Model Coaster

With all the models being created recently, I too have to decided to make one. My model is full circuit with a lift and 4 turns all of them left. The whole thing took me about 2 hours with most of that time being lift tinkering to get the ball pickup just right. I hope you enjoy.

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thats pretty cool
i was gonna do the exact same lift idea for a school project
nice job

Nifty little contraption. Has anyone else seen those Skyrails they are advertising on the TV these these? http://www.enjoy.co.uk/prodv/skyrail-su ... /1193.html

I am generaly not joking, ?????????30 i am geting one for Christmas

hey look at these working coaster models that you can buy for 200!!! (alot and in us $ thoguh) very cool!
www.coasterdynamix.com

HOLY S***! THOSE WORKING MODELS ARE INCREADIBLE! can you seriously make your own, not just the coaster they give you?!? im GETTING one for xmas!

would that be the coaster dynamix? if you watch the vids they are sweet and working...look at the pics and you will see that you can make your own designs...some of the fans submitted crazy desgins...ill get some screens for you(not to take away from your awesome model woodie man...so ill post elsewhere)

Originally posted by Jakizle

hey look at these working coaster models that you can buy for 200!!! (alot and in us $ thoguh) very cool!
www.coasterdynamix.com

i've wanted one of those since about 2 years ago
they go un realistically fast around the track but its so awesome

[coolbeans326]

^ yeah, I would like to get one and have it run around my room or something, and if they ever come out with a rocket/hyper/giga intamin one, I'd run that thing all the way around the office of where I would eventually work at one day. [:P]

i cant afford stuff like that, im only 13! i hope to get it for christmas.

I think they look great but I think the incredible speed just makes it look not right!

Nice one with making your own though I bet that goes at the normal speed too!

Also how do the coasters get so fast is it magnets or something?

[Dirk_Ermen]

light trains, steep drops, smooth track = quick ride [:D]

Its all to do with forces. Everything falls at 9.81ms due to good ol' gravity, but the forces on both scales are vastly different. First off, with a large train such as an Inverted coaster, you have a lot of wieght (F=ma Force = Mass x Acceleration) With the larger train the air resistance and friction on there train and going to be alot larger than that of a small model train. Notice how when a train like Oblvion falls over the top of the drop, it seems to slowly acceleration. Thats due to the forces alternating on quite a large scale. Giving the effect that the train starts to fall quite slow. However on a model the forces are alot smaller, so the train quickly accelerates to around 9.81 ms, without the large forces from Air Resistance and Friction to slow it down. Anyway, i think i ramble on a bit

maybe a weight in the train but that could make it too slow....

Originally posted by tiepilot35

i cant afford stuff like that, im only 13! i hope to get it for christmas.

Yea from Santa lol[lol][lol][lol]

And thanx Edge for that lecture!