Jackal by Maverick

Nearly one mile of twisted yellow track featuring 13 moments of airtime and 14 direction changes for non-stop action reaching speeds of more than 65 mph!

This is my Intamin Jr Hyper entry to the ThrillNetwork "Elementary Contest." All but 10ft of straight, flat, "connect" track was made in Elementary using a "straight" formula, the ever-useful HSAK wizard, and the fairly new FVD formulas. The entire layout from the top of the lift to the start of the brakes was created with 4 FVD sections. Trackwork is nowhere near perfect as I'm still getting a feel for the FVDs. The contest was to stay within the circular boundary, include 5 "Elementary" elements, and be at least 5000ft long. This causes it to lose a little speed at the end which I attempt to compensate for by having quicker elements.

Also, this is my first stab at fully custom supports. All the support nodes and the track connecter flanges were hand-placed. I left out the mid-tube flanges on purpose to save on framerate.

NLDC Page: http://www.nolimitsdevcenter.net/p3833

YouTube POV:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38gHqAuEHEM

**Uses NL1.6 Improved Friction**
(But can operate without it - results in higher speeds, but less force control)

Elements consist of [in order of build]
Lift 1 [flat to lift slope]
Lift 2 [lift slope]
Lift 3 [lift slope to crest @ 0 slope]
FVD 1 [lift crest @ 0 slope through first 3 hills]
FVD 2 [overbank, helix, hill, dive, and two hills]
FVD 3 [hill, helix, hill, flat turns, following hill and a half]
FVD 4 [half hill, dive, hill, helix, incline to bakes, level section]
Brakes
Turn to station
Station
Turn to lift
** "Connect" piece is 9.73ft between the turn and the lift.

Note: custom cartextures not included in zip format.

Build dates: July 5, 2007 - July 28, 2007

I present to you: Jackal
http://www.coastercrazy.com/track_excha ... ?tid=13850

Comments, Criticisms, and Ratings welcome!

Enjoy!