Pippin Flyer

I was working on this classic 1950s ravine coaster tonight.


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That looks pretty good, actually.

I made something similar a long time ago. I was about to link it, but I just realized it was on coastersims. Damn.

This one looks a little better anyways.

WOW! Lol, it does... it looks properly shaped too. See, this shows your real potential. I think that you could be a very good NoLimiter if you just set your mind to other thangs than jetcoasters.

[gouldy]

cool5 is actually a god builder, his shaping is always as good as it can really be. His problem is that he only usually turns his hand to jet coasters

I thinned out the excessive batter bracing and made the supports thin.

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How does it look now?

Looking at this makes me think of Kennywood. Good job on what looks like a good creation.

I have added some skid brakes, I beam supporting and more batter bracing.

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[slosprint]

Wow... that actually looks pretty good. i might smooth out those hills a bit (on the terrain not the coaster) to make it look more realistic but other than that it looks great.

I love to listen to Tie Me Down by New Boyz while I am building batter bracing.

[slosprint]

^ and you just ruined one of the only decent threads you have ever posted. congratulations.

A regular coaster by Cool? I guess you're turning over a new leaf for 2010. Looks good so far. I don't what else to say, I'm too shocked your building something other than a Jet Coaster.

Originally posted by slosprint

^ and you just ruined one of the only decent threads you have ever posted. congratulations.

i was thinking the same exact thing when I read that. It was entirely unnecessary but the damage has been done, oh well.

I am starting the station, made cross over bracing and have made a covered brake run. I also put up more batter bracing.

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Looking forward to this very much. Thunderbolt at Kennywood is one of my favorite rides and I know you're quite good with shaping, so this should be a quality track.

The one concern I have is it may be too smooth. What gives Thunderbolt (and most other old rides) it's charm is that every drop and valley is heavily misshappen...The drop itself might not be enough to give more than floater air however a misplaced ledger might create a bump causing for great ejector. The Cyclone at Coney Island is probably the best example of this. Were you able to get that type of shaping?

No. It has some pumping in the bottom of drops but has overall smooth shaping. Shall I send it to you to put in some misshaped track? It will give it charm of an old woody. I want someone who really knows about misshapen track to put it in my coaster without it looking like a poorly designed track.

Thats the most normal post that I have ever seen cool5 post. I think he is going to be a new person in 2010.

^ There's a difference between Pumping and Track Shaping, so making it pumpy doesn't make it more stylised to an old woodie.

This looks really good!!!

No, but I can give you some ideas on what to do. Whereever you want a bump, look for the nearest ledger and adjust it up or down. then just split the track until the node is over that ledger and adjust it to fit the support. You can kind of see what I'm talking about in this photo:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 488893080/

And this one:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 488893080/

And here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 488893080/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 943262737/

You can also try making things not completely straight, but this effect might be a bit hard to get natural:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 488893080/

Or some slightly misshapen turns:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/boulderdas ... 943262737/

The first drop looks a bit steep can you get a picture of the side

I added pumps in the turns and jerky hill transitions to provide ejector airtime. I warped the straight sections of the hills also.

[jayman]

oh .. i have a differing point of view deliberately messing up the track might come off unrealistic.. ..

Not if it's done right. Real wood coasters are far from perfectly shaped.

Here's the almost competed station.

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