Dreadnought - Maurer Sohne X-Car

Hey guys, i've decided to share with you (for once) the building process of my new ride Dreadnought, a massive Xcar. It's 200ft, and I plan to have at least 4 inversions

Right now keeping it relatively compact for fun, especially while supporting, but i might have an out and back section. I have the next few elements planned out, but after that it's all improvisation

Massive! (: I have never seen a x-car so big.

**** thats huge

Interested to see how you pull this off...

Originally posted by KrazyKoasterKid

**** thats huge

Thats what she said.

I added a quite large Immelmann, that will lead into an incline non inverting loop, I will work that out somehow.

soo....like a non-inverting corkscrew?

Screw that....I'll just do a regular non-inverting loop, got it green and smooth on the first try.

That looks very, very nice. Looking forward to seeing the final layout!

Hooray.

More track has been added, this overbank hasnt been tested yet, so I cant promise it'll be there in the next update. I'm still trying to keep it compact, which is going to be awesome one supported given it's size and speed.

Hmmm...from that last angle the shaping of your non-inverting loop looks off. I know on HRRR the sides are both tilted slightly, so the loop is extra wide..yours looks like you tried to mazke sure that it went vertical at some point then widened it again at the bottom. It's subtle, but I think it'll make a big impact when riding.

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try to make sure the mcbr doesn't kill too much pacing...

It only slows the car by 7mph, not that big of a deal,.

That's a very boring drop out of the MCBR...

Me like.

Added incline loop, but with this come a problem, i've run out of layout ideas, I'm thinking maybe to go multi-looper and do a coaster with a high inversion count, but im not sure, any ideas would be appreciated

Double post, but anyway, added a twisty and airtime bit after the incline loop. I also widened, and made the non-inverting loop taller.

The last section looks wavy and pimp.

I like the bit after the inclined loop. Honestly, it's my favorite part of the ride so far.

Please don't call it a twisty.

Also I suggest not making the ride too much longer...just because you can add more elements doesn't mean doing so will make the ride any better.

I will call my elements what ever I damn please!


also I'll take your advice for once and didn't add too much else. The ride is going to need some intense smoothing, refining, and supporting so im gonna get to work on that, enjoy the layout.

Last section looks a bit meh. Add a weird heartline roll instead of one of the turns.

Good news, smoothing is going well so I decided to support the sections that are already smoothed, it beginning to look more and more sexy.

Make the supports thinker on the drop (the lift supports are fine)