B&M LIM Launch coaster: The Dark Dragon

An evil force has hit japan. The gardens are being torn apart, and a giant monster is to blame. Can you tame the beast?



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The only evil force here is the heartline.Duh.Advice,get Newton 2,study B&M rides,learn how to support properly

^ Dude go easy on him! geez! he is new remember?! But yea, the supports are off and study B&M's style a little. Mostly they have inversions and surprisingly minimal banked curves (besides Levithan) like your coaster. ^ Again, I dont know if someone new to no limits should get newton 2.... unless they know calculus or something. Wait a little to advance like I did, try it out (like me) if it fails then wait a little more and try it. But other than that stick to handbuilding.

An easy way to heartline without Newton is to line up the track rails square to one rail of the track: say for a heartlined turn you would align both rails at a 90 degree angle to the left rail for a tight yet heartlined right turn.

Newton never worked for me.

^It did for me. Today i did my first coaster by basicly doing everything Entropy said in his vids. But the coaster kinda sucked so yea...

Sorry, I had a bad day.

I only use newton for hairpin turns or lift hills where an even radius is key, but newton is a little more difficult to use when applying g-force and twisted track.

Originally posted by Coaster Hero

I dont know if someone new to no limits should get newton 2.... unless they know calculus or something.

When exactly did this misconception occur, that Newton is advanced mathematics? Haha. It really is not complicated. You just have to persist.

I mean, calculus or whatever helps you understand WHY it does things (kinda sorta), but it doesn't really help you make better Newton rides. You just understand why a transition works the way it does (this is more algebra I think). If you don't understand this, then just learn what the transition does and apply it.

I mean it helps a little, but not really. It's not like high-level stuff or anything...it's just the occasional graph that you may want to interpret.

has anybody notice how tight the newton coasters look like? compact which is fine but generally slow like an indoor type of ride.

Originally posted by richie5126

I only use newton for hairpin turns or lift hills where an even radius is key, but newton is a little more difficult to use when applying g-force and twisted track.

True that![approve]

Originally posted by GerstlCrazy

Originally posted by Coaster Hero

I dont know if someone new to no limits should get newton 2.... unless they know calculus or something.

When exactly did this misconception occur, that Newton is advanced mathematics? Haha. It really is not complicated. You just have to persist.

I guess he confused it with AHG

...that's not complicated mathematics either...the only thing that could possibly be considered "complicated mathematics" is custom transition functions in FVD. Everything else is plug-and-chug...

I've never used any sort of math or calculus intentionally with newton (or AHG for that matter, which is primarily color codes...?), I simply learned how the transitions work and applied it, as AJ said, and I consider myself to be an "expert" newton user for whatever its worth. I know some calculus and I've not really used it once in the two years now that I've used newton. It really is a misconception that it requires advanced mathematics, sure it may come easier to someone who understands it, but all it takes is essentially a basic understanding of the program, time, and practice to become good at it.

Originally posted by thrillsentertainment

I've never used any sort of math or calculus intentionally with newton (or AHG for that matter, which is primarily color codes...?), I simply learned how the transitions work and applied it, as AJ said, and I consider myself to be an "expert" newton user for whatever its worth. I know some calculus and I've not really used it once in the two years now that I've used newton. It really is a misconception that it requires advanced mathematics, sure it may come easier to someone who understands it, but all it takes is essentially a basic understanding of the program, time, and practice to become good at it.

A LOT of practice...

And speaking of newton, anyone know how or where to get the custom newton environment? It looks sick!

I decided to change this into an intamin.







Should i keep this a b&m? Or does Intamin suit it?

You decide...

Oh yeah, the comments.

First of all, the heartlining. I have improved the heartlining of many areas in the ride but that roll you see still cannot be fixed.

Ahh, newton. I fail at banking.

And finally, bye! I dont need to be pushed easy on.

This is my first attempt at supports so there are a few prefab supports. When i said handbuilt, i meant the track.

I easily knew there were prefabs. Much better. Keep it intamin. It just has the FEEL of it...

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Please get rid of the support that is dangling from the other part of the track You'd have to have double the supports for the track that the is holding up that other piece of track, which is a bit silly when it'd be easier to just have separate supports. I'd say you MCBR support is a tad overkill as well

i suggest that you convert the diagonal cross ties on the supports to thinner tubes since in a real intamin only the main box structure is important, diagonal crosses are like extra support. right now on the MCBR all i see is a couple of supports kind of smooshed, keep them as linear as possible. there is also this random support structure connecting the MCBR to the cork, you might want to connect it to something.

Use fvd's

What is an FVD?

School Post. Glad i have somewhere i can 3D model for the ride.

Originally posted by Xtremecoasta

What is an FVD?

FVD=Family Violence Department, best poop to use.

Rather than being an ass, I'll actually answer your question. FVD is Force Vector Design. And no, you really shouldn't use them. It's like Newton, but more complicated. A lot more flexible, but not worth it for a beginner. Just use Newton if you want to get into force-based design. It's simpler and is perfectly substantial for basic stuff.

FVD = what RWN talks about as often as Jcoasters talked about his graphics card. For some reason.