[NL2] Skyrush-y Terrain Project

Stats:

Max Height: 155ft above station
Longest Drop: 237ft
Total Height Differential: 251ft
Top Speed: 84mph
Track Length: 3,350ft
Ride Time: ~30 seconds
Max G: +4.7/-0.8

Elements:

237ft drop @ 83 degrees
170ft airtime hill @ 54 degrees
Tilted helix/incline loop
155ft 0-g diving turn @ 56 degrees
Airtime hill back out of the ravine (150ft up, 40ft down)

Custom lift supports.

What the hell is that?

Um, this, freelanced a bit to allow for NL catwalks? It's just support colored rather than track colored.

I'm talking about the extremely awkward non-matching angle you have in the support structure.

[Coasterkidmwm]

Jakizle is trying to say you should complete the arch shape in your supports instead of forcing it to stop at an abrupt angle. It is making the engineers develop an eye-twitch because arches are good at taking a vertical load but the sides/bottom need to be anchored really well or it's useless. I'm not an engineer so I probably screwed that reasoning up a bit and a real one could explain this better.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3U_F6tfeXT8/T ... oaster.JPG

Those intamin (and now RMC) lifts are a complete arch on stilts if you want to think of it that way.

I guess this coaster has no airtime over the top of the hills?

Originally posted by Coasterkidmwm

Jakizle is trying to say you should complete the arch shape in your supports instead of forcing it to stop at an abrupt angle. It is making the engineers develop an eye-twitch because arches are good at taking a vertical load but the sides/bottom need to be anchored really well or it's useless. I'm not an engineer so I probably screwed that reasoning up a bit and a real one could explain this better.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-3U_F6tfeXT8/T ... oaster.JPG

Exactly.
TylerE: Extend the arch so that it reaches vertical/near vertical. A yucky sheer force will be applied to that non matching link you have at the last column.

Skyrush does the same thing, they're just able to bend beams in a curve,but it kinks at the end:



I might be able to add a few more segments though.

[Coasterkidmwm]

That is nowhere near as severe as yours. I'd move the support down that the support is near where the track is steepest like in i305 and Skyrush. Your support is too far up but still looks on the surface like it's okay when you scale the two rides because of your drop down a hill, which Skyrush have.

http://www.thrillride.com/i305/i305.html

^ The most beautiful arch in the sunset! Even good to save it as a wallpaper.