Quake - Teaser/Preview Video 5/4/09

[A7]

Wow man I love that layout, it looks kind of bad in terms of capacity but ehh who cares. Looking forward to this now!

[Turbo]

what lewis said + it looks like a really good ride. can't wait to see it.

on a seperate note, how do you take pics inside the editor? i'd like to know

print screen. simple, what i do anyway :S

how long is your launch? unless its at an angle, thats tiny!

Launch could from the station, or it's just a very fast launch

[A7]

That's a sexyass green yo, love the banked airhill, but I already know someone who won't lol.

Originally posted by asaaa

how long is your launch? unless its at an angle, thats tiny!

Has to be be at an agle, ties are too close together for it to be straight on.

[A7]

Thanks for some of the positive comments guys, really appreciate it. I've spent quite a while trying to improve from my past coasters. I have to say, this coaster does not have flawless glass smooth track-work but it is close enough in my opinion. I can personally see the improvement over Betrayal/Machiavellian.

As far as capacity goes..
I am not positive how long the coaster is time wise, but I would assume roughly 1 minute from launch to brake. There will be two 5-car trains. So you could assume that Quake will have a capacity roughly around 1200 riders per hour. For a more general idea of that number, it is very close to Xcelerator capacity wise.

As far as the launch goes..
The train will be launched straight out of the station at a heart-stopping 2g's. Accelerating the train from 0 to 80 mph in just 1.8 seconds! The station is 50 feet in length, while the transport track is 100 feet in length. The train hits 80 mph with a reasonable amount of extra track space to spare.

Before I start working on supports/3ds, speak up if you have an urge to test Quake for track-work related issues. I am looking for one or more people to test and give track-work related constructive criticism. If you are interested, send me a PM.

^ Your capacity estimate is a little high... Millennium Force's MAX capacity is 1300 people. Since your ride time is about 1 minute the capacity is about 1200 or less riders per hour.

[A7]

Oh, sorry your right. Quick calculation in my head, doubled it for some odd reason. I was probably thinking because there is two trains I should double it but that doesn't really make sense at all. Your right, roughly 1200 riders per hour.

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The Xcelerator comparison is still valid though. Not sure why I doubled that statistic to. Xcelerator has a maximum of 1330 riders per our according to the roller coaster database. So slightly higher than what to expect from Quake.

I'll test (I see you are trying to get some testers).

[A7]

First round of testing has finished. It will be tested once more before it is released. I have already started on 3ds, and support work will begin soon. I'll be able to get roughly 50% of supports done with ASG, while the other 50% will be done by hand. I have a few amazing ideas that I will try to work out theme/scenery wise. I may not be able to do some of them though as I am still fairly new to Sketchup and Autodesk.



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Update on 3DS.. Station is pretty much finished, along with the line now as well. The line is fairly unique, it is enclosed in a building and has two floors. That same building has a tunnel embedded in it which the train will launch through. People in line get to watch the train speed off just a few feet above their heads through a strip of glass in the ceiling. More 3DS to come, I have many cool ideas to work off of.

Will it be factory themed?

[A7]

After some final tweaks to the layout, track-work is finally and officially complete. My absolute best work to date.

The helix looks a lot better than before, good job. (By that I mean how the entrance was a bit awkward because of the layout and there was a miniscule G spike to about .5)

you called it Quake and it's not themed to the game? blasphemy.

looks good though. just deep down i wish that first hill after the launch had a little something extra in it...

Originally posted by Supercell

there was a miniscule G spike to about .5

0.5 G's!!! that's way to much.

[A7]

To SuperCell: Thanks, I've actually re-shaped that little transition quite a bit and it achieve's 0G's now.

To ZOOZ3R: I was not intending to theme it like the game Quake. I was actually kind of thinking of an earth-quake.

psh, they named earthquakes after the game.

Oh, another note the brake run setup looks much more realistic.

This is looking REALLY good
Looking forward to it.

[A7]

Originally posted by krazyt

This is looking REALLY good
Looking forward to it.

Thank you.
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Another update will probably not occur for another couple weeks or so. Supports should not take as long as it usually takes for me as ASG will be able to get a few areas done fairly quickly. However, There is still a ton of areas I will be custom supporting. Currently looking through a bunch of Intamin photos trying to figure out what style I want to go with. Any one have any ideas on what style I should try to replicate? If not I will just go with what ever I think looks cool.

For the majority of the layout I'm thinking something like this.. http://www.rcdb.com/ig1574.htm?picture=38 I can not think of anything Intamin like though for the first hill.

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ASG had much more issues than I thought. It is just a beta though, and it was still somewhat useful in areas that were low to the ground. Lots of custom support work has been done, and more to come. Much more 3ds to come as well, as soon as supports are finished. I would say another 3 weeks till supports are done, but I have no idea about 3ds. I have a lot of cool ideas, I just hope I can make them work.



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Supports are still in progress, a very long and boring process.. One more update is coming, but not for a long time. I figured I would give you guys a teaser/preview video out of sheer boredom. So, here it is: http://tinyurl.com/dnmcoh