NO, that's not a picture you're looking at. It's a NL screenshot of my recreation of the Space Rocket, a.k.a. Screechin's Eagle at LeSourdsville Lake Amusement Park a.k.a. Americana. I hate when they change names of things so often. Now it's no longer called Americana, it's back to LeSourdsville Lake. Go figure. Anywho, this is my recreation. Probably the most accurate of all my recreations because I worked on this roller coaster for 10 years and know every inch of it by heart. We measured the lift hill at exactly 70 feet from the ground to the top of the track, not the warning sign. The pacing of the ride may seem slow but it's exactly how the ride worked. Each hill was approximately 6 feet lower than the previous hill. The train creeped over the second hill (hill after the lift), but picked up speed over the third hill next to the slide. The little return hill under the slide had a tremendous ejector air and actually threw three people out of the train over the years it operated. Two survived but one was not so lucky as the train ran over him. That's why there was warning in the station and a "Last Warning Do Not Stand Up" sign on top of the first hill or lift hill. The Space Rocket is a rather small coaster and not too intimidating and that's why people stood up on it and some actually jumped from seat to seat. One guy claimed he jumped from the last car to the front car. Needless to say, if we caught somebody standing up, they were ejected from the Park. All three people that were thrown out of this coaster were standing up. Standing up in the front seat going over that small ejector hill under the slide was a fatal move. So if any of you think it's cool to stand up and show off on a roller coaster, think again.
This replica is exactly the way the coaster appeared in 1970, with red handrails. Also notice that all the structure of the ride was handmade so it looks like the real Space Rocket structure. Go to RCDB.com and look at some of my pictures of the Space Rocket. I also have some pictures of the Shooting Star at Cincinnati's Coney Island and a picture of The Beast tunnel under construction in 1978. Check them out. Thank you.
NOW THAT THE LESOURDSVILLE PARK IS CLOSSED AND PROBABLY WILL NOT REOPEN, THIS IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO RIDE THIS CLASSIC JOHN MILLER DESIGNED COASTER. It's not only closed but the roller coaster has been torn down. That's life. Here today, gone tomorrow.
There is a picture on rcdb.com that looks identical to the picture displayed on the site. The coaster is flawless, the interaction with the surrounding rides were kept, and the ride ran similarly to how it did in real life. Great recreation
wow, this was amazing! i didnt see anything wrong /w/ the tech, and the layout was intense, and it felt real. i also liked the red rails on the supports [;)] overall, great job!
T: very real feeling here, nothing was wrong at all with this. Supports were excellent, the 3d-supports were INCREDIBLE. Just abosolute amazing timely work there and patience, amazing job. The colors that you used to make things different were excellently done, and everythng was just amazing there. The old feel of the ride was excellently done, very nice job.
A: well the speed isnt like it is today, but the ride had that old, realistic feel to it, and im sure it was quite the ride back then. Nice job.
Acc: the 3d-supports were amazing, the station was incredible, the ride seemed like it matched the real one, a great job here, thanks for this amazing recreation, very well done job.
You're right TConwell. This old 1920's John A. Miller designed coaster was notoriously slow over the tops of the hills but those hills after the turnaround had some real good seat popping negative G. Sad to say, these old John Miller coasters are biting the dust faster than gas through a funnel and eggs through a hen.
The trackwork is standard good stuff my friend. But, the 3D effort made on this really just makes the whole coaster come alive. It's too bad that music cannot be added to these files as that was about all that was missing on this coaster. You always seem to capture the old feel of coasters and I applaud you for that. Of course, with the old feel comes the lack of any real speed and it just feels like it is crawling around the track -- but overall this is really a special recreation (especially the shed and all that the station area includes). I really like the NL 1.7 update and what it allows you to do with the colors, again, just another touch that finishes the whole coaster off properly.
This is a very well built coaster. A nice nostalgic ride. I'm not too technical so all I can say is that I like it and I liked how you built it. Nice job, TFTR.
Thanks Kevin. Yes, you're right. The extra colors do bring the ride just the way it looked back in 1970 before they changed it to the Screechin' Eagle at LeSourdsville. It didn't have the tunnel though. That was my idea. But we were considering building a tunnel on the real ride but they said it was too dangerous so we scrapped the idea.
well overall the ride is developed nicely. the pacing was off on the first two hills but it regained control of after. urm, well i loved the classic carnival/fair out and back woodie. it seems there are a ton of cyclone style woodies on this site and not enough out and backs. the colors were cool and the layout. hell was not original but can i say the out and backs are original. the scenery was extreme. excellent wood work. hey what can i expect from one of my favorite woodie coaster builders on the site?!
Oh, wow, this is just wonderful... almost as though we were working in black-and-white before the update! It really does bring the ride to life; great use of the update.
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