2010 NLT - Round 1

Yeah it turned out to be too much for mine. I hit like -1.4. Eugh...

"will we be marked down if we use premade supports on the very low sections of track?"

You should be, as premade supports are very unrealistic.

^Mine was at about zero g's before AHG, so it turned out perfect.

[hyyyper]

Originally posted by gazag


will we be marked down if we use premade supports on the very low sections of track?

If the supports are unrealistic or not strong enough you will be marked down. And I haven't seen many occaisons where prefabs actually look realistic.
B&M hypers, in this case, have on the low sections usually the |\ shape and on the bottom of the drops the track is usually directly connected to the footer.

"Usually directly connected to the footer" - this is quite an assumption hyyyper.
This doesn't happen on Diamondback, Intimindator or Goliath SFOG; just to name a few.

[hyyyper]

^It happens on Diamondback, Behemoth, Apollo's Chariot, Raging Bull and Goliath as far as I can from pictures, so perhaps there are more.
But you are right, 'usually' is a big word. But it happens from time to time.
http://rcdb.com/m/4253.htm?p=22853
http://www.rcdb.com/m/4005.htm?p=21609
http://rcdb.com/m/531.htm?p=871
http://rcdb.com/m/535.htm?p=473
http://rcdb.com/m/3290.htm?p=15582

I misread your "drops" to mean 1st drop.

I could kick my own ass for not having had enough posts for participation. Should've spammed before the entry deadline [xx(]

[Coasterkidmwm]

I just put in the MCBR and i already have 3500 feet of track. Ooops.

Trackwork 95% complete. A few banking issues to smooth out.

I'm 100% done with the trackwork and about 25% with the supportwork.
Go me!

just thought id make it clear. looks from what you said its a no


the bottom ones are prefab but the rest are custom so thats what i ment. i just find if you use custom so close to the ground they look rubbish

[hyyyper]

^I really can't tell from just that. If the drop happens to be the first drop then the tube has to be very wide. If it's the final bunny hop, the prefab support might be thick enough.
If it looks as if the support can handle the strains of a train speeding trough, I don't see any reason to deduce points.

Since NL doesn't have the track to support connections (without doing a painful amount of 3ds), I just use prefab supports when the track is connected directly to the footer.

Make sure you put footers on the prefabs.

[gouldy]

^what?

To make it more realistic looking.

[Metazoanhaddock]

the footer is automatically placed, how do you not know that, you use prefabs...

Rofl.

thanks hyyyper that cleared things up. its just going to be tight a finish with the supports lol

Hey, so I think i finished everything too fast....I'm gonna go back and make sure everything's good! I'm still debating 3ds, though...hrmm....

[slosprint]

Supports for the first two hills done.... hopefully I'll be able to finish in time.

I have my layout finished, but I still need to make some adjustments for smoothing, and I might have an e-stop problem.

i got my e-stop well sorted.

may have some final track ajustments now and about 45% of the supports done

[slosprint]

My e-stop is fine, it's just the tunnel test I'm worried about.