YellowBird- TMV8888 Big Update

Wait, another mediocre project from tmv? bummer....

ITS A WOODY.

This is a classic style out and back that is heavily inspired by blue streak at CP. I worked really hard on shaping the drop. (its hand built. rare for me) so i would love some comments on the drop.

Stats.
height- 87 ft.
drop angle- 55 degrees

http://www.nolimitsdevcenter.net/p5763

^^^ CHECK IT OUT ^^^

Make it faded yellow for the Yellow bird name.

I think you should try and maintain the same radius at the crest of the drop. I gradually gets larger as it gets steeper and I personally don't favor that (just my opinion).
It looks good so far.

^ no (reffering to cool5)

a7x, the drops on most of the old woodies do that, as far as i can tell anyways. the drop is acctually modeled more after meanstreaks drop!



http://www.coasterglobe.com/coasters/ph ... eak003.jpg


plus it delivers slightly more g's that way.

Well thats fine then. When you said you were going for blue streak, I had that drop in mind.

^ nah, lol blue streak layout wise. blue streaks drop sucks, hence making this drop better.

There is a whole load of pics for you guys to check out. this thing is really charming, and i'm pretty much in love with it. easily one of my most adored creations, even though it was so simple.

http://www.nolimitsdevcenter.net/p5763


please tell me your thoughts and constructive criticism.

Cant wait to see custom bracing.

^ there isn't any custom bracing, because there is no banking. The only spot that has custom bracing is the cross-under

Hmm... This looks pretty swell. I love the older style layout with a more modern twist.

I'm looking forward to hearing more of it.

This coaster looks nice with the chosen envirnment. Looks like a solid ride.

Sexy. I wish I could make my own skybox without editing someone else's D:

http://www.nolimitsdevcenter.net/i44406
Start the chain on the straight section of the lift instead of the curve upward. It's more of the PTC/other old woodie style. Otherwise, looks really good.

^ ok, will do. I'm obviously no woody pro. this is my first good one.

Looks way better than this coaster called Dirt Jet.
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^ please do what ever you can to NOT advertise your own tracks in someone else's advertisement topic... that is just ridiculous.

Originally posted by tmv8888

the drops on most of the old woodies do that, as far as i can tell anyways.

Nope. They're circular with a continuous radius, like A7X said. Yours actually does look more like S&S or GG, the way you have it clothoid.

there isn't any custom bracing, because there is no banking. The only spot that has custom bracing is the cross-under

So you're telling me, a turn with 1.3 lats that has no banking doesn't need any lateral bracing? Hmm, I assumed you knew better than that, lol.

Yeah lateral bracing on PTC woodies is really simple, also. It's just an angled beam with a horizontal beam near the ground, essentially. Look at Trackwalker's GASM for a good example of those.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DgaYrlve-k

You can see at the two points where the tracks are not adjacent (just forking off from eachother), there is indeed bracing. And look! No banking

^ ya, except for the part where there is no turn with 1.3 lats. the turn around hits 0.8 max. most of the time is like .6

High Roller at Valleyfair's turnaround pulls no more than .4 or .5 lats and is decked out with cable bracing. The point is, unless your turnaround is 4-5 ft. off the ground, the height poses a problem with wobbling. If there's weather, wind, etc., you want preparation...a.k.a. bracing [;)]

ok you win. i'll make bracing. should i maybe just use a steeple structure for the turn around? i'm not good at the whole woody thing

You still need bracing on the turns. And bracing on the hills too.

Also, might want to upload your pictures to somewhere else because of the NLDC closure [:(]

Ehh, it doesn't need to be fancy. Turnarounds on PTC-like woodies tend to just be many long cables (size 1 steel beams, unless you prefer 3Ds...) connected to a common footer, all spanning around connected to the supports toward the top.

You can kinda see what I'm talking about here.

^gotcha