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Re: A simple rollercoaster...
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Sat, 30 Aug 2008 04:37:19 GMT
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Very nice!  I'm glad to see you have made a successful roller coaster.  I see
you attached all the baseplates together.  The firmer your track is the farther
and faster your train will run.

Now you need to start working on a loop!

-Matt :)
http://www.horseshoebendranch.net/mchiles

In lugnet.announce.moc, Anders Isaksson wrote:
This weekend I built a simple rollercoaster together with my youngest son
(he's 19 now!). It's nothing compared to the big coasters some others have
built, but we did have fun!

It only uses 'plain' Lego, old 4.5V train parts, standard bricks, so nothing
fancy like loops etc.

http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/anders-isak/RollerCoaster/Version2/1.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/anders-isak/RollerCoaster/Version2/2.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/anders-isak/RollerCoaster/Version2/3.jpg
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/anders-isak/RollerCoaster/Version2/ssa52444.avi
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/anders-isak/RollerCoaster/Version2/ssa52463.avi

http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=338677 after moderation

The trickiest part is having enough speed to climb, while still going slow
enough not to tip over in the curves...



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(...) That's what my son says too, but that will need a larger room than I have at home! I'm putting my hopes in a Lego fest which we will try to organize here in Sweden this autumn. I thought we should try to build something big together, that's (...) (16 years ago, 30-Aug-08, to lugnet.general)

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This weekend I built a simple rollercoaster together with my youngest son (he's 19 now!). It's nothing compared to the big coasters some others have built, but we did have fun! It only uses 'plain' Lego, old 4.5V train parts, standard bricks, so (...) (16 years ago, 24-Aug-08, to lugnet.announce.moc)  

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