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Re: spinner/tilter amusement ride MOC
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lugnet.org.us.nelug
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Mon, 21 Apr 2003 20:41:55 GMT
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Very cool Travis!
You've heard of urban sprawl...we seem to have amusement sprawl. Our
amusement park is going to be unstoppable! I look forward to seeing it in
person.
- Joe
"travis" <phree@attbi.com> wrote in message news:HDMLAr.22M4@lugnet.com...
> hey guys,
>
> I've been dying to begin my first contribution to the NELUG group's train
> layout and finally I have something to offer for the fairground portion of
> the town. After seeing the amusement rides at the last meeting, and • talking
> about roller coaster design all the way home from the meeting last fall, I
> have been dreaming of building a G-force style, spinning and tilting ride.
> Originally I planned on building a smaller radius ride where it spin the
> mini-figs into the wall and the floor drops out. Hover it seemed that was • a
> little too much to handle for my first amusement ride. Instead I went • with
> the classic spinning tilter. I'm glad to announce that the earliest • version
> is near completion.
>
> here are the pics
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> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=41008
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>
> I'm going to spend the rest of the night programming the brick to make the
> movements clockwork. As it is the mini-fig riders only occasionally fall
> over when the ride spins down at the bottom of the cycle. Most of the • time
> the mini-fig feet are actually driven down onto the last set of pegs • before
> the "exterior fence" part of the ride and stay standing even when the ride
> stops.
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> I'm going to hold off on the stairway up to the ride and stuff until its
> fully programmed and running. I also plan on trimming it off with some • sort
> of light looking things that will make it more carnival like.
>
> Hope you like it. Let me know what you think!
>
> -tk
>
> PS... when is the next NELUG meeting?
>
>
>
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