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Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
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Date: 
Sat, 20 Apr 2002 22:03:34 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Larry Pieniazek writes:
In lugnet.trains, James Mathis writes:

The car really swings out for tilt through curves.  I could run the train
faster, but it goes into an inward tilt upon exit from the curves, then
oscillates back and forth at the begining of a straight section.

This swing out and back in is prototypical!

<snip coaster descriptions>

Here's an MPeg movie of the car going through a curve at speed regulator
position 5:
http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=15801

More movie(s) to come.

later,
James Mathis



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  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) Correction: not speed 5, rather speed 4. Sorry. (...) One more movie is now available. later, James Mathis (22 years ago, 20-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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  Re: Under Hanging Train Idea: v1 Concept design
 
(...) This swing out and back in is prototypical! See, for instance "Top Gun" at Paramount King's Island or "Iron Dragon" at Cedar Point. These are instances of a class of coaster called "suspended" roller coasters and have bogies that run on (...) (22 years ago, 19-Apr-02, to lugnet.trains)

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