Posts by Corey Rasmussen

We are working on our launch system for our backyard coaster. This system will work similar to Top Thrill Dragster which is an hydraulic cable launch. We don't need quite as much horsepower, so we...

So after an eight month hiatus, I've finally freed up some time to work on Tilley's Terror, a three inversion backyard coaster. I've decided that to minimize risk and maximize my current coaster,...

So I'm good at a lot of things, but there are certain things that cause me to loose it. The Rubik's Cube is one of them and I usually end up angry. I encourage you to push through these feelings...

So we're building this new spectacular coaster Tilley's Terror and the controls will be expensive. We want to layout our control box without wasting material, so how do we do that.Quite simple, we...

As we begin building Tilley's Terror, the first three inversion backyard coaster, we will be needing a hearty control enclosure to hold my programmable logic controller (PLC) and Human Machine...

After months of hard work, its finished. I've reworked my backyard coaster the Black Widow in to the Widow's Revenge. I designed the Black Widow to be intense and I double downed to be the most...