Posts by Corey Rasmussen

There are certain things that get on my nerves like improper use of FEA and gussets. This is one of them. Most coasters are 4D coasters (Surge, pitch, roll yaw) but the S&S freespins are not 4D....

Hopefully you all read that title with your best WWE announcer voice. Anyway, after the death of the Black Widow Backyard Roller Coaster due to failures in both PVC and ABS pipe failure, my kids...

Wouldn't it be cool to know who has made a backyard coaster? I thought it would be! This is just the start, but us backyard coaster nerds have to stick together. Do You Have a...

So we are reworking the Widow's Revenge to actually work. And we are getting close, very close. In the meantime, I wanted to show you the launch system and the brake needed to hold the cart in...

So I messed up. Well at least for AC driven electromagnets. It turns out that everything I told you in Part 4 flips when we change voltage polarity. This is definitely going to change how our linear...

If you have taken on the challenge of building a backyard roller coaster, congratulations! However, you've probably spent way more time on the track design than the cart. Well the cart is more...