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Category: Mechanical Launches
Easy Launch Drum Design Overview- Tilley’s Terror Backyard Coaster
I Need Your Help! Projects like this are expensive and take a while. I need help. I've created a YouTube Membership channel to help others design and build your own backyard coaster. Take a minute...
As we get started building our roller coaster, we need a sufficient power source. I would like this to be "portable" so plugging it into the wall is an attractive idea. Well, you can't plug a 3 hp...
New Record Breaking Three Inversion Backyard Coaster – Tilley’s Terror
After a lot of thought and planning, I'm going to do it. After seeing the John Ivers' Blue Flash, I've wanted to make my backyard coaster with an inversion. After looking at a vertical...
Well, the capstan just isn't holding up well enough and the rope is wearing out. Its time to improve the design. Let's look at one of the greatest launch systems in existence for guidance: Top Thrill...
Well, we are almost done building our launch system. It is now time to do a little testing. Let's see how it goes. [aweber listid=6351119 formid=59506199...
Video-Roller Coaster Launch Construction and Concept Testing
In part 3 of this series, we set out the plan for our V-belt drive system. We started constructing the system, let's see how it works. [aweber listid=6351119 formid=59506199...