Category: Mechanical Launches

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...

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...

Now that we have discussed the drive systems and selected one, how do we proceed? Well, watch and find out. [aweber listid=6351119 formid=59506199...

So we've selected using a gas engine to power a cable drive. How do they connect and how do we control that motion? Find out how we are going to do this. [aweber listid=6351119 formid=59506199...