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Category: Roller Coaster
How I Designed My Backyard Roller Coaster Brake and Launch System
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...
Linear Motor Forces Revisited And Special Announcement – Part 6
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...
Understand Cart Motion On Your Backyard Roller Coaster And Easy Fabrication
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...
As an engineer and coaster builder, things don't always work out the way you plan. Well, that is definitely the case with the Widow's Revenge Backyard Roller Coaster. What makes it worse is that it...
Simple Way to Form Constant Radius Rails for Your Backyard Roller Coaster
PVC pipe is flexible, but not too flexible. It would take a lot of force to hold it in place if we don’t form it. (It would also take permanent footings to take the load as well.) We don’t want...
Pulley System for Easy Lifting I’ve always wanted to make a “complex system of ropes and pulleys” to do some work. Well this is not complex, but it is a system of ropes and pulleys. Anyway,...