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 position. Just the motor idling can make the cart launch when we don’t want it to. We need to hold it in place until we are ready and the track is confirmed clear.

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Corey Rasmussen

Corey Rasmussen is an award-winning professional engineer (NC and TX) with over 20 years of product design and development experience. He has two patents related to aerial lifts machinery, has advanced certifications in hydraulics and electronic controls, and specializes in designing mobile equipment. Corey is the principal engineer of Rasmussen Designs and is based out of Durham, NC.

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