Homemade Rollercoaster

by **FRD714** on January 23rd, 2006, 10:52 am

Wow, this really doesnt look safe in my opinion. Its cool though.

http://img.engadget.com/common/images/3 ... 7889749949

by **Trailblazer Tony** on January 23rd, 2006, 12:43 pm

My grandpa showed me that in the Sun Times a few years back. They said that you need someone to use a piece of wood to push the chair onto the lift, but the rest works on it's own. Cool, huh!

by **FRD714** on January 23rd, 2006, 1:31 pm

Yea, it is neat.

The rails look very weak though. I like the lift hill.

If I were to build a coaster in my backyard, I wouldnt put an inversion in. Its too dangerous.

by **msoeagle** on January 23rd, 2006, 4:52 pm

Yeah I saw that a while ago, the inversion is a maximum of 10 feet off the ground so if you had a helmet on it wouldnt be that dangerous.

by **zjohn1988** on January 23rd, 2006, 5:18 pm

Its shockwave!! :shock:

by **[jonrev]** on January 23rd, 2006, 5:56 pm

http://negative-g.com/BlueFlash/Februar ... 2-2-1.html

by **FRD714** on January 23rd, 2006, 6:29 pm

OMG! The video is awesome!

I still dont see how that thing stays together.

by **[jonrev]** on January 23rd, 2006, 6:48 pm

It also says if you call this guy he can set up an appointment for you to ride it.

by **msoeagle** on January 23rd, 2006, 6:55 pm

It actually looks better that Sprocket Rocket.

by **FRD714** on January 23rd, 2006, 7:09 pm

Jon Revelle wrote:It also says if you call this guy he can set up an appointment for you to ride it.

I think he lives close to us too.

by **raginbullrider** on January 23rd, 2006, 7:29 pm

i want one of those in my backyard

by **Gangsta Fruit 26** on January 23rd, 2006, 7:50 pm

I would definatly make one of those if I had enough money. I have a perfect Idea. I could build it on my dad's land up north. It would be wooden and it would rise to 30 feet above the ground and then id would drop down and it would go into a 15 foot deep cavern (it would be cheaper and easier that way because you don't have to make it 45 feet high). I could dig it with my dads tractor. Then it would have an airtime hill, then a low to the ground turn and then another hill and then back to the lift or station or whatever. That would be awesome. I bet it would cost like $10,000.

Look at this ride that is comming to Little-A-Merrick-A. It costs $9,000. Heres a pic.
http://www.rcdb.com/ig327.htm?picture=12

That ride is really small. It would be cool to have in your backyard though.

by **Sedir** on January 23rd, 2006, 8:47 pm

Someone did make a mini-wooden coaster in their backyard. I don't have any pictures though.

by **FRD714** on January 23rd, 2006, 8:52 pm

That coaster looks like a mirrow image of the one at Kiddieland.

That would be awesome for a backyard coaster.

by **DejaVuGurl1203** on January 23rd, 2006, 10:06 pm

I've known about that coaster for a few years now. I heard about it when it was first being built. You can download the track for No Limits on the negative-g site.

by **twixmix0303** on January 25th, 2006, 10:14 am

Sedir wrote:Someone did make a mini-wooden coaster in their backyard. I don't have any pictures though.

That is Jeremy Reid.

by **playerplex** on January 25th, 2006, 10:25 am

I saw that on the news a few years back. I thought it was awesome and it made me want to try something like that. But I just gave up on it.

by **TwistedSTEEL666** on January 30th, 2006, 2:23 am

haha! I've seen that before, Shockwave's distant cousin....

by **Trailblazer Tony** on January 30th, 2006, 11:45 am

^Shockwave's newborn baby cousin maybe. :lol:

by **sfgam05** on January 31st, 2006, 6:49 pm

I want that ride in my yard!

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