UPDATED Re: spinner/tilter amusement ride MOC

Hey guys,

thought those of us with patience or broadband might be interested in seeing
some video of the ride in action.

i've completed the programming to include the classic circus music.  Its
really fun now.

lowerd resolution
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/elkane/Town/Spinner/spinner_lowres.mov

full resolution (suggested and worth the wait)
http://www.brickshelf.com/gallery/elkane/Town/Spinner/spinner.mov

enjoy

let me know what you think now that you can see it in action.

-tk

"travis" <phree@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:HDMLAr.22M4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> hey guys,
>
> I've been dying to begin my first contribution to the NELUG group's train
> layout and finally I have something to offer for the fairground portion of
> the town.  After seeing the amusement rides at the last meeting, and
talking
> about roller coaster design all the way home from the meeting last fall, I
> have been dreaming of building a G-force style, spinning and tilting ride.
> Originally I planned on building a smaller radius ride where it spin the
> mini-figs into the wall and the floor drops out.  Hover it seemed that was
a
> little too much to handle for my first amusement ride.  Instead I went
with
> the classic spinning tilter.  I'm glad to announce that the earliest
version
> is near completion.
>
> here are the pics
>
> http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=41008
>
>
> I'm going to spend the rest of the night programming the brick to make the
> movements  clockwork.  As it is the mini-fig riders only occasionally fall
> over when the ride spins down at the bottom of the cycle.  Most of the
time
> the mini-fig feet are actually driven down onto the last set of pegs
before
> the "exterior fence" part of the ride and stay standing even when the ride
> stops.
>
> I'm going to hold off on the stairway  up to the ride and stuff until its
> fully programmed and running.  I also plan on trimming it off with some
sort
> of light looking things that will make it more carnival like.
>
> Hope you like it.  Let me know what you think!
>
> -tk
>
> PS... when is the next NELUG meeting?
>
>
>
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