Working Backyard rollercoaster!! (no longer frustration)

[Uncle Orville]

My neighbor and I are currently building a rollercoaster in his backyard. It starts 20 feet off the ground and the drop is 15 feet. We started it in the end of august and finished the track around the beginning of October. We still cant seem to make it work successfully. We have failed at the same spot multiple times with humans on it as you can see in the video. Please give us suggestions on ways to improve this so it works. We really want to ride a rollercaoster we built. And please subscribe, share, and like all of our Youtube videos. We want a lot of people to see all the hard work we put into it.

 

[Megalodumb]

Does the car grip the track or just ride on top of it?

 

[Zweiland]

Does the car grip the track or just ride on top of it?

That was the question in my mind also.

If your coaster continues to break down, I would consider blaming Meg.

 

[donaldtoo]

Is that even covered by ANY HOA restrictions where you live? Or anywhere, for that matter...?!?!?!

 

[Uncle Orville]

It grips the track on the top, side, and bottom (if you check out out update vidoes we show the different designs we have gone through). I also can't say if it's legal or not because I don't know, but it's still cool and fun. I don't know why it wouldn't be legal though.

 

[ScoutN]

It grips the track on the top, side, and bottom (if you check out out update vidoes we show the different designs we have gone through). I also can't say if it's legal or not because I don't know, but it's still cool and fun. I don't know why it wouldn't be legal though.

It is legal until others ride it. Or unless your insurance finds out than you could be in DooDoo.

 

[ScoutN]

Otherwise can you provide close up photographs of the area where it derails as well as the structure on the underside of the ride vehicle.

 

[Master Yoda]

I would start with looking at how to recreate this wheel configuration.

 

[Uncle Orville]

I would start with looking at how to recreate this wheel configuration.

We are leaning towards that design.

 

[Master Yoda]

We are leaning towards that design.

It will be a necessity given your track design.

 

[Uncle Orville]

It will be a necessity given your track design.

Have you check out our other videos? You can see our designs. It is close.

 

[Gabe1]

Is that even covered by ANY HOA restrictions where you live? Or anywhere, for that matter...?!?!?!

Boy that looks like fun and something I can vision my DH building. But yes, I wondered about zoning laws along with coverage under homeowner policies.

I gave my DH a set of antique bowling pins and an antique wooden bowling ball to play with the kids on the rug down the hall. Translate to a mans thought process: I came home to DH having built a birch bowling alley lane and was working on the ball return down in our basement. Ya can't take the boy out of the man and I don't know that I'd want to.

 

[trr1]

looks like at the bottom of that hill its banked too high on the far side try leveling it
also how far from the track are the bottom wheels are they touching or is there some room?

 

[Uncle Orville]

looks like at the bottom of that hill its banked too high on the far side try leveling it
also how far from the track are the bottom wheels are they touching or is there some room?

Thanks for the suggestion we will look at that and there is some room between the bottom wheels and the track.

 

[Tom]

Boy that looks like fun and something I can vision my DH building. But yes, I wondered about zoning laws along with coverage under homeowner policies.

I gave my DH a set of antique bowling pins and an antique wooden bowling ball to play with the kids on the rug down the hall. Translate to a mans thought process: I came home to DH having built a birch bowling alley lane and was working on the ball return down in our basement. Ya can't take the boy out of the man and I don't know that I'd want to.

I built a bowling lane in our barn. Pin setter too

 

[Gabe1]

I built a bowling lane in our barn. Pin setter too

Oh dear. I thought my DH was alone with his quirky idea of building his own bowling lane.

 

[Tom]

Oh dear. I thought my DH was alone with his quirky idea of building his own bowling lane.

I was....12

 

[trr1]

Thanks for the suggestion we will look at that and there is some room between the bottom wheels and the track.

move the wheels closer to the track so it barely touches the track

 

[unkadug]

I was....12

You were a genius!

 

[Tom]

You were a genius!

Yeah...but it wore off.