Roller coasters in the past?

[sparr]

I've found videos of a camp that brought a steel track ride with a U-shaped track and an enclosed car that flipped over. I can't find any info about anyone bringing something more traditionally roller-coaster-y, with a track that goes from point A to point B (or in a circle) with hills and curves and such. Has this been done before?

[gaminwench]

Does it matter?

I have seen this on the playa (*I think I recall, honestly, it's a punctuated blur*) at least twice.

help!, here ...

[sparr]

Does it matter?

A bit, in either direction.

If it hasn't been done before, I'm more motivated to do it. That's a personal quirk; I like working on novel projects.

If it has been done before, then I'm less worried about people complaining about the idea. This forum has taught me that a lot of people take strong exception to some sorts of projects that might be dangerous, so sticking to ideas that have already been done helps me ignore those people.

[Captain Goddammit]

Flight To Mars... ironically

[trilobyte]

I'm giving this a nudge to the Building Art Installations section, since that's a better fit for discussions about building art installations/attractions.

There have been a few different track-related builds (and at least a couple that had a course that went full circle), but the U-shaped thing you're describing sounds like the old Roaster Coaster (it was painted black, by mid-day that thing was insufferable). It came from someplace in the midwest, if I remember correctly.

But +100 to what gaminwench said. It really doesn't matter whether something has been done before - each project winds up having its own unique vision, and even if you were making the exact same thing it would likely come out plenty different than what used to come to the playa 10 years ago. Even if they were planning a sudden and triumphant return to the playa, it's a big enough city for multiple coaster projects to be hugely successful and popular. Good luck!

[Agaton]

The ticket purchaser or holder ("you") voluntarily assumes all risk of property loss or damage, personal or bodily injury, serious injury or death, which may occur by attending Burning Man. You hereby forever release, discharge and shall hold Black Rock City, LLC (Burning Man) harmless from any claims arising from such risk even if caused by the negligent act, error or omission....

That's from the back of a Burning Man ticket.

So build it.

[trilobyte]

I found a clip of the old roaster coaster.... Great stuff.

[media]

[Captain Goddammit]

Oh yeah that's right... Flight to Mars WAS a coaster in Seattle but the guys who did Flight To Mars camp at Burning Man weren't the ones who brought the coaster... If I remember right...
But goddamm everything has been done on the playa at some point. No matter how original you think an idea is, if you search enough, you'll find out someone did it.

[vargaso]

A high school friend of mine camped with the group that built the U-shaped rollercoaster, Speedcult. Here's a snapshot of their site from good ol' Wayback Machine:

https://web.archive.org/web/20081204135 ... oaster.php

And here are more pics of it:

http://www.slappy.net/bm/2004/coaster/index.html

She said it was a blast to help run, and a giant pain in the ass to build and tear down.

[tamarakay]

After watching that, the Stallion says "they are right, it was better then."

[Molotov]

Interesting enough that the State of Nevada is one of the six that have no amusement ride safety regulations. So press on with your concept.

Safety Third! tm

[Captain Goddammit]

Holy crap, and I rode the coaster around the New York New York in Vegas about three times... never again!

[torrey.smith]

Here is a project I call "Eggroll" that I'm working on as a way to challenge my non-spherical geodesic joinery I'm working on.

This was planned for 2015 but I asked to pause it while I build a custom 5-axis CNC router to be able to make the dovetail joinery

[Jackass]

Whatever happened to the OP? Dude starts threads then just steps back to spectate...

[lucky420]

Whatever happened to the OP? Dude starts threads then just steps back to spectate...

yeah...

[Bless]

Whatever happened to the OP? Dude starts threads then just steps back to spectate...

yeah...

He's plotting his next move... considering his options.

[sparr]

Whatever happened to the OP? Dude starts threads then just steps back to spectate...

I get shit on for responding to my threads too often, and for not responding often enough. Guess you just can't win around here.

[lucky420]

Whatever happened to the OP? Dude starts threads then just steps back to spectate...

I get shit on for responding to my threads too often, and for not responding often enough. Guess you just can't win around here.

Yes that can happen.

[ranger magnum]

Naw, this place is like the Special Olympics. Everyone is a winner.

[Dr. Pyro]

Naw, this place is like the Special Olympics. Everyone is a retard.

There, fixed it for you.

[some seeing eye]

I stood by the Speedcult roller coaster. It made a lot of noise as if it was shaking apart. I did not ride.

Many amusement rides that could be transported to BM are designed to be nomadic. They are shuttled from fair and festival to another and reassembled. They sit on boards and cement blocks to level and support. A larger, fixed installation can have a proper foundation.

They are supposed to be engineered to ensure that (with a safety margin) everything stays attached, nothing bends and nothing breaks or becomes undone. But the temporary foundation is never engineered. The operators cannot be altered. Personally I would not trust my life on the playa to a kinetic amusement ride that required engineering or good maintenance to operate.

If I were the BM department of mutated amusement rides, I would inspect them more thoroughly than the BM department of hope tall structures don't blow over and BM department fire effects, fuel storage and keeping BRC from burning to the ground do for their respective areas.

[torrey.smith]

I stood by the Speedcult roller coaster. It made a lot of noise as if it was shaking apart. I did not ride.

Many amusement rides that could be transported to BM are designed to be nomadic. They are shuttled from fair and festival to another and reassembled. They sit on boards and cement blocks to level and support. A larger, fixed installation can have a proper foundation.

They are supposed to be engineered to ensure that (with a safety margin) everything stays attached, nothing bends and nothing breaks or becomes undone. But the temporary foundation is never engineered. The operators cannot be altered. Personally I would not trust my life on the playa to a kinetic amusement ride that required engineering or good maintenance to operate.

If I were the BM department of mutated amusement rides, I would inspect them more thoroughly than the BM department of hope tall structures don't blow over and BM department fire effects, fuel storage and keeping BRC from burning to the ground do for their respective areas.

For the record, we take our structures seriously at Sextant.

We like our ground anchors. They anchor Zip-Lines and Tesla Coils good. We like to test them. In many sizes.



We like our structures.

[some seeing eye]

For the record, we take our structures seriously at Sextant.

I personally admire greatly and laud Sextant work, experimental values, participation in ePlaya, and engineering work, as a model for burners. And I am not qualified in any way to engineer your adventures!

And long time, I have been fascinated by non-spherical geodesic engineering.

Maybe there is some kind of TED-PlayaTalk, participation in online forums, Spark, or Artery-connected mailing lists for responsible engineering of BRC projects?

I just believe the laws of physics and science apply on the playa!

Let's work together keeping ePlaya great!