August 4

Paradroid[DK] said:[/DK]

TTD 120mph said:

And I cant quite figure what these are.
http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=6400
http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=6408

Looks like it´s for wheel drives. Example (with motors and wheels attached): http://rcdb.com/ig977.htm?picture=5

I could be way off on this, but I was thinking they look somewhat like the brakes in the last block of Millennium Force.

I thought so too at first, but the more you look at the 07 pieces, the more they look like the example that Paradroid[DK] posted. http://rcdb.com/ig977.htm?picture=5

Imagine them without the drive wheels and it's easy to see the resemblance.

Millennium Force said:
MillenniumMadMan, how do you post links the way you just did?

Pretty simple, really. Just highlight a word, then click the hyperlink button at the top of the reply box (the icon with the earth and a chain). Copy your link in the dialog box and click OK, and the word you highlighted will be a hyperlink.

MilleniumMadMan said:
Actually, TTD 120mph, I think you may be right about the I-beams. And, I think you just answered my question. The things I asked about look much like the "traversers" or whatever that the transfer track rides on in the KK picture. I can't tell if the track with the baord propped against it in this picture is the end of a track or just a transition to two-rail track.

Baseball Coaster Freak, which picture are you referring to about the "magnet"? Can you post the link, please?
*** Edited 8/5/2006 4:47:48 AM UTC by MilleniumMadMan***

sorry bout that

http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=6400

the piece to the right...looks kinda like an lim, or a magnetic break. Notice the metal protrusions? the consecutive nubbins lol. they look as if they might fit into the consecutive tiny holes of this track.

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?a=499

Mostly i'm just dumbfounded about those little holes in the center, and am trying to figure out what they're used for...any input would be AMAZING!
*** Edited 8/5/2006 6:06:18 PM UTC by Baseball_Coaster_Freak***

nubbins! technical term...:)

I am pretty sure the little holes in the center are bolt holes where the LIM's are attached to the the track.

You can see what I mean here (as seen on WT):

http://www.pointbuzz.com/Gallery.aspx?i=1277

You can barely see the nuts and bolts but they are there.

Sunfire, I believe the link you posted shows that the swiss cheese piece is for LIMs.:)

Look at the track, if you are confused

I say that they are break fins or Lim launch fins

http://www.pointpixels.com/4images/details.php?image_id=6400
(going from left to right) Traverses, drive wheel mounts, switch track guide.

I bet money those are what they are.:)

I think anything like the brake fins or launch fins will be kept out of the weather for the time being.

Um, Adam... I don't want to burst your bubble or anything, but if you're betting money on traversers to switch track on this ride, other than the transfer track, I think I'll take you up on that offer. :)

Well I dont care about if it's for switch or transfer. Its for either one, that I know for sure.