Today's focus has been shifted towards modelling the main tracks. We have tried various implementations of sub-track constructions that could be considered to be interesting from a roller coaster rider's perspective. The underlying purpose with this is to include constructions of the tracks that makes the gravitation and main force more challenging to implement; such constructions could be an elevation in the track or loops. The rails of the main track design is based on a real existing roller coaster, 'Jetline', which could be found in the Gröna Lund amusement park here in Stockholm. We believe that this rail design would suffice for our roller coaster implementation.
As for the roller coaster cart itself, we decided early on to base the cart design on a cart existing in reality. We could of course design our own cart from scratch but it does not really give our modelling process any goals to achieve; when is the cart design considered to be done? To help with this, we found a real cart model to utilize as a founding template (see image down below). The image is of high quality and the cart design is complex enough for this project.
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| Our cart design template. (source: http://www.coastergallery.com/2009/LaR60.html) |
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| Rails of the 'Jetline' roller coaster, found in Gröna Lund, Stockholm. (source: http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7449/15948648393_96503efc2a_b.jpg) |
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