Mid-Year Review

UV's

The UV's for all support beams and track pieces was difficult at first. But with simple size variants I could create a short support beam with preferable UV's. Then increasing the size of the support beams made it easier on UV editing because the size of the UV's could be decreased or increased in size simply without having to move everything around for it to fit. As you can see below there lots of similar UV's for each certain track piece. This is because the single straight track piece was a bases. I then proceeded to use this piece in creating new ones. This helped because the straight track piece UV was already finished which meant just playing around with the UV until all the faces looked the same resolution and size. This shows the Cart, the Station and miscellaneous things too.

Cart

The roller coaster cart is the second in three parts in which a coaster is created from. The first being a track and the third being a motor. The cart needs to be able to stay on the tracks and not collide with anything.

 The research i've done looking into coaster design from the support beams and tracks, but the cart was the most difficult to design. Instead I came up with my own. The back connector which would connect it to how every many carts is wanted, has been completely re-designed. I looked into train connectors but were too bulky. So I looked into a simple chain but would create constant bashing between carts as they would slow down. Finally I created my own connector. Its a simple piece of metal with two holes at either end which simple link to the pipe on the front and back of the cart. This allows it to move up and down when entering drops. But I came across a problem when the cart would go around corners, so I modified it with a cylindrical shape connecting the two ends which will allow the carts to turn and with no strain on the metal bar.  

 As you can see there are safety harnesses for the riders to hold onto and to keep them inside the vehicle. 

Side View

Track Pieces

I've completed all track pieces with there UV's corrected and each piece comes with suitable support beams. Each piece has been grouped for an easier guide for remembering each piece.

 Single straight piece with support beams - A single straight piece which allows the cart to travel straight.

 Going up curve track - These track pieces are used to raise the cart up by either going into a straight up twenty five degree angle, or going down piece. (Below)

Going down curve track - These track pieces are used to bring the cart down by either connecting to a going into up track piece (above) a twenty five degree angle or a going into sixty five degree bend.

 Straight hard angled track - This track piece allows the cart to turn on its side. It can only be bought up by using a into hard turn track piece (below).

Hard in and out angled tracks (Above and below) - These track pieces allow the cart the gradually turn at a angle even though you are gong straight. These pieces allow it to be going in and then going out. These track pieces could follow with a straight hard angled track piece or go into a hard angled corner bend.

Twenty five degree track - This piece allows the cart to fall or be raised at a twenty five degree angle. This can be used after a going up curve track or going down curve track.

Sixty five degree drop track - This is the most angled piece and is used for sudden drops. It allows the cart to fall at a greater speed to gain kinetic energy.

Long bend out track - This track piece allows the cart running down the sixty five degree track to level out and either go into straight pieces or possibly back up another sixty five degree ramp. It can only be used after sixty five degree track pieces.

Short bend in track - This track piece allows the cart to suddenly fall to a sixty five degree angle from going down curve track.

short corner bend - This track allows the cart to turn around to make either a left or right turn.

Long corner bend - This track piece is almost identical to the short corner bend but is simple larger in angle size and length.

Short hard angled corner bend - This track piece is also identical to the short corner bend but is angled to connect to a hard angled track piece. This allows the cart to follow a corner round but at an angle to create more G force when going round.

Long hard angled corner bend - This is exactly the same as the Short hard angled corner bend but the size of a long corner bend.

Brake Track - This is simply the brake track which will allow the cart to slow down dramatically. The only difference between this and the straight track are block of metal in-between the metal track the cart rides on.

Chain and Engine - This piece allows a simple twenty five degree angled track piece to be converted into a chain ramp to allows the coaster to rise to large heights.