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Up and Down Spiral - KumaChan - 01-29-2015
After studying videos on YouTube, I finally completed building an up and down spiral. The spiral in the middle is two-way: one car can go up and another can go down at the same time.
My children are facinated that the trains never crash into each other. :-)
RE: Up and Down Spiral - Super - 01-29-2015
Fantastic, nice work, a Triple Decker. I am amazed that they don't rash into each other to. I have seen them on YouTube also and always wanted to give one a try but never have. I see you didn't use any riser "A" or "B" curves and the tower on the right are those all 2x curves?
RE: Up and Down Spiral - KumaChan - 01-29-2015
Thanks. Nope didn't use any A or B curves. The ones I have don't work very well and I don't like them.
The only place you need smaller risers is at the base when building and tower.
Using the smaller risers, you build up each turn: 1, 2, 3. Once you get to 4 small risers, you continue all the was up with Full Size ones.
The double spiral took some trial and error. I spent about an hour rewinding and pausing videos on You Tube.
RE: Up and Down Spiral - Tramp - 01-29-2015
Love it, very clever, you will have to incorporate it into x2 towers both with up and down trains on them, maybe you could do a YouTube video of them running?