It is an attempt at combining the wing trains with a dive-hold and launch. I was having a conversation with a friend on how a dive drop would be more exciting with wing trains due to how much more open they are. I'm currently only running 3-car trains, but 4 do work well. The drop section gets a bit too negative G filled for a B&M with 4, which is why I dropped to 3. Capacity wouldn't be great, but due to the layout, trains could depart very rapidly. I tried very hard to keep shaping wing-esque, so please, if you have any critique to offer, fill me in.

*trim at bottom of drop is currently too strong and is hurting pacing. I had it there before I revised finale, but it isn't necessary anymore after testing. VVV

Alright, I've posted all the contest details here. Thanks to everyone for your help with the project!

I do have a 3D model of the trains however, its a Solidworks model, I'm not sure if its what is needed for installation for the track. You all don't necessarily need to add Wing Rider trains for me, all I need is a POV and a few shots of the track.

Hey Everyone!
My name is Trent Burton, I'm a senior Industrial Design student at the International Center for Creativity (ICC) in Columbus, Ohio. I'm currently in the middle of my senior capstone project. I’m creating a station, queue line, trains, a pavilion, and just general theming for a MAD MAX: FURY ROAD themed roller coaster. I'd like to have a roller coaster to show people along with all these parts. The only problem is that I don't own NoLimits or know how to use it.

That’s where you all come in.

I’m holding a contest to design the coaster that will be shown alongside my presentation to the professors and students at the ICC on April 30th. Unfortunately, I'm a broke college kid so I won't be able to have a cash prize, however, the winner will be given full credit for their work in the presentation as well as anywhere else the project is shown.

If there are several tracks that I think are great, I'll present them all as possible alternative layouts.

Due to the rapid timeline of my project, contest entries must be submitted by April 15th. From there I’ll work with the winner to tweak the design for my presentation.

Here are the guidelines:
Both NoLimits 1 and NoLimits 2 tracks will be considered but NL2 is preferred.

The ride is intended to fit into Warner Bros. Movie World in Australia. Try to make the ride unique from the other coasters in the park. They've got a Mack Hypercoaster, an Intamin Accelerator coaster, an S&S El Loco, and a Vekoma SLC.

The rides trains will be an Intamin Wing Rider style (like Skyrush at Hersheypark or Flying Aces at Ferrari World) However, you don’t need to make the trains in NoLimits, most of what I’ll need is a layout and POV. If you really want correct trains, feel free to create your own.

There should be 8 cars per train and 2-3 trains.

The coaster’s layout should maintain a sense of speed and intensity throughout to emulate the MAD MAX brand. Nine times out of ten, I prefer a shorter ride with elements that all feel like they belong over a longer ride that isn’t as cohesive. Inversions are encouraged.

Adding extra theming will not necessarily help or hinder chances of winning.

The coaster must fit inside the red outline shown in the image below (except for the station and final brake run.) The space is fairly large so hopefully space won’t be too much of a problem. There is no obligation to use the entire area if you don’t want/need to.

You may include a lift hill or a launch (or multiple). If a lift hill is included it may be as high as you want however, all other elements must be kept below 130ft tall.

The track should be sandy yellow however, you may choose the support color for now.

Contestants should upload a POV (HD is best).

Unfortunately, I don't own the full version of either NoLimits so I can't give y'all a park, however, you can download the basic volumes of the station, queue, and pavilion here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RubHIUZ5xpaDNFi53elMCsQF4_Bf_7gJ?usp=sharing

I've included both the Sketchup file as well as a .dae file that you should be able to import into a NoLimits park. I will be updating this model for the final presentation, however, I don't think there will be any changes that will affect the coaster's layout. All future changes should be just surface-level styling.

For more details about my side of the project, you can visit my project site: https://trentburton9.wixsite.com/capstonecoaster

Thanks in advance, everyone! I'm super excited to see what layouts you all come up with!
-Trent

Newish Hyperion overview

^^Maverick as a wing coaster?

You have the vertical downwards brake run yet?

Can anyone tell what silly concept I'm working on here?

Thanks to everyone. It was a good contest this year with some really great entries, I'm surprised I won.
Of course it's a shame about the write-ups but I hope everything works out for you Thomas!

We're so old now! haha
wish i had the time to get back to NL dont see that for the forseeable future though.

Since the coaster style can't be changed any more, do you have any Intamin Wing Coaster Custom Cars available to install on the track?

Congrats! The one contest I managed to finish an entry for I have no idea how I did (obviously apart from not winning!).

That said, your health MUST come first, above all else. Work on that, and I hope you feel better soon. :)

Congrats Projektion!

This won't be an official NLC contest, but feel free to sort of run it as one, i.e. feel free to have restrictions for what you want, a template, a start and finish date, etc. There will be another contest coming soon so look forward to that!

Grats to Projektion! While the missing detailed results is unfortunate news, I still had a lot of fun participating! The template was well made and all the entries were very high quality (as far as what I saw from the videos). I think this competition and the video iSatnav made show, that this forum has some really talented and creative people! I hope future competitions are not discouraged by this one, but rather concentrate on the high-end quality of all entries.

Will the Togo by TheCodemaster ever get released on the exchange?

Due to things not improving with the contest logistics, I have come to the point where I will have to cancel the contest writeups. I am extremely sorry to those who took time to enter, and to make sure this wont happen again, there wont be any followup contest next year. When I set out to make this contest things were a lot more stable, but as time has gone on things keep happening that has made finishing the results impossible. I still havent been able to improve my mental state much, and all of the people who were there to help me have unfortunately been caught up in things like school work suddenly, and have barely been able to do much because of that (let alone do the writeups).

That being said, the least I can do is announce an official winner, and that is:

Uomi, By Projektion

For those who entered the contest, I really dont want your work to really go unnoticed, so if you haven't already please go and watch the incredible video isatnav made showing off all the entries. They were all insanely good this year, and picking a winner out of them was extremely difficult, so congratulations for doing such a great job and thank you for entering

Until next time

-Thomas C (COASTERGUY246)

Do you know how to put your sketchup models into an NL2 Template? If so you would do that and contact the moderators to hold a contest.

Here is my topic for my NL2 coasters in progress. The first one is The Rude Boy Ting! The Ting has many classic hills and will have a 100% custom wooden track! This is how I make each rail of the custom wooden track. 3024 objects so far.

I think a contest sounds like a great idea! I’ll post some rules later today. Is there usually a prize that the winner recieves, aside from having your coaster presented to a whole bunch of people?

Kryptos, I chose the Intamin Wing Style because I wanted riders to feel like they were hanging off the edge and riding on top of a car. The layout itself could totally be launched or a mobius. Unfortunately its too late in the process to change the train type.

Thanks everyone, I’m really excited to see what y’all come up with!
-t

I think the contest is a great idea - it would let many people crate layouts and you can choose the best layout for your vision. Just look at Seaside Screamer III - there were 17 extremely high quality entries to that contest alone.

I’m Leo and I’ve been using NL2 to design my coasters for a few years now, and I love creating coasters in certain areas and terrain. I would be more than willing to help with a layout for your ride, however I have no experience with 3D modeling.

You can PM me if I could be of any help to you.