Ventus - K'nex Eurofighter

video Ventus - K'nex Eurofighter

This is my new K'nex coaster, Ventus.

The Ventus were the Greek Gods of wind, which is the style this coaster has.
Within 3 months I builded this coaster, which is an Eurofighter with many crazy elements. It has some 'original' elements, new style elements and own elements. This is one of the first Micro K'nex coasters to feature full theming.
Elements:

97* drop
Dog Tongue
2 airhills
Turnaround
Hearthline roll
Many turns

Have fun watching the video!

Want to see how I builded this coaster, more detailed description and things like the initially planned layout? Check out my Blog

spazgadget says: Dec 18, 2011. 12:27 PM

DO WANT.

dr. richtofen says: Jun 13, 2012. 10:01 AM

Sorry, had to do this:

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 3:42 AM

Thanks!

knexpert#10829476 says: Feb 21, 2012. 5:39 PM

Very cool!

owlcat says: Dec 19, 2011. 7:18 PM

Submit this for the showboat contest

RNB (author) says: Dec 19, 2011. 10:21 PM

Where can I find that contest?

owlcat says: Jan 1, 2012. 9:10 AM

I'm so sorry I meant shopbot and Safari autocorrected on me :) it's right under the contests tab

KneXtreme says: Dec 22, 2011. 6:35 AM

Can you connect more than one roller coaster car together?

KneXtreme says: Dec 21, 2011. 4:19 PM

You should enter your coaster in the toy challenge http://www.instructables.com/contest/toy2/

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 10:13 PM

I can't, since that contest started after my coaster was published.

KneXtreme says: Dec 22, 2011. 6:27 AM

That stinks :(

Tornado96 says: Dec 20, 2011. 2:15 PM

Already saw this on SScoasters but still EPIC! Very well Done mate!

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 3:43 AM

Thanks! How's Superman Escape going?

Tornado96 says: Dec 22, 2011. 1:00 AM

Very annoyingly... The turn uses up too much speed... I will be posting an update tonight.

KneXtreme says: Dec 19, 2011. 6:37 AM

Nice I'm not much of a micro knex fan but when I see stuff like this built out of it it's amazing. Great job :)

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 3:42 AM

Try micro out once, it's pretty good! (and saves storage space :P )

KneXtreme says: Dec 21, 2011. 4:16 PM

Maybe, but I've herd it's not structurally strong.

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 10:15 PM

True, but if you make good supports (like these tubes), and add a lot of cross-braces it's strong enough, since the cars are not heavy too.

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 6:59 AM

Nice coaster! Maybe I should build some day a coaster... :)

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:34 AM

You SHOULD do that!

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:43 AM

Just a big problem is, that I don't have much roller-coaster stuff....

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:48 AM

Micro track is not that expensive. You can buy some.

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:50 AM

But the problem is: I don't even have one single micro knex piece! :P

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:52 AM

Get some. Search Ebay :)

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:55 AM

Well, I heared a lot of bad stuff about micro pieces, that they are money not worth etc. and I needed anyway a lot of normal pieces for catastropha, and I don't know if I have enouth even yet....and I want to buy me a laptop, so I don't think that I'm able to spend money on them atm, sorry... :(

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 7:59 AM

:( Micro K'nex isn't that bad, you just need to learn how to handle it.

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 8:03 AM

Oh, ok. But another reason why I think I don't buy micro knex is that i'm going in half a year for a year to the us, of cource without knex :P

RNB (author) says: Dec 21, 2011. 8:18 AM

WITHOUT KNEX??? You wan't survive!

Sorunome says: Dec 21, 2011. 8:20 AM

Lol, I try to :P