I got home from work, spoke to John - he's psyched...the BBC is going to interview him - and put up a mirror of the Blue Flash pictures only. The mirrors listed above didn't have all of the pictures including John's new track design so check them out at http://www.geocities.com/negativeg2002/
Have Fun!
Paul B. Drabek
Dear Slashdot;
I'd like to say thank you to everyone who contributed to helping me purchase more bandwidth for my site. That bandwidth (5 Gigs) has been all used up so the site will be down until the hubub dies down unless someone else feels like contributing. There are a couple of mirrors up and I sent off a copy of the pages to another person to create a better mirror with all of the pictures. Hopefuly that will be up later so you all can see the coaster. I am flattered with all the attention and I'm over my frustration of last night when the site initially went down. Like many people online my site is an extension of myself and with it down it's like a part of me is not functioning but I'm learning to deal with it. I'll make sure the new mirror is up later tonight for the Blue Flash pictures and I'll have a link posted to it as soon as it's up. I'm going to be speaking to John (the coaster builder) tonight and I'll let him know what everyone thinks. Please check out the pictures at the mirrors and if you are interested in coasters please revisit my site (www.negative-g.net) sometime in the future but not all at once.
Thanks
Paul B. Drabek
Raven_Rider@negative-g.net
Sorry if you don't believe me. Anyone can check me out online. I own the domain for www.negative-g.net which is the site you all slashdotted and I'm also a regular poster on Rec.roller-coaster and have been so since 1996. Go check me out there. I'm just getting pissed that you people took my site down and some are now talking about taking it down in April which is when I'll have a bunch of updates from parks that I'm going to then so it'll be another month before my regular visitors can get to my site.
Ummmm...first off I'm the guy you all have slashdotted. Secondly I saw it go through the entire circuit several times. It's a 20 foot drop followed by a 10 foor loop followed by a small hill that's about 5 feet high then a downward helix to the lift. It works. I'm a coaster enthusiast and I've built several coasters using coaster design programs (No Limits is the most realistic - www.nolimitscoaster.com) and I built an exact replica of it and it worked there as well. This is not a hoax!
Paul B. Drabek
Raven_Rider@negative-g.net
Hey Everyone;
I'm the webmaster of the site you all just slashdotted. I thought I'd come on here and answer some of the questions. First off the guy who built the coaster was tired of waiting in line at parks like Six Flags so he decided to build his own so he wouldn't have to. He builds grain elevators and is a welder so he accquired enough parts to build the coaster and it was actually pretty solid. He's had a few problems with that style track (very simmilar to track made by Arrow Dynamics) so his next coaster is going to use a different design which should take care of roughness and stress on the structure. I was unable to ride it because there was some problems with the lift and the fact that it was 30 degrees out but my son Bond rode the second half which consisted of a downward helix(he loved it). The car is custom welded and the seat is from a catepillar tractor with a thick seat belt.
Unfortunately as most of you know my site is now down for the rest of the month and my regular visitors have nowhere to go. Since you guys knocked out the site, I wonder if you'd be willing to help me get it back up and running? My paypal account is under my e-mail which is Raven_Rider@negative-g.net and if you want to contribute I'll buy more bandwidth so you all can see. Also if you have any questions I can be reached at the e-mail listed above and I'll be more than happy to answer them.
Sincerely
Paul B. Drabek
Raven_Rider@negative-g.net
Negative G Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks
www.Negative-G.Net
Slashdot Mirror
I got home from work, spoke to John - he's psyched...the BBC is going to interview him - and put up a mirror of the Blue Flash pictures only. The mirrors listed above didn't have all of the pictures including John's new track design so check them out at http://www.geocities.com/negativeg2002/ Have Fun! Paul B. Drabek
Dear Slashdot; I'd like to say thank you to everyone who contributed to helping me purchase more bandwidth for my site. That bandwidth (5 Gigs) has been all used up so the site will be down until the hubub dies down unless someone else feels like contributing. There are a couple of mirrors up and I sent off a copy of the pages to another person to create a better mirror with all of the pictures. Hopefuly that will be up later so you all can see the coaster. I am flattered with all the attention and I'm over my frustration of last night when the site initially went down. Like many people online my site is an extension of myself and with it down it's like a part of me is not functioning but I'm learning to deal with it. I'll make sure the new mirror is up later tonight for the Blue Flash pictures and I'll have a link posted to it as soon as it's up. I'm going to be speaking to John (the coaster builder) tonight and I'll let him know what everyone thinks. Please check out the pictures at the mirrors and if you are interested in coasters please revisit my site (www.negative-g.net) sometime in the future but not all at once. Thanks Paul B. Drabek Raven_Rider@negative-g.net
I found out right after it happened by a friend posting to rec.roller-coaster
Have Fun!
Paul B. Drabek
Sorry if you don't believe me. Anyone can check me out online. I own the domain for www.negative-g.net which is the site you all slashdotted and I'm also a regular poster on Rec.roller-coaster and have been so since 1996. Go check me out there. I'm just getting pissed that you people took my site down and some are now talking about taking it down in April which is when I'll have a bunch of updates from parks that I'm going to then so it'll be another month before my regular visitors can get to my site.
Ummmm...first off I'm the guy you all have slashdotted. Secondly I saw it go through the entire circuit several times. It's a 20 foot drop followed by a 10 foor loop followed by a small hill that's about 5 feet high then a downward helix to the lift. It works. I'm a coaster enthusiast and I've built several coasters using coaster design programs (No Limits is the most realistic - www.nolimitscoaster.com) and I built an exact replica of it and it worked there as well. This is not a hoax! Paul B. Drabek Raven_Rider@negative-g.net
Hey Everyone; I'm the webmaster of the site you all just slashdotted. I thought I'd come on here and answer some of the questions. First off the guy who built the coaster was tired of waiting in line at parks like Six Flags so he decided to build his own so he wouldn't have to. He builds grain elevators and is a welder so he accquired enough parts to build the coaster and it was actually pretty solid. He's had a few problems with that style track (very simmilar to track made by Arrow Dynamics) so his next coaster is going to use a different design which should take care of roughness and stress on the structure. I was unable to ride it because there was some problems with the lift and the fact that it was 30 degrees out but my son Bond rode the second half which consisted of a downward helix(he loved it). The car is custom welded and the seat is from a catepillar tractor with a thick seat belt. Unfortunately as most of you know my site is now down for the rest of the month and my regular visitors have nowhere to go. Since you guys knocked out the site, I wonder if you'd be willing to help me get it back up and running? My paypal account is under my e-mail which is Raven_Rider@negative-g.net and if you want to contribute I'll buy more bandwidth so you all can see. Also if you have any questions I can be reached at the e-mail listed above and I'll be more than happy to answer them. Sincerely Paul B. Drabek Raven_Rider@negative-g.net Negative G Roller Coasters and Amusement Parks www.Negative-G.Net