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Tallest Roller Coaster Model
From worldrecordsacademy.org:
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Branden Moyen, 18, has build a 36 feet tall, 50 feet long free-standing roller coaster model, setting the world record for the Tallest roller coaster model.
This amazing working roller coaster is 36 feet tall, 50 feet long.. made entirely of KNEX.
His coaster is a 1/10th-scale replica of Kingda Ka, a 456-foot high steel behemoth at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey, one of Moyer’s favorites.
In all, Moyer estimates that he used 35,000 to 40,000 KNEX pieces and spent $6,000, much of it donated by 30 local businesses that have sponsored the project. The track is about 400 feet long and the roller coaster car will travel up to 70 mph, after being slingshotted to the top of the first hill.
That’s seriously cool! I have one of the Knex coasters but it is just per instructions….
Did he pay for the KNEX himself or did a company foot the bill for promotional purposes?
put it on you tube man
awsome
WOW!! i designed my own rollercoaster out of k’nex but it’s only 6 1/2 feet tall!! I wish i had enough knex to build that!!
THATS AWESOME KNIX ROLLER COASTER!!! I have one of those… but its 6 1/2 feet tall too. I TOTALLY AGREE WITH SHARKY!!
Umm… a 36 foot model of a 456 foot tall coaster is not 1:10. Also, a proper scale model based on the size of the k’nex track should be about 1:24 or so which would make the model only 19 ft. tall. Anyways, this is still pretty cool.