Comments on: Back Yard Roller Coaster with 12′ Drop http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Wed, 22 May 2013 01:21:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: MAKE | Your Comments http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-699613 Mon, 13 Aug 2012 18:01:31 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-699613 [...] the piece Back Yard Roller Coaster with 12′ Drop, Clifford Paul says: This coaster looks great and is nothing in terms of pure mortal danger; in [...]

]]> By: Poet http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-698043 Sat, 11 Aug 2012 22:48:57 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-698043 Jay or “J” After the video played I went to comment and a Fox news page showed up. I got here due to this being sent to my email. In case the links can be worked the way I got them.

]]> By: j http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-696068 Fri, 10 Aug 2012 11:00:13 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-696068 All the links to other coasters are dead 8(

]]> By: Charles http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-695216 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 18:52:17 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-695216 Bare trees, overcast sky, shaky hand-held camera, crunchy footsteps, heavy breathing, I think it’s the Blair Witch Roller Coaster

]]> By: Halfvast Conspirator (@halfvastcnsprtr) http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-695175 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:36:30 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-695175 Hey y’all ho mah beer and watchiss!

]]> By: Miguel http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-695164 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:21:40 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-695164 They are apparently from Lancaster, Ohio according to Yahoo News,

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow/backyard-rollercoaster-video-172835832.html

]]> By: Dave http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-695109 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 16:24:04 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-695109 Daddy Of The Year! ‘Nuff said…

]]> By: Clifford Paul http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-695011 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 14:09:37 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-695011 This coaster looks great and is nothing in terms of pure mortal danger; in Chelyabinsk, Russia our family beheld a dollar (please read 28 rubles) carnival of DIY created “Big Wheels” for the children to participate in a what might be envisioned as a Roman arena chariot race. No horses for these chariots, but these tricycles were complete with unpadded seats repurposed from old 1940′s tractors, adorned with jagged metal shards and welded joints, guaranteed to fail rusted through frames, and bike wheels from old Soviet-era bicycles.

Parental terror could not be derived from these vehicles, nor seeming disinterest in the eat-or-be-eaten manner by which most of the unsupervised tots were colliding, nor the seeming lack of triage for the hapless participants. No, the terror was not with the rides, riders or audience – it was the man arc welding 20-foot I-beams with the electrodes and power source just inches from the Russian Circus Maximus.

Given a choice between a cleanly designed PVC track or dismemberment/ electrocution in a Russian playground I know what every parent would choose.

]]> By: Marcel http://blog.makezine.com/2012/08/09/back-yard-roller-coaster-with-12-drop/#comment-694883 Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:33:50 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=233660#comment-694883 No. Way.

That’s got to be CG! ;)

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