Redneck rollercoaster

[Zerobricks]

To try something new I decided to try to recreate the famouse Davidsfarm redneck rollercoaster. Even thought I dont own many white parts, I managed to create a front wheel driven PF powered machine capable of some crazy stoppies. Infact it was so good at it, i had to add some boat weights in the back to stop it from tipping over.

When did David grow a beard?

Back view. I improvised with lights and side exhausts.

The rear axle has suspension to coushion those landings:

Front wheel drive with a differential and ackermann steering for maximum agility:

The front wheel drive is geared 1:3,6 ratio which gives this car quite some speed, yet enough torque to skid wheels when accelerating. The whole assembly is built as strong as possible, because most of the car's weight sits on this axle. The wheels are attached to rims only halfway. This keeps them on closer to body which means the wheels arches can be smaller.

The batterybox acts as a fat seat. There is room for 3 technic figs there.

Final view of the monster. Notice the PF lights.

And video:

Edited November 22, 2010 by Zblj

[DLuders]

Yee-hah! What a fun vehicle! Davidsfarm is in Lucan, Ontario, Canada (not the USA), according to this source. Here's the real thing in action (from YouTube):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fCVAhqVqjpE

[allanp]

Haha that's awesome, the performance is quite impressive.

[Captain Green Hair]

''Should we wear a helmet?''

''Nah, never mind!''

Great model, looks and handles just like the real thing!

[2LegoOrNot2Lego...]

Another great model out of your hands. I love it a lot and works just great. Nice build and much fun to play with...!!!

[grohl]

Hahahaha.... tremendously stupid and funny model. Great idea.

[buddy]

Great creation, it looks and handles like the real thing.

~buddy~

[rgbrown]

Loving the rear suspension!

[JunkstyleGio]

Awesome MOC of a totally insane real-life creation!

[prateek]

This is great!

BTW, Davidsfarm is Canadian. I actually passed by his farm one time.