Everyone loves amusement park rides. Will
Pemble and his son Lyle are no different. They love to visit amusement parks
and ride the roller coasters. So naturally, one day, when returning home from
an amusement park, Lyle asked, “Why don’t we build our own roller coaster,
Dad?” The rest is history.
So the pair set out to build themselves a
backyard roller coaster. They call the project Coaster Dad and Will regularly
updates their website, showing off their progress. As the video shows, the
coaster is looking pretty awesome already:
The track is made from parallel PVC pipes
on a lumber frame. Right now, Will is working on another cart made from a steel
frame with skateboard wheels, with independent axles. If that isn’t enough, he
wants to add a pedal mechanism so you can get a little extra speed on the
rises. Pretty cool.
Now he just needs to figure out how to do
loops and corkscrews.
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