Making a Home Made Dark Ride Part 3

[@andrewknudsen8913]

I love diving in and understanding how it works. It’s really demystifying

[@ideamaker]

This was awesome, thanks! I especially was interested in the information regarding how to make a larger cab for the riders. The ones you have are great for single riders, but I'd imagine a child would want to ride along with at least one of their parents, and thus needing more space.

[@pixelvisioner]

Thank You! You can make your ride vehicle wider, shorter etc, just be aware of how heavy it is as it will affect the operating speed and turn radius of the vehicle. I just chose this size and shape for my project. When I get some more free time to work on my new ride, I will be making a second series on how I built my new larger ride vehicles and powered track & control system.

[@ideamaker]

@@pixelvisioner Awesome, and thanks, I look forward to it! =D

[@proknowsinfo]

This is so Awesome! Looking forward to the next video. Great build 🎃

[@JPs-Abenteuerhof]

Hi. Das ist großartig und sehr inspirierend, vielen Dank! Schöne Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@nickvanderpool4822]

This project has been on my Halloween to-do list for a few years now. Good job, Man! Also, nice Harold Ramis tombstone.

[@pixelvisioner]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@ooddities]

Best video today, thanks for uploading!! Great editing, music, informative 🎃🎃🎃

[@pixelvisioner]

My Pleasure, glad you enjoyed it!

[@BattleProvsions]

Awesome

[@massprankstv324]

Nice been waiting for this

[@clifforddodson5459]

How long did it take roughly to make the track and put it together? Love what you did.

[@pixelvisioner]

Thanks! I would say it took about two to three weeks to build the track, then painted the whole thing

[@OllieGoss]

Hi Brett! I started building out my track framing them out like floorboards, but yours seem much simpler. Did you find you needed any additional support for you track? I believe my ride vehicle is a little wider than yours-it's 3 feet across

[@pixelvisioner]

If you will be using the same components as I did it should be fine. I placed the bolts holding up the track a little bit closer together on the turns for extra support. Just make sure you build the floorboards wide enough for your ride vehicle to turn without having the casters fall off the edges . Do you have the ride vehicle built yet?

[@dhm74]

Hi this is amazing Brett it really is. Can I just check. On the video I’m Sure you said that you were building four foot by four foot sections but the section you show on the video seems to be only like 500cm x 500cm or less? Can you clarify for me please.

[@pixelvisioner]

Thank you for the kind words. I bought 4’x8’ sheets of flooring board and cut them in half for most all of the curved sections of the track. The some of the straight sections I was able to use 2’ wide pieces since the ride vehicles were narrow enough to still ride safely on. There were other sections of the track that were different sizes to fit the area I had available for the ride. Thanks for asking

[@dhm74]

@ thank you so so much! By the way, if we wanted it to travel backwards as well as forwards have you done this if so do you have a video as we won’t be able to have a track running in a circle so would need to go into reverse and wondering how it would be different. We are truly inspired by your videos and we are going to build one like yours but that goes into reverse !

[@pixelvisioner]

@@dhm74 I have not done that. If you want to make a ride vehicle that moves both ways on the track you would probably need to move the drive motor assembly to the center and have a second tracking swivel in the back as well and lots of testing of course to get it right. You would also need to figure out how to make the power reverse maybe through a switch or something else.

[@dhm74]

@ thanks Brett. Not sure if my reply loaded or not. I thought with it being from parts to a mobility scooter they go forward and have reverse so should be possible! And yeah that’s a good idea - two sets of tracking and the motor in the middle with some adjustments could work. Think it could also be thrilling for people going backwards. Have you ever tried doing them on an incline or decline as think I’d need mine to travel down a slope as my garden is on two different levels. Could make for a scary thrill ride haha

[@pixelvisioner]

@ No haven’t tried an incline for vehicle tracking and binding issues with the current system I use. Not to say it can’t be done, you would need to engineer a different setup where the tracking component can tilt up/down as well as swivel, an you may need to have some type of suspension so the caster wheels will stay in contact with the ground

[@joeybennett887]

I’m looking at building a pretty large car that could be quite heavy. Why are the motors against the track better? Do I need to put a swivel on them? And how do I get bent pieces of wood for my track? Your videos are awesome and super helpful! Very inspired to keep going!

[@pixelvisioner]

Putting the motors against the track will take the weight bearing load off of them , which will give you more power to pull the ride vehicle along the track allowing you to carry a load up to 500lbs vs. 300lbs or less if you have the two motors pushing the cart from the floor. As far as making curved pieces of wood track, you need to make a jig for a 45 degree turn, then using thin pieces of plywood maybe 3/16” thick strips, glue multiple pieces together until you match the same thickness as your straight sections. And yes I would suggest mounting your motors on a swivel. Look up Ed O’Neil on Halloween forum he documented his ride build very well. Hope this helps!

[@joeybennett887]

Brett C this helped immensely! Thank you so much! Your ride is something I refer to often!

[@massprankstv324]

Brett ? You thank you could heat up Pex tubing like pvc for more give are would that be a bad ideal.

[@pixelvisioner]

You can try it and see I suppose. I didn’t need to for my track