K'nex 6ft Ferris Wheel

[knexpert190]

I have that 6 foot ferris wheel

[coleman0505]

You mean 540.08 cm curcumfrence?



[edwardholmes91]

@coleman0505 540.35393641744443701557466192­407 if you want to be precise but that is assuming my radius measurement was accurate :P

[piderman]

Either you're really tall or this thing isn't 196cm :p

[edwardholmes91]

@piderman Hehe, no I'm really tall. I have to act short on the ride queue to Spinball Whizzer at Alton Towers because the max height is 195cm!

[davstrong]

@edwardholmes91 any idea how to get one of these to ireland? the knex website only ships to usa and canada

[bsever423]

why is out side? what if it rains, won't it ruin the motor?

[edwardholmes91]

@bsever423 I just took it outside to do the filming because I thought seeing my back garden was nicer/more realistic that the inside of my house. Yes... if it had of rained it would of broke the motor probably and wouldn't be safe.

[maemay878]

how did i get here...... LLAMAS!

[neffboy747]

Awesome

[Drmadman1333]

when you were constructing the wheel it's self, did you build from the out side in, or the other way around, and very good video.

[edwardholmes91]

@Drmadman1333 Thank you, glad you like the video :-) I built it from instructions... the order on them was to build the framework first then I think the wheel was made in 3 layers. About 48 of each section for each layer if I remember correctly. You place the steel rod in first and then add layers on to it. If your interested in a copy of the instructions drop me an email via PM and I will send them or go to the instructables link in the description.

[GalaxyWolff]

Omg <'3 This music reminds me to RCT (Maybe because it is from RCT :p). I want to play it again :D

[coastermad13]

Erm, is that music from Rollercoaster Tycoon? LOL

[edwardholmes91]

@coastermad13 Yes, read the description for the video.

[jmailbx]

@MrKnexguy123 have u tried putting some Christmas lights on it that blink on and off and putting your camera on one of the seats and filming it at night???? Its just a suggestion...

[edwardholmes91]

@jmailbx I haven't sorry. It take quite a long time to build but if I get the time over Christmas I might try this and maybe upload another video.

[ExtremeKnexRides]

I love it when the clip goes to P.O.V you're very talented thumbs up

[edwardholmes91]

@ExtremeKnexRides Thank you :-)

[wreaker1]

lol the music sounds exactly like the one for the carosell in rct :P

[edwardholmes91]

@wreaker1 That's because it is :P Read the description:P

[MrKnexguy123]

Make a vid u knocking it down

[edwardholmes91]

@MrKnexguy123 I'm afraid I have already taken it down :'( Took longer than expected actually because I put all of my pieces into plastic zip lock bags and so I had to take sections down sorting the pieces into piles as I went!

[MrKnexguy123]

@edwardholmes91 ok

[MrKnexguy123]

Tip it over then see what happened and then slow it down Nake a vid for this

[yke90]

had to take mines down cause i didn't really have enough space 4 it. btw, i got mines from amazon.com for about $330

[edwardholmes91]

@yke90 I looked at one on the US Amazon website but after import duties and shipping it cost the best part of £330. In hindsight though I spent the best part of £180 on spare bits and thinking about it I would have had a lot more pieces if I had bought the set. Plus I wouldn't of had the trouble trying to source the instructions for it, and I would of been able to build other things at the same time but never mind :(

[jonesand]

take it you're single then?

[mousey225]

I was going to get one but I don't have £500 lying around =(

[edwardholmes91]

@mousey225 Neither did I... but I had the Original Rollercoaster, Big Ball factory and a few smaller sets so I counted up my pieces and just bought the ones I didn't have enough of from eBay and Knex User Group. I still ended up spending close to £200 though :(

[mousey225]

@edwardholmes91 I have the big ball factory and orignal rollercoaster too but cannot be bothered to do that lol......

[sfjohn5]

humm ho long did it take to build that =)

[edwardholmes91]

@sfjohn5 Read the description :P It was around a week but I wasn't working constantly and I did have to count all of my pieces etc. and buy some spare bits. So it was close to 2 weeks if you count that but build time was about 1 week.

[liamgreen94]

Mam Says that is amazing.

[liamgreen94]

LOve it :)

[mjzedd]

thats amazing eddie, its mike from work btw

[airfixman1234]

that is the biggest ferris wheel made of knex i have seen!

[bennymilk]

Flipping heck! 3:11 O_O

[edwardholmes91]

@bennymilk Hehe thanks, I am guessing you are commenting on the height of the wheel compared to me and not my ugly mugshot? :P

[5029tom]

omg...!