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Here I have two basic brake designs that you can use.

Side Fin Brakes

The only problem with this brake design is that you need the orange connectors that connect the track from the original K'nex coaster. Other than that this is, in my opinion, the best and most realistic way to build the brakes. It works by appling friction to the outside of the car thus slowing it down.

Step 1

To begin with you need some red (or gray in screamin' serpent) connectors (the amount you need depends on how long your brakes will be). Simply connect them like so and it's on to step 2.

Step 2

Next take some blue rods and connect them to the red connectors. Then take the orange connectors and snap those on the blue rods like so. Then we go to the final step.

Step 3

Now all you have to do is place some rods in between the orange connectors (the rods may be different lengths depending on how far apart the orange connectors are) and apply the track. Now you can move the brakes in and out depending on how much you want to stop the train.

Running-In-To-Rods Brakes

This design if a bit more simple than the above and you can build it with what you get from the screamin' serpent set. It works by having the train run into a series of rods that have a little resistence.

Step 1

To begin with you need the yellow connectors, which are pale gray in the screamin' serpent. Just connect them as shown in the picture.

Step 2

Next take some red connectors and connect them to the yellows with the smallest sized rods. Then place the yellow rods, which are a gray metalic in the screamin' serpent, to the red connectors. You may also want to put the red rods, which are greenish in screamin serpent, across the connectors to keep them from moving.

Step 3

Finally snap the orange or black connectors to the yellow rods and put white rods (which are gray in screamin serpent) on them like in the picture, and you're finished. You can then move the brakes at different angles to slow it down as much or little as you want.