Building an Inverted Lift.

Intro
The inverted lift is obviously different from an ordinary lift hill. You need to be able to run the train along the bottom of the track. Upon applying the gears for the lift you may want 4 sets of gears as opposed to 3 to keep the chain off the top of the lift. You may use 3 gears and run the chain over the top although to do this the top must must have something like a piece of track to keep the chain from catching any pieces. Another difference is how you build the track, which will be explained in further detail in another tutorial. The track, depending on how you customize your train, must connect higher up than a regular coaster. Usually you should not go below a long green to gray rod's length.

The supports

You can obviously use differnt supports, but I find that this style is efficient and sturdy, and looks nice , too. You must remember that the track has to have that green to gray rod's length or more (may be more depending on if you customized the train between) it and the nearest support below. With this style you have large support blocks rising up to support the main structure supporting the track. The supports are 1 1/2 long gray rod's length apart. Above is a sample lift.

The Gears and Chain

The thing to remember here is that there has to be extra slack in the chain on the bottom. If you don't do this the chain will be too tight for the train to pass over it. As you can see in the photo in the supports section with the train on the track the chain fits snug along the track. You will want 4 sets of gears or 8 individual gears (although you can use 3 like in the intro). You want one placed at the very bottom, one at the end of the lift slightly over the top, one just vertical from that, and one more somewhere between the first and third but raised a bit. You will probably want to put your engine or crank on that fourth gear set.

The train

You may notice that with the train upside down the hook that attaches to the chain wil fall back and won't grip the chain. This is a fixable problem and can be approached in different ways. The best way is to prop the hook up to that it can't fall back. To do this you can use anything that will stay. I find that sticking some tape like shown in the picture above works best and can allow the hook to bend back if it hits anything. Another way to get the train up the lift is to put a connector on the train that will push it up the lift. This can be very problematic so I wouldn't suggest it. What usually happen is the connector will get stuck on a spont on the track or the train and the whole thing will freeze.

If you have any questions/concerns with this guide fell free to e-mail them to me at CoasterGuy27@aol.com.