Does MF ever get stuck on the lift?
Does MF ever get stuck on the lift because i know it has the cabel lift system, and people always say its really quite and doesnt sound like a normal coaster going up, so does that mean it doesnt have antiroll backs?
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Steven
www.sixflagsnews.com
It has anti-rollbacks, but like the other recent Intamin rides it has a wheel that drags on the track that creates a current that lifts the anti-rollbacks. Anti-rollbacks are one of the most replace parts on traditional systems because they drag all the way up the lift over and over again. This system increases their life span.
Few coasters ever get stuck. That's not an accurate term. They are stopped, but not stuck. Yes, Millennium Force is stopped on the lift every morning on purpose to test the anti-rollbacks. Sometimes, but rarely, it happens during the course of the day when the previous train hasn't cleared the final brake run before the next train crests the lift.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
Few coasters ever get stuck. That's not an accurate term. They are stopped, but not stuck. Yes, Millennium Force is stopped on the lift every morning on purpose to test the anti-rollbacks. Sometimes, but rarely, it happens during the course of the day when the previous train hasn't cleared the final brake run before the next train crests the lift.
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Jeff
Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com
...And thanks to the back-up systems on the cable lift system, unless there is a catastrophic failure of the lifting cable or the catchwagon, there is no reason to ever need to evacuate the train on the lift. It should always be possible to get the train over the lift and back to the safety brake at the end of the ride, where the train can be easily unloaded.
In the event of a catastrophic lift failure, the train can be evacuated on the lift using the maintenance funicular. But that is pretty much the only situation that would require a lift evacuation.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
In the event of a catastrophic lift failure, the train can be evacuated on the lift using the maintenance funicular. But that is pretty much the only situation that would require a lift evacuation.
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
I have only seen it "stuck" once, when I was on it! :) It lasted about 20 minutes, and was due to a train "rolling an inch too far forward" creating a block violation....a simple problem, and a sign of the computers and safety systems doing their job. It was a great view up there and after a little while we got going again.
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- Peabody
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- Peabody
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