Kiddie Coaster at SFGAm stuck
Yesterday 5 friends and I rode the kiddie coaster to make our day complete. It went on the hydraulic brake and deaccelerated while turning into the station and got stuck. My friend and I were in the back and we were stuck like 2 feet above the ground. It was hilarious. Maintence did great and they pushed us in. The ride was then fixed. Also, Batman broke down while I was in line. One train was stuck on the top of the lift hill. Anyone know why? Shockwave also broke down, but I don't know why. Anyone?
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TrBiggar said:
"MetalFan, I think he was refering to Shockwave. If you happen to be (which I doubt) refering to that in your responce, too, your incorrect, it is an Arrow.
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Oops, I forgot that I asked in my original post why Shockwave broke down. I know that is an arrow. The kiddie coaster is desgined by Vekoma. What is a blocking error? (relativly new to this hobby, I don't know too much of the techie terms)
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The coaster runs on blocks. Umm. Blocks are to put it simply, sections of the track that only allow one train on each section. Thats what brake runs are for, to separte blocks. If a train is on a block, as another train aproaches it, it will be stopped by the brake run until the train after it clears that block. After that, the brakes will release, and the stopped train will continue on.
A block error could be a few things. They are caused by computer errors. A bad one would be two trains on the same block. The one that probably happend on Shockwave when you saw it was the computer thought there was a train on the block in front of it, but there wasn't. Maybe it wasn't even an error, but the train was stopped because of a train ahead of it on that block.
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Everybodys got something to hide except for me and my monkey!
A block error could be a few things. They are caused by computer errors. A bad one would be two trains on the same block. The one that probably happend on Shockwave when you saw it was the computer thought there was a train on the block in front of it, but there wasn't. Maybe it wasn't even an error, but the train was stopped because of a train ahead of it on that block.
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Arrow, Vekoma, Prior & Church, John Miller, .......they're all great! :)
PS...pacamania, you'll hate me for this, but I am trying to FIND that Demon song......I am building a model of it, so why not have the music?? :) Anyone know if SFGAm still has a copy??
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PS...pacamania, you'll hate me for this, but I am trying to FIND that Demon song......I am building a model of it, so why not have the music?? :) Anyone know if SFGAm still has a copy??
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I was at Great America yesterday. The American Eagle is built for 3 trains. But after, AT LEAST 2 big-headline collisions, they only have 2 trains on each track. Yesterday, the ride ops were so busy talking to eachother, the ride almost shut down.
ONLY the blue side (which REALLY sux) was open. If the train at the end of the brake run isn't moved before train #2 hits the top of the lift, the whole ride shuts down (safety blocks). They were so busy, talking about "rotation" time (anyone who ever worked at a park is so familiar with this) that the ride almost shut down.
I'll give one thing to CP over SFlags, they have superior ride operator (and employee) training.
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Ow! My lap bar IS down all the way.
ONLY the blue side (which REALLY sux) was open. If the train at the end of the brake run isn't moved before train #2 hits the top of the lift, the whole ride shuts down (safety blocks). They were so busy, talking about "rotation" time (anyone who ever worked at a park is so familiar with this) that the ride almost shut down.
I'll give one thing to CP over SFlags, they have superior ride operator (and employee) training.
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Ow! My lap bar IS down all the way.
"I think he (John) was refering to Shockwave."
Yes, I was.
However, ANY coaster can have a blocking, sensor or other problem due to the rides computer. That "usally" allows it to stop within a block section during the rides circut, in which the employees need to reset it.
Just a safty factor, thats all.
Yes, I was.
However, ANY coaster can have a blocking, sensor or other problem due to the rides computer. That "usally" allows it to stop within a block section during the rides circut, in which the employees need to reset it.
Just a safty factor, thats all.
coasterbill73 said:
"But after, AT LEAST 2 big-headline collisions, they only have 2 trains on each track ."
REALLY? WOW! I would never have heard ot it if it were not for you. And I pretty much live there. LOL! Honestly I have not heard of any collisions or problems with the American Eagle. I do however beleive that what happened was that they took a train off of each side of the Eagle in order to have 2 trains for Viper. I beleive that they were repainted and reconditioned. If anyone has articles or links to the "big headline collisions" on the Eagle I would love to see them.
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