AIR Breaks Down.
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I get the feeling there's a conspiracy over at King's Island to remove anything that has "K" or "C" in its initials.
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Out of the coasters i've ridden here is what I rank them overall:(ive been to canobie lake and SFNE)
1. S:RoS 2. Yankee Cannonball 3. Riverside Cyclone 4. Canobie
Corkscrew 5. Thunderbolt 6. Galaxy 7. Mind Eraser 8. Dragon coaster 9. poison ivy's tangl
uh, it's probably something they can replace right away
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Is it the roar of Kumba or the kumba of Roar? Discuss!
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wow, B&M has flaws with this ride. i can't believe it. i actually heard some people say that the Vekoma fliers are better, and this? Gees what is going on?*** This post was edited by Drop208 on 3/19/2002. ***
are you kidding me, did vekoma fliers have porblems? the vekoma problems were many and more. the seats woundnt tilt on the lift so it had to do it in the station, andmany other things.
Yes, the Vekoma flyer's have had alot of problems. They still can't get the trains to recline on the lift (X-Flight/Batwing were supposed to be the first to accomplish this)
Also they have had trouble with the computers, and the over-all trains. Last year X-Flight's black train had to be used for parts for the other two.
I am wondering if the flyer's will actually recline on the lift this year. Who knows.
I would expect something to happen...it is a proto-type. You can't compare it to a Vekoma flyer though...though the same principle, they go about it in diff. ways. Vekoma's flyer was the first of it's kind, B&M's is the first of it's kind for that company...not the whole amusement world.
I expect a few small problems, but nothing big.
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Give it some time, guys...
And I'll wait until I ride it before I'll say any ride is better or worse.
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Without the chaindog, you'd never get up the lifthill...
Is this what we've come to? Keeping track of every breakdown, every valleying incident, every time a park has to shut a ride down for a day or two?
I live in California, why should I care that Air has broken down? Just so that I can throw in my snide little comment.
We're becoming as bad as the media, reporting everything, even if it isn't news worthy.
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"Is it possible that we are feeling more brave than usual sitting at home behind our computer screens and eating Doritos"? -Ophthodoc
Great big clumsy bars like that break? They stick out of the back of the station, and they're massive. I guess its to be expected on a protoype. At this point in time though I gotta ask are these flying coasters worth the hassle? Skytrak had severe problems, the Dutchmen aren't flawless, and Birdmen crashed recently. This is obviously proving to be a dificult ride for all companies to achieve. As mentioned, Air is pretty slow, and Stealth, although better, is not as thrilling as most hyper-coasters. I guess we'll have to bow down to Zamperla if they can conquer flying.
I guess I was lucky with Air...see me show off my on-ride! It does actually show the harness pretty well.
http://www.colinm.jolt.co.uk/air.htm
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SFNE drops the "floor" on SFNE for 2002! Visit www.geocities.com/sfneguy for info. and pics of SFNE, including NEW constr. pics of B:DK!!!
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Usually coaster malfunctions aren't anything major. A rollback is expected every now and then, and so is a bad sensor or something along those lines.
However....
In this case, the word "snap" is used to describe the malfunction. If any part of the ride snaps, I'd be a little concerned. I honestly can't think of any part of the coaster that could snap off without causing a major problem.
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Until someone has something concrete, this is nonsense and crap speculation.
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Closed topic.
