If you had planned to ride S:ROS at SFA...

Read the thread.

I don't even think Nitro is that good. It has less silly helixing but even in the front, the air is still pretty...poofy. None of that, "holy crap ow my thighs" Intamin's tend to have.

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I was speaking hypothetically of course.

If I truly didn't like S:ROS then why would I bother riding it first thing every time I visit the park,not to mention trying to get in as many rides on it as possible before closing? night rides on that thing just can't be beat.

Why not just replaca the retractable magnetic brakes with fixed ones. Intamin has done it on Goliath, so they should also be able to modify SROS.

Is the brake run on SROS significantly shorter than on Goliath, which would mean that stronger magnets would have to be used and the kicker wheels don't have enough power to move the train through the magnets. If this is the case, can't they just replace the kicker wheels with more powerful ones.

With only fixed brakes the brake run should be truly fail safe.

*** This post was edited by Kari 11/7/2003 4:03:56 AM ***

The ride reopened, so whatever it was, it was tracked down quickly, or I don't think the ride would've opened to the public on Sunday.
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I'm not convinced that they can just attach the magnets in a fixed position even with the current ones. According to Dave's site, it'd take about 30 HP to get the trains moving out of the brake run, which is a lot more than a kicker wheel is going to be able to exert.

Not sure how Goliath SFH works, but I'd bet dollars to donuts that there's a combination of static and movable brakes (ala MF).

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*** This post was edited by ApolloAndy 11/8/2003 12:50:32 PM ***

Goliath doesn't have retractable brakes. A single or even a pair of kicker wheels won't move a train very well. The problem with the static brakes is if the motor gets loaded down beyond it's capabilitys for long enough, it will become a big heavy paperweight. (ok, so the motors have themal protection so that won't likely happen)

Goliath has not one, not two, but eight kicker wheels in the brake run. I'm sure each motor can put out 5-10 HP (3.5-7.5 kW) for intermittent duty.