Is X And Deju Vu At SFMM Working reliably?
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medusafanatic said:
Another question I forgot to ask was does X operate on the weekdays because I heard somewhere that it only operates weekends.
Well duh considering the park is only open on weekends right now...
X vallied between the drop and the 1st Raven Turn, Thursday night as the mechanics were testing the 3rd train. The only reason they got to back so fast, was the fact that it would seriously screw the track if the train was left there for such a long time. The trains are so heavy that they could do some serious damage to the rails. The PLC has been retrofitted some how, and the coaster can now run 3 trains. Don't expect it to happen any time soon. X was open yesterday, though it didn't cycle with guests as they were doing Fright Fest footage on X and had to cut off the camera mount. Also, when the train was coming into the unload station, it over shot. When the trains went to rotate for unloading, the first three rows wouldn't rotate, as they were too far forward. They had to manually run it backwards through the panel, and this all took about an hour. Second row on train 2 is sagging badly... almost as bad as when a certain incident occured. I was scared ****less for my brother, who rode on the inside, alone... yet it was sagging as low as when a 400 lbs. person rides on the outside seat. Also, they have added wheels to the bottom of some of the rows. Row 3 was the only one I could see it on. They added them because the rows were sagging so bad, theat they sometimes drag on the brake run. I really hate how thedogs aren't spring loaded. I was scared for my brother and as we turned into the brakes, were heard them slap down and I totally thought it was a bolt or something cracking. Only later did I realize it was the dogs. These trains are in bad shape. If another incident happens then expect X to be closed from the end of Winter Vacation to the beggining of Spring Break. They'll have no choice but to take Premier's deal and have then build three new trains. Then and only then will a 3 train operation ever happen.
And that's my X news...
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*** This post was edited by xShorty on 10/6/2002. ***
What is Premier's deal regarding X? Did I miss something?
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So what if the best coaster in Australia is a second hand Arrow?
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Adam Black | adam@mouseinfo.com
www.americacoasters.com | www.mouseinfo.com
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xShorty said:
X vallied between the drop and the 1st Raven Turn, Thursday night as the mechanics were testing the 3rd train. The only reason they got to back so fast, was the fact that it would seriously screw the track if the train was left there for such a long time. The trains are so heavy that they could do some serious damage to the rails. The PLC has been retrofitted some how, and the coaster can now run 3 trains. Don't expect it to happen any time soon. X was open yesterday, though it didn't cycle with guests as they were doing Fright Fest footage on X and had to cut off the camera mount. Also, when the train was coming into the unload station, it over shot. When the trains went to rotate for unloading, the first three rows wouldn't rotate, as they were too far forward. They had to manually run it backwards through the panel, and this all took about an hour. Second row on train 2 is sagging badly... almost as bad as when a certain incident occured. I was scared ****less for my brother, who rode on the inside, alone... yet it was sagging as low as when a 400 lbs. person rides on the outside seat. Also, they have added wheels to the bottom of some of the rows. Row 3 was the only one I could see it on. They added them because the rows were sagging so bad, theat they sometimes drag on the brake run. I really hate how thedogs aren't spring loaded. I was scared for my brother and as we turned into the brakes, were heard them slap down and I totally thought it was a bolt or something cracking. Only later did I realize it was the dogs. These trains are in bad shape. If another incident happens then expect X to be closed from the end of Winter Vacation to the beggining of Spring Break. They'll have no choice but to take Premier's deal and have then build three new trains. Then and only then will a 3 train operation ever happen.
And that's my X news...
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Adam Black | adam@mouseinfo.com
www.americacoasters.com | www.mouseinfo.com*** This post was edited by xShorty on 10/6/2002. ***
Thsi big reason why I don't belive you is that you stated that the train would screw up the track if it sat in one place. That is way bougus becasue the track is desgined to withstand more than 6 times the trains weight otherwise it a very unsafe structure and can collapse at any time.
As for a train over shooting the station. That sounds like a sensor was going bad on them. A few years back The Mamba at WOF was over shooting the station becasue a sensor was going out and caused the breaks to close a lil late. Mamba was down for 6 hours until it was fixed.
Now about the wheels under the seats. I cannot picture what they look like and how the clearance issues are address when using them. Do you or anyone have a picture of what your talking about?
BTW, The last reason why I don't belive you is that your spelling/typing was very very bad and I had a hard time reading what you said.
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*** This post was edited by Sawblade5 on 10/7/2002. ***
Whatever.
The thing I'm wondering to most about, is the wheels underneath the seats that he was talking about.
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