KK BIG breakdown?!?!?

Not to mention the additional heat with a higher coefficient of friction. Those troughs are hot enough as is.

If no one has already mentioned this but the Six Flags site, is acually admiting that they expect KK to be down for several weeks!

http://www.sixflags.com/parks/greatadventure/index.asp

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panman said:
a 20 000 HP motor (that's almost twice the size of CP's motor)

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I'd like to know where you got that information from.

so...where are all the SF fanboys now?

I was so happy to hear about this.

Why? KK isn't the only $25 million boat anchor right now. There's another one at the Point. Hellooooo? Earth to Fanboy?

-CO

Hhahhha.. nothing drastic like this. You forgot, this was the first of our type, so we didn't know what to expect. We did have alot of problems, but now we know how to fix them aswell. The problems we have now are minor.

Six Flags, as gay as it already is, decided to copy TTD by being a little faster and taller. Then you guys in that region act like you're #1 and that TTD is nothing.

Yeah, you guys had it comin.

Until they pinpoint exactly what failure took KK down, CP will keep TTD offline too. Were the same failure to happen due to a design flaw, they'd risk liability.

So...like I said? Two boat anchors.

BTW, most folk in that area have never heard of CP and care even less about your massive inferiority complex.

Just so you know.

-CO

I don't really see how problems on KK are a good thing - even if you are a CP Fanboy. Two of these monstrous rides have now been built and both of them are having major problems. That doesn't help the chances of bigger coasters being built anytime soon. Who's to say Dragster isn't down right now because of what happened to KK? Maybe they are going to make some modifications to ensure it doesn't happen at CP.

Why are you getting excited about a ride malfunctioning and tearing apart a train in the process? It's probably a good thing the train was empty because from the sounds of it, it could have killed someone or more than one someone. Would you be happy to hear about it then?

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CedarPoint2006Fan said:
Hhahhha.. nothing drastic like this. You forgot, this was the first of our type, so we didn't know what to expect.

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You were close to actually having a valid point but, alas, you're wrong AGAIN Ever heard of Xcelerator?

I don't know but I think you're actually getting off at the fact that Kingda Ka is down. It's a shame you need something like this to make your life entertaining. Besides, like Playa said, TTD isn't exactly hitting the dispatch intervals right now...

Cedar Point Fanboys are even worse than SF fans thanks to people like the above. :(

S2K said

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You were close to actually having a valid point but, alas, you're wrong AGAIN Ever heard of Xcelerator?

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There is a big difference b/t Xcelerator and TTD. For one the magnitude is far greater. Your comparing 120 to 80, that is a big difference. 120 to 128 is not really.

TTD was a record breaker. TTD was the first too truly test the technology. *** Edited 6/15/2005 5:39:42 PM UTC by GIGAFORCE01***

Will this problem affect Xcelerator?

Good gravy, no wonder folks hate CP fanboys. Almost makes me ashamed to admit that it is my home park. News flash: the amusement park industry is a pretty tight-knit group. The executives and full-time staff of 'competing' parks actually get along.

SnakeEyes: I don't think Xcelerator has the nylon liner, so I would guess not (assuming that that's actually the failed part.) If KK shredded its liner, and that liner is designed the same way as the one on TTD, CP'd be fools to run it until they fully understand what happened in New Jersey, and have a plan to make sure it doesn't also happen in Ohio.

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GIGAFORCE01 said:
TTD was the first too truly test the technology.***

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Well, first to test the limits of the technology. Xcel. would have been the first live test of the technology, just on a smaller scale.

I don't understand how anyone can say they are happy about this. This could possibly be the end of a very usefull amusement launch system. When LIM's were introduced there were issues (not quite of this magnitude or severity in the public eye), but after it was reliable they were able to make more intense rides like FOF and JJ. The hydraulic launch could make one hell of an intense ride if they would stop thinking about height. These types of problems just slow progression for the whole industry and make it harder ride designers to be inovative.

gigaforce01 - Actually, Xcelerator was the first to test the technology. Sure TTD went higher and faster, but using your logic, KK would be the first to truely test the technology as it went higher-er and faster-er. Didn't CP/Intamin build Xcelerator as a proof of concept?

Red Garter Rob :

The 20 000 HP that I mentioned earlier is from the article describing the damage to the ride. I have to say I was surprised at that figure myself, since I vaguely recall reading somewhere that KK actually had a *smaller* engine than TTD (a figure of 7400 HP comes to mind).

But heck, even the 7000 HP that Pete suggested is still not going to be polite to that track if there's an alignment/debris problem.

Steve

Xcelerator proved that Hydraulics worked, yes! But it did not prove that they worked at far greater speeds. TTD was what tested the system on a large( record breaking) scale for the first time. *** Edited 6/15/2005 8:54:51 PM UTC by GIGAFORCE01***

New Article: http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050615/NEWS02/506150461/1070/NEWS02

Favorite quote:

However, said Siebeneicher, "Kingda Ka is the third or fourth generation of this type of ride, and we have incorporated several modifications. We're confident that it will operate reliably."

I like this quote

However, she said, "The malfunction happened during routine testing, and that's why we have inspections.

My question is what would of happened if kk would not have broken down earlier in the day??