Mid course brake runs

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Mongoose said:
TRIM brakes are 100% different than BLOCK brakes.

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Well, in most applications, that's not exactly true. Every three-train B&M I've seen the mid-course is dual-purpose. John Wardley explained it best on his site where he mentioned that a train has to be able to complete the circuit from a dead stop at the mid-course. Depending on the length, this of course means that without some kind of trim as the train crosses that point, it's going to come back really fast.Too fast means the forces on you and the train aren't in the intended spec, and on top of that you reduce the entire ride time, so you've got people sitting idle on trains.
So while it is important to understand the difference in purpose, it is important to note that in many cases the brakes are used for more than one purpose.
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If SFMM needs to add trim brakes to all their coasters then why do they build them so big and so fast. It's pathetic. A good ride like X should not have trim brakes after the most popular thing on the ride. Thats just plain stupid.

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As has been stated multiple times, the brake run on X is most likely for emergency reasons IF the train does NOT COMPLETE the first raven turn and falls back. The train would climb partially back up the drop and swing back and forth for several minutes, all the while flipping riders. The addition of the brake run gives operators the opportunity to slow down and stop the train in a timely fashion at the bottom of the turn should this unlikely event happen. Riders can then be evacuated. The real question is "How do they get the train back to the station? " Send in the crane for a pull-through, X is closed for 3 days.
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*** This post was edited by LoadedG on 10/4/2001. ***

Arn't the brakes on "X" like Intamin's Hypers? [Magnetic? hmm whats the word I am trying to think of..]

I could be wrong, but I believe that if there is no "retracting" of brakes in and out of position, they are "always" on/working.. once again, thats only what I "think"... not 100% sure

*** This post was edited by sfdl dude on 10/4/2001. ***