Refurbished Schwarzkopf Coasters

I was wondering, does anybody out there know what they do when they "Refurbished" a Schwarzkopf Coaster?

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Your Park only has 1 good coaster! That's too bad!

I don't have a clue what they do.

My guess is after the ride is dissassembled they go over the track and structure looking for cracks and flaws fixing what needs to be done. I imangine they also go over every single part as well including the motors, brakes, sensors, trains, basicly everything and replacing what is worn or looks bad. Everything probabble gets taken apart, cleaned, and repaired.

When they are done the park is probably getting an almost perfect ride.

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*** This post was edited by coasterpunk 8/11/2003 9:39:14 PM ***

I don't know about perfect, but it would probably just ride better.
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-Parker
www.SFMWZone.com

I know that when they brought Zonga to SFMW, the first to loops were made larger to lessen the g-forces (which were over 6g's).

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"I don't need a compass to tell me which way the wind shines."
-Mr. Furious

Well the Gs were reduced by an estimated 10%, that brings it down to the 5.9-6g range. The loops were not made bigger at all, they were just raised about 12 feet.

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-Parker
www.SFMWZone.com
*** This post was edited by GoliathKills 8/12/2003 1:22:34 AM ***

I know that they are refurbishing the old Greased Lightnin' , I wonder if they will make it taller faster or if any modifications are to be done to enhance the ride itself.

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Your Park only has 1 good coaster! That's too bad!

You mean when they "refurbish" a Schwarzkopf coaster?

Ask any antique dealer... ;)

Could you imagine a Schwarzkopf on the antiques roadshow?

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza
*** This post was edited by janfrederick 8/12/2003 11:22:43 AM ***

For the record, I think that Schwarzkopf coasters are some of the best on the planet. The MindBender at SFoG is a solid #2 on my top 5 coaster list.

Anyway, I know that SFoG was looking at refurbishing The Mind Bender some time ago and there was an awful lot of conern about it. This concern focused on the possibilty of replacing the loved lap bars with OTH restraints. Thank goodness they only repainted it into the god-ugly riddler paint scheme and left the restraints alone.

Stephen

Dorney refurbished Laser with a new paint job and new trains straight from Schwartzkopf in Germany. O my what a difference new trains make.

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"You know its a good ride when you come into the final brake run wiping tears from your eyes."

GoliathKills said:
Well the Gs were reduced by an estimated 10%, that brings it down to the 5.9-6g range.

10% of 6 is .6 ;)

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--Maddie--
What do I Listen-To?
May the Schwarz be with you.

Oh, my bad. ;)

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-Parker
www.SFMWZone.com

I would imagine that refurbishment could include an entire rebuild of all of the mechanical bits, an overhaul/replacement of the rolling stock and repairs to any deficient sections of track. I don't think that refurbishment would include any serious modifications to the ride (such as increased height, more loops, etc.) unless absolutely needed, such as was the case with Zonga.

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-Rob
A.C.E. member since 1990
Posting @ Coasterbuzz since 2000
E.C.C. member since 2002

Just put it back the way Anton built it and you will have as close to perfection as you can get, right Janfrederick?

Ein, Swei, Hofbrau!!!!!
*** This post was edited by Dutchman 8/12/2003 10:51:29 PM ***

Yup, nice and loud. ;)

"I see that you brought in a classic 1970 Wildcat. But if you turn it around, I'd like to show you something. Do you see these marks? They indicate that the track was not bent at the original fabrication plant in Germany. This is in fact, a cheap Italian reproduction. However, given the layout and condition, this ride could fetch a decent price at auction...somewhere between 1 and 2 million." ;)

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"I go out at 3 o' clock for a quart of milk and come home to my son treating his body like an amusement park!" - Estelle Costanza

"But I paid two and half for it!"

They're certified pre-owned Schwarzkopf coasters.

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