Weird looking supports on Coasters
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Ben D. said:
I have always thought this coaster had odd supports http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery254.htm?Picture=2
whoa... yeah, i agree.
Ben, it looks like in that pic they redid the loop because of some mechanical problem (or to increase the G force). Instead of building a new loop structure, they just connected new track to the loop supports.
Oh the wierdest supports are on Top Gun at PKI. Why do you really need lattice supports on a suspended coaster? It baffles me.
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery73.htm?Picture=3
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What support do you mean, Andy? The cross-bar? Strange that I have over 60 photos of Superman and only one photos has half of what you are talking about in it. Guess I'll have to take more next year! lol
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SOB_TOM said:
Oh the wierdest supports are on Top Gun at PKI. Why do you really need lattice supports on a suspended coaster? It baffles me.
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery73.htm?Picture=3
I think I have an idea why that could be. Since it is a suspended coaster it has lot of forces being exerted in all sorts of direction. A twisting motion could take place on the supports that hold the turns and banks so they need an extra set to maintain the strength and keep them from bending or twisting. I could be wrong but this is just my best guess.
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XFlighter: That is a great example of an unusual support column. Great Bear is unique in many ways, and I didn't quite fully appreciate how unique the supports were until I looked at your picture. Nice one. I've been there twice before and never noticed that particular one.
I would guess the main reason this was done was to save $$ on construction.
ApolloAndy said:
SFNE Freak: Nope. Because the exit to the helix is right under the entrance to the helix, a few of the supports are at very strange angles.
Yea, and have you ever noticed that if you're sitting in the left seat on S:RoS that support column could take your arm out easily?
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I highly doubt that you could actually reach out and touch the support from the train, but I have been known (on very rare occasions ;)) to be wrong.
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*** This post was edited by ApolloAndy on 12/1/2002. ***
Mantis is over water too. I think there's enough examples to prove that B&M does build over water.
Techniclly YES, but not all of it is over water is it. If you notice with most B&M's there are a few built over water, but it is normally only a small section of the coaster like Hulk for Example.
Also It is definatly a well known fact that B&M will not build their coasters complety over water, Correct me if I am wrong, but I am 90% positive that the orginal design for Kraken was for it to go out over the lake, and Sea World apparently loved the Idea, but B&M apparently flat-out refused to do it because they reguarded it unsafe to build it over the lake, apparently B&M were saying that if an evacuation had to be made, it would be made impossible because of the surroundings of the lake etc. And so because of this, the designs were changed so it went to the side of the lake instead. Of course this is what I heard from various sources,rumours etc, can anyone back this up to confirm it???
As for weird looking supports Silverstar has a few, basiclly at the bottom of the drop, it had to go over the exit road, and so they had to add a few odd looking supports for that, and in this picture(Link below) there are a few odd one there too, one that links the track on the left to the track on the right hand side too, ODD
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery1414.htm?Picture=12
*** This post was edited by PaulD on 12/1/2002. ***
Ok...not so much supports (although Kraken does have some odd ones), but look at the underside of the track on the first drop...what's up with this?
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery581.htm?Picture=22
EDIT: PaulD. That is infact correct that it was to be designed over the lake. I'm a ride op there, and this is what the Operations Manager has told me (I was curious as well).
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*** This post was edited by CsTrFrK on 12/1/2002. ***
Well, talking about strange backbones, are x-mas lights on the backbone a B&M option or just a park initiative?
http://frank.drnk.net/gallery/?gal=ep&img=IMG_0913.jpg
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*** This post was edited by DRNK on 12/1/2002. ***
CsTrFrK: Those things coming out of the bottom of the track are for attaching a walkway. At least I assume that is what they are for. There are some things like that on Batman at SFWoA on the turnaround between the corkscrews.
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Look at this one on Air Race at Bobbejaanland (funny name) Park. How odd!
http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery915.htm?Picture=6
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http://www.rcdb.com/installationgallery713.htm?Picture=1
Weird lookin thing
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Heres a very weird and unstable looking coaster, it has a lot of weird looking small supports in there
Re: CstrFrk
The walkway for Nitro going around the 180 dip out of the station is bolted onto the bottom of the spine onto fixtures like those on Kraken. BTW, whatever happened to your site? I was looking forward to more of your videos.
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