Wiggling woodie

I was at Waterville USA in Gulf Shores, AL this weekend to ride their Cannonball Run coaster. It's a CCI woodie. Not a bad coaster for it's size, EXCEPT for when it gets to the turnaround curve, it exhibits a fair amount of wiggling in the curve and the inside of the car will hit you in the side a couple times if you aren't careful. Not very comfortable at that point. Has anyone else experienced a coaster doing this? What would likely be the cause? Are the side friction wheels not tight enough allowing the wheels to shimmy back and forth like that?

*** This post was edited by thrillman on 4/9/2002. ***

Do you mean the train itself or the structure? The structure is natural, and it has to do that (or break). As for the trains, I've never seen a CCI with sloppy track gauge, but I suppose it could happen from a lack of care.

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"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

It's the cars shimmying on the track as it maneuvers a curve. so each car wiggles through it creating a nice rough shaking ride there.

*cough*VILLAIN*cough*

Villain does that at SFWoA. Its the trains though. The trains are not good at taking turns, so they do wiggle. But it makes the ride more intense ;)

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Got Cheese?

As to CCI's with sloppy track gague:

When we were at Morey's Piers last August, my wife and I struck up a conversation with one of the maintenance people for Great White (a CCI). He explained how they installed some sort of "braces" under the track that they can adjust to keep the gague from becoming uneven. So, yes, CCI's, like all coasters, can have their tracks have "guage problems", but with proper maintenance this is not a problem.

The Cannonball Run also seems to be some sort of "bastard" CCI, as they don't even claim it on their site.

I believe it may have "issues."

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*** This post was edited by chris on 4/9/2002. ***

Hey, look at that. Jeff hosts their site. You Ohio folks look after each other.

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Bolt Yourself In

Villain did not have that problem most of its first year. It's not the trains. It's just not getting the love it deserves.

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Jeff - Webmaster/Admin - CoasterBuzz.com, Sillynonsense.com
"As far as I can tell it doesn't matter who you are. If you can believe, there's something worth fighting for..." - Garbage, "Parade"

Son of Beast is the king of wiggling woodies.