Le Scoot
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I'm not sure if it's been discussed before, but does anyone have insight to the adjusted drop before the straightaway?
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This is more of a hypothesis than an answer, but I think they removed it because it was causing too much stress on the ride. I'm sure the actual answer is buried somewhere in this thread.
The adjustment is recent cause I still remember the original drop being there but as to how recent I forget.
I think this is the post everyone was looking for. Also, for what it's worth, I think Arrow stopped doing drops of that up-shooting shape as late as the early '80s.
jman89 said:http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2W7Rxz9eCPs in this video at about 4:04, it appears to be the only footage/photo of that small drop having a small climb after it. It's interesting because as far as I know, that was still up for debate; sorry if it wasn't. For those who have no idea what I am talking about, on the small drop headed towards the shed, there used to be a small hill back up. At some point, this was taken out. You can still see where the supports look a little funny.
is the best shot I could find. If the picture were to go another few feet left, you'd see the horizontal support be about at the height of the horizontal support to the right.
Update: I attempted to explain what I was talking about by drawing this:
I then took a look at the video again around 4:04 as I originally mentioned, then skipped too many frames back, felt like an idiot, and saw this at about 3:53
So to sum it up, it appears that there was a small climb (gravity powered) after that drop.
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Clear as day in the youtube video
The Hessian said:
The modification of the first drop is not recent. I don't remember the exact year but it was done in the mid-1990s.
That's pretty cool, never knew that, you think they could of put of back in place after the refurbishment, but that's just speculation.
In the old pic in John's post there is a track hanging under the hill that is not in the new pic.
Did the old climb have a chain or something. I rode the original when I was young but I do not know how it worked. What would stop a boat from getting stuck? It had to be more than gravity.John said:I'm not sure if it's been discussed before, but does anyone have insight to the adjusted drop before the straightaway?
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kenwa said:
I think this was precisely the problem. Sometimes gravity was not enough and it valleyed. Although I'm not sure if that ever happened at BGW specifically. I believe Tampa also had a similar element on their flume, which was later removed.
I rode it back in the 70s and 80s when the original drop was still there. There was no chain lift on the small hill. Gravity pulled the log down and the resulting kinetic energy propelled it up the hill (they hoped). I believe some logs got stuck at other parks which is why Le Scoot and other similar flumes were modified. It was a great drop. It's a shame they had to remove it.
The only Arrow flume I can think of right off that still has that feature is Kennywood's. All others I can think of have been modified, or removed. Any others out there still?
Has anyone seen or taken pictures or video of the new stuff inside the sawmill? The saw is back right?
Since that video was taken, there have already been a few more minor enhancements. One thing is that they are gradually making it darker. They also have new scaffolding on the left side of the saw mill. Also, the camera is missing temporarily.
^From what I understand, the camera is being replaced/upgraded with new software.
One thing I would like is for sound effects to play in the sawmill. Loud buzz saw sound effects would add a dramatic flare to the newly-themed sawmill.
One thing I would like is for sound effects to play in the sawmill. Loud buzz saw sound effects would add a dramatic flare to the newly-themed sawmill.
