RE: Mäch Tower
I was standing right outside the gate in the morning to talk to guest about what was going on.
I was standing right outside the gate in the morning to talk to guest about what was going on.
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RE: Mäch Tower
I dont know if anyone else said this but today (May 27th) they were testing mach tower with water dummies, they had a guy from moser rides standing taking pictures and talking to the people operating it and i got a video of it going up! It made lots of creakes and when i was walking away on the bridge i heard a loud crack.
I dont know if anyone else said this but today (May 27th) they were testing mach tower with water dummies, they had a guy from moser rides standing taking pictures and talking to the people operating it and i got a video of it going up! It made lots of creakes and when i was walking away on the bridge i heard a loud crack.
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So this trolley hooks up to the passenger car and rotates as it is pulled up by what a cable? Then it lets go at the top and magnetic brakes stop the ride?
So this trolley hooks up to the passenger car and rotates as it is pulled up by what a cable? Then it lets go at the top and magnetic brakes stop the ride?
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The trolley is the blue catwalk looking thing that was going up and down the tower by itself last weekend. It is hidden by the decorative blue cylinder with white paintings on it. What happens is when the trolley lowers itself over the seats, hooks attach themselves to the seats and then travels up the tower. The trolley moves by wires which are covered up so if they snap, no ones legs will get chopped off
the seats spin around, I believe, by a mechanism on the bottom of the seats. When it finally reaches the top the seats vibrate and the hooks let go of the seats which will then freefall and run into the brakes. And don't worry, the brake system runs on it's own power, so if the park looses power and the ride has already dropped, the brakes will still catch you =)
The trolley is the blue catwalk looking thing that was going up and down the tower by itself last weekend. It is hidden by the decorative blue cylinder with white paintings on it. What happens is when the trolley lowers itself over the seats, hooks attach themselves to the seats and then travels up the tower. The trolley moves by wires which are covered up so if they snap, no ones legs will get chopped off
the seats spin around, I believe, by a mechanism on the bottom of the seats. When it finally reaches the top the seats vibrate and the hooks let go of the seats which will then freefall and run into the brakes. And don't worry, the brake system runs on it's own power, so if the park looses power and the ride has already dropped, the brakes will still catch you =)
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Thanks. I thought, reading the moser specs, that the braking system isn't powered. It should be a permanent magnet.
Thanks. I thought, reading the moser specs, that the braking system isn't powered. It should be a permanent magnet.
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the air has nothing to do with the operation of the ride or ride components, its simply the result of the wind shear and vacuum created by the free falling object that is not designed to be aerodynamic, think about the fact that u have a round object with a large flat bottomed surface area, the air has to go somewhere and the falling object creates drag and its simply delayed before you as the spectator hears/feels it on the ground, this is the case on all large drop towers( especially the larger intamin ones), and the braking system should start to stop the actual free fall sensation at about 100 feet, it all has to do with safety, you cant have the system stop the passengers at ground level, cause if something goes wrong with the initial system there would be nothing present to act as an emergency stop, so dont be disappointed when you ride it and are let down by the fact that the actual free fall sensation is very short, given the tower is 240 feet tall, minus 20 feet where the vehicle stops at the top, minus +/- 100 ft of braking only leaves you with about 120 feet of free fall, moral of the story...drop towers are pretty much overrated
the air has nothing to do with the operation of the ride or ride components, its simply the result of the wind shear and vacuum created by the free falling object that is not designed to be aerodynamic, think about the fact that u have a round object with a large flat bottomed surface area, the air has to go somewhere and the falling object creates drag and its simply delayed before you as the spectator hears/feels it on the ground, this is the case on all large drop towers( especially the larger intamin ones), and the braking system should start to stop the actual free fall sensation at about 100 feet, it all has to do with safety, you cant have the system stop the passengers at ground level, cause if something goes wrong with the initial system there would be nothing present to act as an emergency stop, so dont be disappointed when you ride it and are let down by the fact that the actual free fall sensation is very short, given the tower is 240 feet tall, minus 20 feet where the vehicle stops at the top, minus +/- 100 ft of braking only leaves you with about 120 feet of free fall, moral of the story...drop towers are pretty much overrated
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There are actually 4 wheels with motors at the base of trolley that spin the gondola around... when the gondola releases from the trolley at the top, the wheels no longer have contact with the gondola, therefore not making it spin
Gropplo said:
There are actually 4 wheels with motors at the base of trolley that spin the gondola around... when the gondola releases from the trolley at the top, the wheels no longer have contact with the gondola, therefore not making it spin
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If anyone is at Busch and sees Mach Tower testing, PLEASE snap a couple pics or take a video (The Testing video on the 27th is getting old)
If anyone is at Busch and sees Mach Tower testing, PLEASE snap a couple pics or take a video (The Testing video on the 27th is getting old)
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Here is some other footage i found, but from 5/27 as well...... it goes up a lot higher, but still really slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJstaZIOXSQ
Here is some other footage i found, but from 5/27 as well...... it goes up a lot higher, but still really slow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJstaZIOXSQ
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Thanks! Much better video than the video where it only goes 1/2 way up the brake fins... I was asking people yesterday and I didn't get a response from any one
Here it is! (It doesn't drop until 2:17)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJstaZIOXSQ&feature=relmfu
Thanks! Much better video than the video where it only goes 1/2 way up the brake fins... I was asking people yesterday and I didn't get a response from any one
Here it is! (It doesn't drop until 2:17)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJstaZIOXSQ&feature=relmfu
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It's so exciting to finally see it in action!!!! As for the slow rise, I'm sure it'll speed up...I mean they haven't even tested the spinning yet so they're probably in the later stages of preliminary testing, plus it didn't even go all the way to the top.
It's so exciting to finally see it in action!!!! As for the slow rise, I'm sure it'll speed up...I mean they haven't even tested the spinning yet so they're probably in the later stages of preliminary testing, plus it didn't even go all the way to the top.
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