Mäch Tower News
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Weird! Yeah, my real name is Carter haha. I've only met two other "carters" haha
Skyrider said:
Weird! Yeah, my real name is Carter haha. I've only met two other "carters" haha
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I have a nephew named Carter. He's the first Carter I've ever met.
CarterGee said:
I have a nephew named Carter. He's the first Carter I've ever met.
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It fell from the top of the tower. The brakes didn't work all the way. Actually they kinda barely worked. I saw it myself. But it was on last Tuesday not last Wednesday. It happened at around 4 p.m. I had been watching it test all day fine and then the final time it just....BANG! They didn't test anymore after that and the catwalk car thing stayed at the top of the tower for a couple of hours. I wish I took a video of it!
It fell from the top of the tower. The brakes didn't work all the way. Actually they kinda barely worked. I saw it myself. But it was on last Tuesday not last Wednesday. It happened at around 4 p.m. I had been watching it test all day fine and then the final time it just....BANG! They didn't test anymore after that and the catwalk car thing stayed at the top of the tower for a couple of hours. I wish I took a video of it!
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I looked through the trees right before you get to DarKastle and I couldn't see any major visible damage to the car. It was kind of hard to see though. There were a couple of technician looking people walking around the tower base. It looked like they were draining the water dummies too.
I looked through the trees right before you get to DarKastle and I couldn't see any major visible damage to the car. It was kind of hard to see though. There were a couple of technician looking people walking around the tower base. It looked like they were draining the water dummies too.
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Drop towers have brake,s then in case of electrical/e-stop failure, there are rare earth magnets that act as a passive system. These magnets, I presume, slowed it down, but it wouldn't/can't stop the car The force required to stop it suddenly is probably as deadly as letting it crash into the ground.
Drop towers have brake,s then in case of electrical/e-stop failure, there are rare earth magnets that act as a passive system. These magnets, I presume, slowed it down, but it wouldn't/can't stop the car The force required to stop it suddenly is probably as deadly as letting it crash into the ground.
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@Payne: Been reading Screamscape lately?
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I really don’t know all the details yet, but BGWFans.com is reporting that the Mach Tower at BGW has suffered another setback that could delay the ride’s opening until closer to July. According to their report, the ride car itself has been removed from the tower after suffering some kind of malfunction with the braking system that caused damage to it during a test drop.
Given that virtually all modern drop tower rides use a power-free magnetic braking system using real earth magnets, I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of any kind of malfunction of this nature before. In short, the braking systems are virtually foolproof, so I’ll be very curious to hear just what may have gone wrong.
PayneTrain said:
@Payne: Been reading Screamscape lately?
Screamscape
I really don’t know all the details yet, but BGWFans.com is reporting that the Mach Tower at BGW has suffered another setback that could delay the ride’s opening until closer to July. According to their report, the ride car itself has been removed from the tower after suffering some kind of malfunction with the braking system that caused damage to it during a test drop.
Given that virtually all modern drop tower rides use a power-free magnetic braking system using real earth magnets, I can’t say that I’ve ever heard of any kind of malfunction of this nature before. In short, the braking systems are virtually foolproof, so I’ll be very curious to hear just what may have gone wrong.
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From what I understand the brakes are the permanent magnets. They should slow it down enough so that when it gets to the bottom it can land comfortably on the shock absorbers.
PayneTrain said:
From what I understand the brakes are the permanent magnets. They should slow it down enough so that when it gets to the bottom it can land comfortably on the shock absorbers.
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How do the brakes work "just fine" if there was even anything needed there to "catch it"? All I'm saying is that if the brakes worked just fine we wouldn't be in this conversation haha
Gropplo said:
How do the brakes work "just fine" if there was even anything needed there to "catch it"? All I'm saying is that if the brakes worked just fine we wouldn't be in this conversation haha
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Well. If I was building a drop tower (and trust, one day I will), I would put in those shock absorbers before I dropped my expensive new toy.
Gropplo said:
Well. If I was building a drop tower (and trust, one day I will), I would put in those shock absorbers before I dropped my expensive new toy.
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