Mäch Tower News
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What? They took out part of the ride just to see what would happen? Those absorbers are what catch the car at the bottom. I don't understand why you would remove that. It's physically impossible for the brakes to ever stop the car completely. Although, the concrete is pretty good at that.
Also it sounds like there's some conflicting info here. Does anyone know for sure what happened?
Gropplo said:
What? They took out part of the ride just to see what would happen? Those absorbers are what catch the car at the bottom. I don't understand why you would remove that. It's physically impossible for the brakes to ever stop the car completely. Although, the concrete is pretty good at that.
Also it sounds like there's some conflicting info here. Does anyone know for sure what happened?
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I can't figure out why they would test the ride without equipment they obviously needed. They know every detail of the technical aspects from engineering that was done prior so there's no excuse for not having the proper equipment installed. Someone blew it big time on this one.
I can't figure out why they would test the ride without equipment they obviously needed. They know every detail of the technical aspects from engineering that was done prior so there's no excuse for not having the proper equipment installed. Someone blew it big time on this one.
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I wonder is Busch is kicking itself in the ass for not getting over their Intamin beef right now (yes yes, i'm sure Moser was able to provide the look, feel, and other stuff more readily than intamin as large business decisions are decided on a grudge)
But no really. This sounds like some worst case scenario type stuff. I hope they issue a statement...or better yet, Swift comes to us with some anonymous information
Swiftman said:
I wonder is Busch is kicking itself in the ass for not getting over their Intamin beef right now (yes yes, i'm sure Moser was able to provide the look, feel, and other stuff more readily than intamin as large business decisions are decided on a grudge)
But no really. This sounds like some worst case scenario type stuff. I hope they issue a statement...or better yet, Swift comes to us with some anonymous information
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I really hope that all the problem is was that they just tested a "worst case scenario" and didn't realize how fast the car would be going when it hit the magnets. I want to know if it slowed down or just impacted at top speed. If it did slow down I guess that would mean they wanted the car to slow down as late as possible like some of the better drop towers out there.
I really hope that all the problem is was that they just tested a "worst case scenario" and didn't realize how fast the car would be going when it hit the magnets. I want to know if it slowed down or just impacted at top speed. If it did slow down I guess that would mean they wanted the car to slow down as late as possible like some of the better drop towers out there.
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Also though how did this not happen in the earlier testsd of the ride. Out of how many test runs then it hits the bottom, if something like this was to happen it should have happened on the first test.
Also though how did this not happen in the earlier testsd of the ride. Out of how many test runs then it hits the bottom, if something like this was to happen it should have happened on the first test.
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B-Mac, MT will always slow down at the same spot as it uses permanent magnets for brakes. They don't really have any control over that. The only things I could think would affect it are temperature and load. It should have impacted at the same speed that it normally lands at, unless something went horribly wrong.
B-Mac, MT will always slow down at the same spot as it uses permanent magnets for brakes. They don't really have any control over that. The only things I could think would affect it are temperature and load. It should have impacted at the same speed that it normally lands at, unless something went horribly wrong.
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