We have a coaster with four stations!
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Brent Haley
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Majin Heero said:
but if you look at the layout drawing it looks like you will unload in the station and exit to the right.
I agree Majin, that looks like an exit. It also looks like you would walk under the launch track during the entrance, which seems pretty neat.
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- Dennis
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Also, if they operate 4, the brake run itself could prolly hold them all. Otherwise, 1 loading, 1 unloading, 1 on the track and one in the brakes (near the station)
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Draken_LC said:
But keep in mind that they have those 2 transfer tracks.... so they might only actually operate 4 at a time, if that.
Those transfer/storage tracks are long enough to fit all 6 trains (3 on each). MF only has one transfer/storage track and it can hold all 3 trains.
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Thought #1: If I were designing this system (and I didn't design it, so I'm probably completely wrong) I would use a continuous launch cable with two pushers on it. So that once the thing flew down the track, the second pusher would be lined up for the next train. It wouldn't be too hard to make a launch mechanism do that. They probably didn't, but that's how I'd handle it.
Thought #2: The launch requires a whole lot of energy which is logically built up gradually during a recharge cycle. But there is no rule I can think of that would prevent the use of multiple accumulators to allow for two or more pressure systems. The idea is that a longer cycle time could be available for each of several accumulators, discharged in sequence on successive launches. The other thought about that is that if one of the systems fails, the ride could still operate on the remaining system, albeit with a longer interval between launches.
Again, mere speculation.
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Looking at that picture, it seems to me that Xcelerator has two pressure systems. If CP installed 3 or 4 systems, you would always have at least two at rest/recharging.
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