Houston... Do we have liftoff?!?

well keep enjoying the day and leave people alone. maybe they want to be here. god its there choice if they want to be on the forums. instead of telling people to go out, why dont you go out!!

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Cedar Point, The Roller Coast!!

if the wait for TTD is ever 3 hours that is a lucky day. if the wait for MF is 3 hours that's a crowded day

TTD tested all day today. I was there. Nothing really big happened by I always wonder why they test it so much when never considering opening it.

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LeWiS

When else can they test it? I don't think workers feel like staying at the park through the morning to test the ride.

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Wanna Get High? Ride Top Thrill Dragster

Well yea but why are they testing it if it does the exact same thing every time. They were basically running the ride how it would be with people, but waiting a little longer in between launched. They had all the FX going. It must be some really weird problem, or a problem with bugs(and not the electronic kind).

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LeWiS

yeah, that was weird. they tested the ride from the time the park opened to the time the park closed, nonstop except for the 15 minutes of rain at about 8 pm. i was walking by the ride going to the magnum, when i heard the loudspeaker giving those directions on how to ride...like keep your head back against the headrest, etc...what is the point of that if no one can get on the darn thing....plus, if it is able to be tested and run for about 12-14 hours in a day, like today, it should be able to be open

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Top Thrill Dragster: 0
Millenium Force: 10
Magnum: 52

Yeah gez, when I was there sunday that music. Hit! I was sooo excited! just to hear the guys say sorry about that, it is highly highly unlikely TTD will open! Now that was torture! haha hopefully its running soon.

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D/\MN GINA!!!!!!!!

Well people, we can't forget that just before the hydrolic system blew itself up they spotted particulat(sp?) metal in the hydrolic fluid. By testing it under completely controlled conditions they can optimize their testing for whatever needs be done. Why not do it at night then? you ask. It would nowhere simulate the same conditions as day. Track temp. Brake system cool down time, hydrolic cool down. I am sure there would be plenty more to consider but these are a few for sure. I can only now after not getting to ride it sunday or monday; be objective with this. I will not get to ride this until about the same time next year now. Yes, I am a little annoyed at the park for not having the TTD will not be running at all today signs at the magnum entrance in the morning. Paid to get in only to want to leave 10 minutes later :(
*** This post was edited by Brother Jay 6/18/2003 2:36:25 AM ***
*** This post was edited by Brother Jay 6/18/2003 2:37:23 AM ***

Could they have tested this beast before the park opened?

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Well people, we can't forget that just before the hydrolic system blew itself up they spotted particulat(sp?) metal in the hydrolic fluid. By testing it under completely controlled conditions they can optimize their testing for whatever needs be done.

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I used to test hydrolic oil for contaminates. You have to have a machine hooked up online or run tests off line to test the oil for contaminates. Particles smaller than the human eye can see can cause failure. If you can see the particles, serious damage is happening. If I remeber correctly, 40 micron is about the smallest a human eye can see. Particles the size of even 10 microns or less can damage a hydraulic system. They may be running a lot of test runs to see what is going on with the particle counts. If they have on online tester, they can run the ride and have a continuous data readout of what the hydraulic system is doing and be able to pinpoint when and/or where the problem may be. Just my 2 cents.

Jeff

Ugh. Spell it with me...

HYDRAULIC

You'd think people would get it by now. We don't need Web cam play-by-plays.

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Jeff
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