Intamin Restraints?

Not sure if you heard about the accident on superman at SFNE, but apparentally they want to shut down all Intamin Megacoasters with these restraints (TTD MF) and possibly replace all restraints. Think we will be able to ride TTD and MF this weekend? Everyone is bashing Intamin on RRC saying they are cutting corners (but haven't seen any conclusive evidence to back this up). Thoughts?
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Whoah, umm.. Where did you read this, and could you give me (and others) the URL to the report.

More on topic, that would really suck if they put OTSR :P

By the way, neither Millennium Force or Dragster are megacoasters.. MF is a "giga coaster" and TTD is a "rocket coaster" according to their website. I guess they might have to close MF and TTD.. darnit!

I've been hearing lots of stuff about Six Flags.. most of it's not good.. Do they have to ruin it for us?

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*** This post was edited by Coaster Cray-z 5/4/2004 3:10:35 PM ***

If we were reading the same article on coasterbuzz.com, I think it just said that Six Flags has a policy of closing all of their own coasters of any particular type when there's an accident. Like closing the other Superman ride since this happened at NE.

Still, I think that if there are safety concerns, I'd rather MF be closed than have to wonder if some glitch might happen where I go sailing off into space on the ride like the guy on Superman did. ;) Wouldn't you rather be safe than splatted?

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Top Thrill Dragster is called a strata-coaster. Where does it say rocket-coaster on the websight?

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I really dont see what's exactly posing a threat. I mean the restrains are supose to have a safty backup system in case something were to happen. And in case something does happen, MF and TTD have the double buckling seat-belt that could hold you in place. PLUS TTD has the hydraulic locking restraints, which are very safe.
I just dont see what could happen. Your safe even if your restraint do malfunctions.

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Top Thrill Dragster didn't just break records, it destroyed them.

Ahh sorry, it said Dragster coaster in the "news" section of the roller coasters page.

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First trip to the Point coming on July 11 - 14 WAHOO

What "news" section of what website are you talking about. Because if it's Intamin's, I didn't see anything about dragster in their news section.
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Top Thrill Dragster didn't just break records, it destroyed them.
*** This post was edited by TTD 120mph 5/4/2004 4:12:20 PM ***

The article in question is over in the news section of Coasterbuz.com. And as for Dragster being a stratacoaster or a rocket coaster, it's both. Strata is the new term for a 400 foot coaster, and it's an Intamin rocket coaster, just like Knott's Xcelerator. (Dear God, I hope I spelled that right.)

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If you actually READ the article that's linked on Coasterbuzz, you'll see that it's the state of Mass. requesting that all rides in the state with T-bar restraints similar to the Intamin harnii to be closed pending an investigation.

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I read some of the peoples responses on coasterbuzz, and some of them made a good point. As i said before, the restraints on MF and TTD are much different than SuperMan's (in how they lock). The hydraulic lock system is much safer than the normal types of lock systems.
And the reason why intamin made the hydraulic lock system in the first place was the fact that MF and TTD are much faster AND much taller than most/all of the other intamin t-bar coasters. But the closing of TTD and MF relies all on what the finnished report has to say and wether or not CP feels it's safe to run them after all this.
Let us just hope this dosn't affect TTD and MF.
It's just not Cedar Point without them.
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*** This post was edited by TTD 120mph 5/4/2004 5:11:52 PM ***

Oh Really Ryan T,

I can distinctively remember a CP without MF and TTD....

.....it was called the 1990's.

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As you might be right about this, I'm sure the other 99 percent of the patrons at the park aren't going to look at it that optimistically. When I was there when TTD was closed, some guy I was talking to wanted to file a class action lawsuit against CP for this. It is a good point though.

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I don't see TTD and MF affected, but even if they were, there is so much more to do there. I'll just spend my day on Raptor, Magnum and Gemini.

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I don't think that they are going to close TTD because if u look on the station cam right now they are lettign people ride it!!

here it is!

(nasty-long URL)
*** This post was edited by RideMan 5/5/2004 12:57:29 AM ***

TTD 120mph said:
And the reason why intamin made the hydraulic lock system in the first place was the fact that MF and TTD are much faster AND much taller than most/all of the other intamin t-bar coasters.

Yeah, I'd certainly rather get chucked from 200 feet than 300 or 400 feet!

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Well now we wont have to worry about TTD or MF getting affected by all this.

Oh and Ha, ha mantis man.
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*** This post was edited by TTD 120mph 5/4/2004 7:51:44 PM ***

TTD 120mph said:
...the restraints on MF and TTD are much different than SuperMan's (in how they lock). The hydraulic lock system is much safer than the normal types of lock systems.

No, the locking mechanism is EXACTLY the same on Top Thrill Dragster, Millennium Force, Superman: Ride of Steel, Wicked Twister, Superman: Ultimate Escape, Expedition G-Force, Vertical Velocity, Xcelerator, Drop Zone...the list goes on.

There is a diagram showing and explaining the hydraulic circuit over on Virtual Midway, but I can't reach that site right now, so I can't include the exact URL. It's in the technical feature about Top Thrill Dragster.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Michael Darling said:
If you actually READ the article that's linked on Coasterbuzz, you'll see that it's the state of Mass. requesting that all rides in the state with T-bar restraints similar to the Intamin harnii to be closed pending an investigation.
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- John
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Massachusetts? I don't even have to read the article to know who's behind that one.
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Duane Cahill
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Yep. Thought so. Took very little digging to find the following in the Stamford Advocate:

"Six Flags is a national chain," Markey said. "If there is an identical Superman roller coaster ride in five other states, those five other states might never find out that there was an accident in Massachusetts."

What an ultra-maroon (in the words of Bugs Bunny). How do you hide something like that from "five other states"? This guy isn't far left. He's far OUT.

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You're exactly right RideMan. What I really ment to say was the fact that MF and TTD are the only ones(at least I'm pretty sure they are) with the hydraulic restraint "system" in general.

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