Iron Dragon Question
My last visit to the point I noticed something. How come when the ride closes for the laser show it stops a train on each lifts and in the station? It this how it stays the rest of the night? Isn't it suppose to go on the transfer track. For example, Corkscrew takes a train off towards the evening, why doesn't Iron Dragon do it, being that they are probably the same in populairty.
I was just wondering.
Because in the manual, I'm sure parking them on the lifts is the proper shutdown procedure.
They need to have maintanence transfer trains on and off of the transfer track each day.
Is this the practice of all roller coasters at CP because I thought that the crew members did that, or is it just different for each ride.
It probably has something to do with the design of Iron Dragon's transfer table. The overhead track probably makes it harder to get the train positioned just right, and if it's off just a little bit, it could make for a hell of a mess... :)
The safest place to park a train on an Arrow coaster with original-equipment Arrow brakes is on the lift. When the pressure tanks are vented overnight, the brakes will all open, and on the lift you don't have to worry about the train rolling away. If the train is halfway up or mostly up the lift, then you don't have to worry about it getting hit by the train that had been sitting in the station to which someone forgot to attach the chocks and safety cable.... :)
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
Doesn't Vortex have a tendancy to start to inch off of the transfer if the chains aren't tight enough? ('Vortex shredding' if I recall correctly ;)) I know more than one person has reported seeing that phoenomena, so I don't think it's unreasonable to think it's happened more than once.
You mean, like this? And I think that park requires that maintenance do the train transfers rather than the ride operators.
But imagine if that happened to a train positioned 40' in the air!
Oh, by the way, the term is 'vortex shedding', the same phenomenon that brought down Vertigo(ne).
--Dave Althoff, Jr.
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