Lift Question

Ahhh... okay.

You mean tilde (~) shaped. =)

I was just thinking about the flexibility of the sled and how it could be removed,might be what all that is under the station,cant wait till I ride it again now so I can look closer at all this.

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if I used spell check on this post,this signature will not have any misspellings!!!!

When I said "Longer than" I ment longer than goes under the train, but Jeff already covered that.

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Millennium Force - world's first and greatist gigacoaster!

Now, if there are two seperate cables, where do they go, or are there two full circuts?

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Millennium Force - world's first and greatist gigacoaster!

One cable, the hoisting cable, runs from the forward end of the catchwagon, up the lift hill, partway down the drop, down beneath the lift hill, then back through the lift structure, through the tension wheels, and to the cable drum. When the train goes up the lift, this cable is wound onto the cable drum.
The other, smaller cable, runs from the back end of the catchwagon, down the lift hill, through the station, around a pulley, doubles back under the station, and attaches to the cable drum. This cable is wound in the opposite direction from the main hoisting so that as the catchwagon is drawn up the hill, the hoisting cable is wound onto the cable drum. At the same time, the other cable is UNwound from the cable drum. So the distance from the cable drum, to the station, to the back of the catchwagon, to the front of the catchwagon, to the top of the hill, and back to the cable drum remains constant.
I hope that makes sense! :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Dave, to answer your question from last week, yes, it is the incident you are thinking of. BTW, we were in the back of car #8, not #4.
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Scott W. Short
scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

Ach, I'm getting my incidents mixed up and Scott is proving he has a better memory than I do! :)

I did notice something odd when I was in Car #4, but as Scott points out, it wasn't the same as the rollback.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

I wouldn't say better memory because RAM is RAM, I'm just more disciplined entering that useless info into memory, if you catch my drift :)

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Scott W. Short
scott@midwestcoastercentral.com
http://www.midwestcoastercentral.com

That's because some freaks carry Palm devices around amusement parks. ;)

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Jeff
Webmaster/Guide to The Point
Millennium Force laps: 50

Does anyone know why there is that area next to the lift hill track with cables on it? I though that it was a way to get back down, but it is just a holder for some cable type things. I think that the only way to get down from the top is to climb through the towers.

force211, I think you're looking at the service car guideway. The service car is normally parked right behind the operator's booth, so it's easy to miss. But there is a car that runs all the way to the top of the lift. And yes, if the cable were to break with a train on the lift, they would probably have to use it to get the train unloaded.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

In late May, I had the awesome opportunity to ride in the service car (what they call a vinicular). I was shooting some scouting footage for an upcoming show I was hired to work on. With a technician we went up about 250'. We didn't go to the top. You can reach out and grab the lift track with your hand. The tech showed me where the track was scratch because the anti-rollbacks still need adjusting. It seemed to be more scratched toward the top, which I think is why the train speeds up about halfway now. The vinicular is very slow and when you stop it slowly bounces up and down a couple of times. A little shaky but very cool. We were up about 20 minutes after the ride closed at 8pm. It was a very neat experience that hope I can do again. I talked to a ride op, I think her name was Crystal from Owaso, Michigan ?? She used my camera to film "Beronni" I think that's how you spell it. Does anyone know these people ?

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:) "Did you know this goes up-side down" :) *** This post was edited by Freaky on 1/8/2001. ***

Freaky, I think the word you're looking for is "funicular", which is a cable-driven incline railway. :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

Getting back to the lift speed subject, I wish the lift was slowed down. You would have more time to get a look around and more time to get scared. Maybe they could slow it down for the first 3/4 then speed it up towards the crest so the ride would not lose any speed (if it even would?). That is my only complaint of MF but it still is my fav.

BlueKnight

Thanks, RideMan. They were all fighting over how to pronounce the word that day.
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:) "Did you know this goes up-side down" :)

Freaky, what do you mean by "Did you know this goes up-side down" ?

That's why you can edit posts.

force211, "Did you know this goes up-side down" is a old joke we would play waiting in line for MF or Mine Ride when we found out the person behind us has never ridden the rollercoaster before. It sometimes surprises them.
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:) "Did you know this goes up-side down" :)