Maverick Photo Update
New photos of the train station and the queue line area of Maverick are online at cedarpoint.com The mystery of where the gunmetal train went after it was on the storage tracks for so long, inside the station. :)
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*** Edited 3/13/2007 9:00:31 PM UTC by Vfairman08***
I think he's referring to the fact that a moderator moved this topic to the Maverick thread.
We'll miss you MrScott and Pete
I don't want to start a new thead so I will post this question here.
Does Maverick's dispatch enable panels have a button that is simular to "confirm that harnesses are below maximum line" that Kingda Ka has?
My guess is that the person that took the following picture would know.
It is hard to tell from the photos but I did not see any cut-outs in the station floor for air gates.
Unless they cut them in at a later date I just figured they would pour the floor with the cut-outs allready located.
Also the rock sculpture looks rockin'. HA HA I made a funny.
*** Edited 3/14/2007 2:49:58 AM UTC by David Sagert***
It's actually easier to pour cement first then install the que rails and gates. This is not a solution for joints that need a lot of strength, but que rails/gates don't need that.
It takes a lot to build jigs/fixtures to put them in first, but if it's needed for strength for say a building or a roof over the station. In that case, they will have no choice. Usually in that case, they do something different. To put rails in, they typically do one of several things. First, they might drill several holes and secure the rail with bolts. Another, cheaper option is to drill larger holes, stick the rails in and grout them in.
Gates are simular to rails except they have to drill larger holes through the floor. Then they have to attach mounts for the fixture that operates the gates, usually from a single pneumatic cylinder. The rest is just the assembly for the gates.
When your at the park, check them out. It's not hard to figure out how they put them in. I actually had the chance to watch workers install a bench next to Dragster by drilling holes into the midway, putting the benches in, then grouting.
For the air gates, they could've installed sleeves in the floor for the penetrations. That's quite easy and actually a LOT cheaper than coring the slab. You have to remember there's a lot of steel rebar and mesh in that slab and you don't want to core through that. The steel is what gives the concrete its strength. So, you cut the steel and you're weakening the slab. Granted, its not much, but it happens. My guess is they like to add the gates last once the trains are in the station and they can better see where to load/unload guests. But, it IS cheaper to do it upfront.
There's one photo were you can BARELY see the midway side of the station. It doesn't appear there are any slab penetrations. But, you can't really tell for sure from the angle of the photo. But you're right, the photo of the train shows the unload side of the station, so obviously there would be no air gates there.
This could be the best theming project cp has done. Hopefully it doesntget closed in and turned into the WORST(hint:DISASTER transport)
Wait, if they are loading on one side and unloading on the other, how are the guest going to get back to the other side. The the track on the bottom is in the way. Isn't that why they made the station so long, so they could load and unload on the same side, so like one train is in front loading, while the other behind it is unloading. ???
*** Edited 3/14/2007 7:26:34 PM UTC by Millenium101_BrIcE***
Brice Milleson
There's a stair that goes up and over the track. Check out the renderings or the webcam. You can sorta see it now with the really tall peaked roof.
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