Maverick Track Replacement

IF they said anything about a monday opening(which I had not read anywhere), I am sure they would have some kind of soft opening before then. If there was any way that they could open the ride by the weekend, I am sure they would.

Just to be a little off topic, but when do you think they will put Maverick on the CP banner?

I've already set it in my mind that Maverick opens Monday.

Seriously, name a reason why it would take them this long, when they've given this much effort, to test a ride a whole week for 4 track pieces. They've already tested it for 26 days.

I would imagine the next week or two here. It has been discussed in other topics, but we all think that's the surprise that T&T have been holding on since the delay. I still can't wait for Mav to open finally. I do wonder though if they will do the Red Cross after they test the ride and get the license for it or they'll do it after the ride opens to the public.

Doing the red cross thing would be pointless after it opens to the park because they are paying to be the first riders.

They need to get the ride certified before any riders can get on it.

Second, the RC rides will be the first public rides on it.

It may take longer than you think SG. They'll need to do a partial pull through on that section to ensure everything lines up right AND the clearances are still ok. Then they'll have to do their accelerometer testing to make sure the forces are ok. Then they'll have to do their cert testing. Even though the rest of the track has a couple hundred runs on it, that particular section has 0.

Yeah, i'm not gonna pay that much to ride something that a couple of thousand people have ridden already!

Today, Like yesterday, I would only be able to go to the park after work. That being said, I'm not sure if I can make it up tonight. There's a new episode of lost on. :)
*** Edited 5/23/2007 6:07:23 PM UTC by Jason Hammond***

The big question is whether the cert testing is for the trains or for the track. If its for the trains, then once they make sure the track is going to work, they could go live.

Edit: Tivo, Jason, Tivo.
*** Edited 5/23/2007 6:07:42 PM UTC by fruity***

^ - true. I don't know for sure if its just the trains that have to have so many runs before being opened, or if its the entire ride. If the ride does not need it, then I would expect they will test it some to get instrument readings and then go live.

If the whole ride has to go through the 100 hours of certification testing, then it will probably take a week. Hopefully the State of Ohio won't need that much.

I wish there was another case of this ever happening so we could estimate how long the final testing will be.

It's a 99% lock that this ride will open on or by next weekend though, there's nothing that should delay it that long. *** Edited 5/23/2007 6:17:07 PM UTC by Solid Gold***

[url][url]Kingda Ka had to have it's track replaced:

From Wikipedia:

This malfunction occurred when no passengers were aboard during a routine morning test run. No injuries or deaths occurred. Damage occurred to the launch cable (frayed and needed to be replaced), engine (minor routine damage to seals), and brake fins (many needed to be replaced). The brake fins in the launch section are mounted in such a way to keep fast moving trains from moving backwards into the station, but a fast moving train being pulled forwards caused an unexpected stress on a number of fins that bent them forward. Not all of the fins need to be replaced, but there were more damaged fins than Six Flags had replacements, and had to be specially ordered from Intamin. In addition, Kingda Ka had to be re-inspected. Kingda Ka started testing on The dark blue train was being launched when the malfunction occurred. It was used for the rest of the season, but major problems requiring replacement parts were discovered when the train was inspected during the off-season. Consequently, this train remained disassembled throughout the 2006 season.

2 weeks it says it took after it started testing.

It also depends if the ride was certified in the first place. If it was never approved, the whole thing needs to be reviewed by the inspectors, not just the s-curve.

^ - and that's what I argue they were doing by running trains even AFTER they knew of the issue with the zero-g roll. They wanted to make sure everything else was ready to go, so that they'd only have to worry about getting that section qual'ed when it was installed.

Yes, but there was more to the Kingda Ka testing than there is here. It doesn't specify why they tested for two weeks. They not only had to test the replaced track, but basically the entire launch mechanisms as well. It could be two weeks, but these could also possibly be two different situations.

Is it just me or does it look like we have a complete circuit on the webcams now?

Josh

It's hard to tell from the webcam...the canyon blocks out the new track. I did notice that it has been drawing a crowd all day long. Everytime I check the cam, there is a lot of people standing by the pond looking that way. Have to wait and see if any pointbuzzers were at the park today.

I was just going to say the same thing... it looks like the track may all be in place... but it's not exactly the best angle...

Train was just on lift hill. Looks like testing is under way.

^^^ Oh is that what they're doing, I thought they were all watching Snake River Falls ;)

*** Edited 5/23/2007 8:25:41 PM UTC by Jason Hammond***