Skyhawk is crippled...

I noticed on Troika the purple cars are the only ones that really stay up the whole ride. Yellow comes down almost as early as orange does.

I was standing on #9 and the girlfriend was on #10 last night when Sky Hawk was shut down. We fortunately got a ride in earlier in the day.

It seemed as though everything we either rode or were about to ride yesterday broke.

It all started after our ride on Magnum, they shut it down for maintenence. We got a ride in on Milli and then over to Raptor. Came back for another ride on Milli and there was a train stuck on the lift hill. This was at about 6:45 so we decided to catch another ride on Sky Hawk and the line was rather short. Two rotations and we were standing on our numbers. We even commented that the op at the controls was shaking his head and the arm closest to us wouldn't stop as fast as the other.

What I've seen so far with that ride is that the longer it runs the longer it takes to get that particular side to stop. I'm not too up on how those type rides operate but is there a brake inside the tower or is it stopped totally by air? If there's a brake it almost seems as though it's overheating and losing grip. If it's stopped by air alone then i'm at a loss.

Either way, the one ride we got in on it yesterday was great. I'll admit I was a little nervous but after it was over I was thoroughly impressed. *** Edited 6/6/2006 12:52:53 AM UTC by Loopy***

Unfortunately I don't have the contacts for Skyhawk like I do with maXair. But if the braking on Skyhawk is along the same basic premise as maXair then the brake and locking devices could be slightly misalligned and may not be hitting their marks.

Im just shooting into the dark with this one since I'm no engineer... but doesn't it stop by basically reversing what it does to get going... just using the compressed air?

One thing I noticed yesterday was that the right arm would make a few extra "whooshing" sounds even after the left arm had stopped... I wonder if something is messed up with the compressed air regulation... it sounds like its having to adjust a lot at the end of the ride...

Or maybe I have no idea what I'm talking about

I agree with you totally Josh....

The arm made more "whoooshing" sounds to get it stopped....and you have no idea.

;)

Thanks... I knew I hadn't spent enough time mulling over all the schematics for the Screamin Swing...

;)

Like I said, I was just grasping at air with my guess. It probably does use a reversal of the starting procedure to stop, which actually makes a bit more sense now that I think about it.

Skyhawk is healed... Walking with both legs again...

...Or is it swinging with both arms?...

both ways its good!