Skyhawk's Technical Side

What is the technical view behind this type of ride?
Such as the operating pressures, size and type/make of the compressors, air storage tank sizes, operators panels, etc...?

Dave, you know much about these swings? :)

I think we have a requst for another RideMan article. :)

Yes, yes we do! ;)

I'm wondering if it'll be as loud as Power Tower.

Yes, a RideMan article would be great for Skyhawk.

Whats a "RideMan article"?

http://www.pointbuzz.com/maxairphysics.htm

http://www.pointbuzz.com/ttdtech.htm

They said on www,cedarpoint.com that is works simular to Power Tower, so mabie compressed air is in it.

^Huh?

Skyhawk will use the same technology that Power Tower uses to launch its cars up and down, which is compressed air.

I'll second that request. Rideman did an excellent job on TTD and maXair.

Yes, please try and have Rideman do an article on Skyhawk!

Another technical note; I sure hope they follow through with the idea of venting excess air into the lagoon to cut down on the nois levels.

Gomez said:
^Huh?

Skyhawk will use the same technology that Power Tower uses to launch its cars up and down, which is compressed air.

I'll second that request. Rideman did an excellent job on TTD and maXair.

What do you mean by huh?

Read your post over. It's hard to make out exactly what you mean and it is a known fact that Skyhawk uses compressed air. It'll work just like every other Screamin' Swing in the world.

I just meant that CP.com said what you just explaned. Didn't mean to get too complicated. ;)

Unfortunately, I don't know a whole lot about how the ride works...perhaps some research is called for... :)

I do know that there is a cylinder along one of the legs and the ride is operated much like Power Tower with wire rope attached to the plunger inside the cylinder; the rope goes over the top of the ride and pulls the ride mechanism back and forth.

I also know that S&S rides typically operate at *low* pressure. Instead of using high pressure, they use high volume.

Hmmm...and here I had been thinking about doing the next article on the Sky Ride... :)

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

BlueStreak64 said:
Yes, please try and have Rideman do an article on Skyhawk!

Another technical note; I sure hope they follow through with the idea of venting excess air into the lagoon to cut down on the nois levels.

Agreed!

Hmmm...and here I had been thinking about doing the next article on the Sky Ride...

I don't know about anyone else here, but either one (hint: both ;)) would be just fine by me!

That's one of the things I really enjoy about this community. Don't know how something works? Someone here usually has the right answer, some good info, and is willing to share their knowledge.

Yes, Rideman, if you can spare the time, a new article would be appreciated.