Speedometer missing

I was at the park today and noticed that they had taken down the speedometer. Does anybody know how long it will be down for?

I also noticed that. I wasn't sure why though

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Coasterkid

What do you mean? Was the whole sign down or was it just not working?

I was there yesterday and it was still, it just wasn't working. Whether today is a different story, I don't know.

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America's Rockin' Roller Coast

Today the spedometer was removed from the wall entirely... at least on the public viewing side. :)

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I own you!

It wasn't working on Sunday, so they are probably repairing/replacing it. I'm sure it will be back.

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-Chris Woodard
"If you're standing in an uncomfortable position, that means you are in the right position because you are riding Mantis!" - Mantis ride op doing spiels on closing day.

It was working Saturdat the 24th.

Or they took it down because it was only going 117mph. ;)

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

Or, possibly, because it has a tendancy to display "6."

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- John

Perhaps they are moving the sign so it is easier to see.

(or it was too heavy, and the building was sinking!)

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The best thing about Six Flags "Worlds of Adventure" is that Cedar Point is nearby!

Is the Speedometer working today? ;)

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If beating old people is wrong, i don't want to be right! hehe

trips to CP:3 Dragster:1 MFer:4 Magnum: 8 doesn't get any better then a nice day in may!

Yep, it accurately reported nothing all day.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

I forgot to mention that as well. It was gone on Tuesday.

Besides the fact that Dragster would only register 117 on it :) it also would sometimes freeze on the "top" speed of <50.

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"I can't make a movie or write a song either, but that doesn't mean I'm not entitled to think they suck."
-Jeff

Drags: 1 Forces: 2 Twists: 3 Kick the Sky: 3

A few times I saw the spedometer his 121, but then come down to about 118 because of the "leveling" out of speed once the catch car released. I would say though on average it was below 120. I hope they put it back up, but I also think it would be nice to have it on all three sides of the wall so that you can see how fast a train is coming at you.

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Michael McCormack
Magnum Count: 730 (98 in '03)
Dragster Count: 5

"Is it raining nickels?"

You would've thought CP would have "rigged" the radar to inflate the speed to consistantly read 120 mph or higher. If the put it back up, I would suspect it to read 120 mph + consistantly.

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tambo

I doubt very much it's radar. I would think it just measures the time it takes for the train to cross two prox switches and calculate it from there.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM

I would put my money on radar. When I was there last, trains were being clocked at 10-15 mph when they were in the launch position - standing still. We all remember news stories about radar clocking mailboxes and telephone poles at 20-30 mph, right?

It does look like there is some kind of sensor or radar to read the speed. It's on top of the hydraulic building aimed down the track. And I do remember it reading 5 or 6...even when at a standstill. =) I wonder if it can clock birds...or swarms of mayflies? We'll see =)

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20 year member of ACE. Time flies when you're having fun =)

or, it could be something just reading the speed of the cable, or the gear/wheel pulling the cable. It would be similar to the speedometer on a car, which usually is a small gear that sits in the transmission on the output shaft. That's what I thought it was when I was there Friday. BTW, every time I watched, it was ~120, then dropped to 118 or so.

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Jeff Shumway

~no replacement for displacement, except for that big freakin' turbo hanging on the front...

That would make sense, seeing as how the ride is already monitoring such things.

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Jeff
Webmaster/GTTP - Sillynonsense.com
"Pray that your country undergoes recovery!" - KMFDM