The Mantis

What I really Want to know is why Do thay Have A LIM In the first hill of the mantis it was not there before.
Look at the POV on the cedar point web page.There is not one there,I believe this could be somewhat of the problem with riding it.

What? Do you know what a LIM is? Mantis has a friction brake on the hill not a LIM

haha wow...

Regardless, it's there because Cedar Point apparently feels that Mantis is too wild of a ride without it and it needs to be slowed down. Most of the coasters at Cedar Point that do have trims, opened without them, a la, Mean Streak, Magnum, and Gemini. Give Millennium Force a few more years... it has brackets (straightaway before last overbank) to install trims, and knowing Cedar Point, they'll have them added eventually.

Mantis is the only ride in which I like the brakes. In fact, the only time I will give Mantis a chance is if I hear them turned on. I just love the hangtime you get through the first loop when going slower. That being said, I still dread the parts after the MCBR. Oh how I wish Mantis could be more like Riddler's Revenge, much larger elements eliminating headbanging, resulting in a much better stand-up coaster.

Well don't be fooled... although in past times it was obvious when the trims were on, something was changed and they're nearly silent now. No worries, they're definitely on though.

jolash said:
Regardless, it's there because Cedar Point apparently feels that Mantis is too wild of a ride without it and it needs to be slowed down. Most of the coasters at Cedar Point that do have trims, opened without them, a la, Mean Streak, Magnum, and Gemini.

That is not correct. The trims on most rides are in place to lengthen the interval of the ride, and in the case of MS, apparently, to control wear and tear. It has nothing to do with intensity.

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As stated before Mantis has a friction brake that was added to the drop after the coaster was installed. And just for your future reference EricCartman LIM stands for Linear Induction Motor, and would do the exact opposite of brake the train, it would in fact speed it up. Wicked Twister uses LIM's to propel the train for example.

R.I.P. Mr. Scott

It's no coincidence that the trim was added after the seat belts were.

-- Chuck Wagon --
aka Pagoda Gift Shop

CP Fan 2400,
If LIM's do the exact opposite of braking the train, what kind of brakes does Wicked Twister have?

(replying to Chuck Wagon)
Except that it wasn't.

According to my own records, the brake was added in 1997 while the safety belts were not added until 1999.

(links lead to trip reports from 5/14/1997 and 5/09-10/1999)

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Wicked Twister uses an interesting combination. it uses LIMs to propel the train forward and backward, it uses permanent magnet brakes to remove most of the energy from the train, and it uses LIMs to position the train in the station.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.

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Dave, you are the man! No wonder WT has so much down time. To me "interesting combination" means more things can go wrong and break (or go right and brake).

'97 and '99 eh? I stand corrected. Those late 90's years between Mantis and MF seem like such a blur to me now.

-- Chuck Wagon --
aka Pagoda Gift Shop

Hello Everyone I do know what a LIM is LOL! You would figure it was a LIM and not a trim break especially when you have to go through a loop!
Why slow down you might not make it.
But What do i know hahhahahahah LOL!

LOL like OMG!!!11

hahahaha

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you must be new here

I rode Mantis last night and they were begging for riders to come back so they could hit 10,000 riders.