What is wrong with skyhawk

I was at cedar point yesterday and skyhawk was down all day, and their is some kinda work going on with the ride does. anyone now what happen to it?

Not sure what is happening, but my best guess is that they are just refurbishing it.

God, it's still down? I haven't been been to Cedar Point in like... nine days and it was down then (along with MaXair). SkyHawk is my second favorite non-rollercoaster at the park, so I really hope they can get it back up soon.

Heading to the Point again (officially, there are days where I'll randomly go for three or four hours) on June 3rd, so I'm hoping it's back up by then.

We were there Sunday and Monday and there was a big construction lift in front of the ride both days.

I've not seen Skyhawk run all season.

Waiting on parts to do finish getting the ride for operating season

Forgot who mentioned it, but apparently they had to order a replacement cable from a new manufacturer. As such, the cable needs to be validated (by running for a certain number of hours) before the ride can be reopened.

The cables are already installed, and power tower's gets replaced as well..I was under the assumption it was the cable guide drums. If anyone knows more let us know haha. Oh and yes, it will have to cycle quite a bit before they deem it operational by the state. Plus the ride ops need to train with it cycling as well

Replacing cables on the ride apparently was tricky, in terms of getting someone to fabricate the parts. My assumption is also that it's more difficult to replace the cables than it is on Power Tower, despite being somewhat similar mechanisms. The way I understand it, there are these sleeves over the pistons that help prevent the seals from blowing, and they were part of a retrofit. Turns out the original configuration caused the seals to blow because the tubes are at an angle, causing more friction and leakage around the pistons (which leads to no swinging).

Skyhawk was down during the weekend of May 19th as well. MaxAir also was not operating. Delirium at KI (same as MaxAir) was down for a month late last season while they were AWP (awaiting parts) from the manufacturer.

And here I thought they were simply bolting on the arms from Windseeker.

So apparently Lance isn't a regular follower here at PB as he just "broke" this story over on SS. 3 days late, several dollars short. He seems almost unsure if the "rumor" is true or not. Gotta love the wikipedia of theme parks! :)

Except that Wikipedia is quite accurate, and cites sources.

^ +1 it would be beating a dead horse to comment more. We all know how bad things can get over there.

Update: Skyhawk still down. Construction vehicle is gone. No ride ops in the area. :(

When in doubt, call the park. I just called and was told about what is wrong with Skyhawk. There is an issue with it's retroencabulator.

~Rob

Part(about 20-30 feet) of the cable was laying next to Mine Ride on Sunday.

You know what's awesome? When I was at Kalahari a couple weeks ago and there was an issue mechanically with the family raft ride and zip coaster, they were forthcoming about EXACTLY what the problem was, exactly what they were doing to fix it, and exactly how long they expected it to take.

I was amazed. It was quite refreshing.

But when it comes to flats and coasters at CP, ride ops really don't know how long the mechanical delay is expected to take. I mean, come on liebevision, you worked Demon Drop in 2004. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about.

Regardless, why does a guest have to know what the exact mechanical problem is with a ride? Are they going to know how to fix the issue? More or less, it'll probably scare them and never want to ride the ride when it is open. It's just a redundant question asked by the nosy guests themselves, that isn't going to make their day more complete if they know the answer to it. Because, more than likely they're not even going to know what the hell a retroencabulator is (I sure don't). If CP's trained maintenance staff isn't seen working on the ride or test cycles aren't being done, then all you need to know is to plan another trip later in the season because "it ain't open yet".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turboencabulator

No such thing as a retroencabulator...yes it's wiki, but for quick info, it works