Wheels on-site?

Dont know if its for the ride, or crane or what.... but here:

http://www.cpthrillology.com/images/928flywheels.jpg

I hope its for the ride. Looking through a tear in the plastic they look like car/airplane tires, and I can only think of one other ride that uses them......

(pssst.... its Hypersonic... ;) )

Jeff mentioned these are kicker wheel assemblies.

http://www.guidetothepoint.com/cpplace.aspx?mode=thread&TopicID=9020

this may sound stupid...but what are kicker wheels?

Those wheels look like that you find in the station they are accurater wheels.

Kicker Wheels are used to give the train a "Kick Start". They are normally placed after the final break run, to give the stopped, or slowed train a boost back into the station.

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There sure seem to be alot of them, did MF or Xcelerator use this many?

There is a ton of these things;. MF only uses 7 total. [possibly 8] The new coaster has about 20 or 25. I wouldn't doubt that this thing will have 6 trains with this many friction wheels. Oh well, they just a bunch or wheels. I hope the announcement comes soon, I can't wait for the moment of disappointment. ;)

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...or there is more than one track. **Here we go again, ;-)**

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Even though it is most likely that they will use LIM/LSM launch on thr ride, what about this idea: although it would be difficult to create enough power for the cars (especially if it goes as high as suspected), doesn't the Incredible Hulk at Islands of Adventure use a launch requiring many wheels. I seem to remember seeing that on one of the Discovery channel specials.

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It does, but we would need a lot more than the 20-30 than are on site to even get up to 100, not to mention 110, or 120.

ralphifkan said:
Even though it is most likely that they will use LIM/LSM launch on thr ride..

No they won't. They're going to use a hydraulic launch, like Xcelerator. Where have you been?

The large number of kicker wheels could mean multiple stations, as was brought up earlier. If not multiple stations, maybe one large station where the track is divided by a transfer to a left and right side. The coaster at California Adventure (California Screamin') is like this and makes for a faster unload/load. Think of the Gemini station but with a transfer that would separate the trains coming in and then another to put the trains onto the same track. That coaster also has another block for the launch and is made by Intamin.

I was there today. From the setup they have now it looks like there will be two stations.

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Can't kickers be used to regulate speed mid-ride, (somewhat like a block brake) a la son of Beast? If there was something regulating the speed after the tophat, I'd be more inclined to believe in an expanded layout.

Alternately, I wouldn't be shocked if traditional breaking would wear out quickly if repeatedly stopping a 100+ mph coaster train. Perhaps the kickers could slow the train before hitting a traditional break run?

-albert

Maybe hills and other elements will slow the train(s). Doesn't MF hit it's breaks at like 60mph. Plus, Intamin likes the magnets, So it will probably use magnetic breaking. But this is all if it isn't a L:TH:B.

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*** This post was edited by MFRULES 10/13/2002 8:58:52 PM ***

yes, millie hits the breaks at 60, but it starts 30 mph faster, and only loses this speed through 6,500 feet of track, so if project 2003 was gonna hit the breaks at 60, it would have to lose 60 mph (from the 120 mph start), and it would require 13,000 feet of track to do so.....i doubt the track will be that long so 2003 will hit the breaks going much much faster (even with a track as long as millies it would still hit at 90mph)

Note the many more brake sections...

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Son of Beast is NOT regulated by kicker tires.

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Yeah, they are only there to speed the train up so it can make it through the loop in case it stops on the midcourse brakes.

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This thread is full of misinformation which can be easily refuted using details already known...

o The ride will employ magnetic braking.
In the parking lot there is a $#!+load of flat track equipped with dual fixed copper fins. This indicates that the setup will be reversed from that used on Millennium Force: the magnets will be on the train rather than on the track.

o The ride will NOT use LIMs or LSMs. We know this to be the case because the fin configuration would require the motors to be mounted on the train, and I see no way to get AC power to the train as it goes down the track.

o The use of kicker wheels is virtually assured because none of the European manufacturers (except possibly Vekoma) trusts gravity to reliably carry trains through station areas.

--Dave Althoff, Jr.