Wicked Twister Emergency Stop

No, quoting an entire previous post is a good way to get it deleted. Some people have been doing that constantly. I just delete them.

In 2003, I was in line waiting for the ride, after the ride launched, I said to myself, "Wow, I can't believe th train didn't come back yet." I figured I must of missed it, but then I realized that it really wasn't in the station or running. Everybody in line turned around.

I asked a friend sitting outside of Wicked Twister what happened, he said the train went up normally and it stopped almost very abruptly. He said the riders were jerked roughly. I don't know what happened, but it was sitting there for quite a few minutes, so I left. It was up when I returned a few hours later.

I too have been on one E-stop on Steel Venom at GL. We were coming down off the back spike, and just as we passed forward through the station, we slammed to a halt. It was pretty quick. Quicker then the stop at the end of the ride. Cause we started to stop right before halfway through the station, and by the time we were at a dead stop the last car of the train was still partially in the station. It was somewhat painful and VERY unexpected. A sudden stop like that can kind of scare you when you're not expecting it. Its not the stopping that scares you, its just the suddeness and unexpectedness of it.

Bodes, when was that? I'm just curious because it sounds exactly like my E-stop on Steel Venom this June, on the 24th.

That freaks me out I cant imagine going forward with your hands up and then out of nowhere it stops, I think that would be very painful.

Luckily the Intamin restraints are pretty comfortable.

I have seen at least 5, and I have been on two. Both times I had do get of while a rid op took it for a ride.

i don't know if this is an E-stop, but when I was on WT about a week ago, it ran through the cycle, but on the return to the station, it stopped short, and sat there for about five minutes. I think it may have just run out of momentum.

Dragsterwiz said:
I have seen at least 5, and I have been on two. Both times I had do get of while a rid op took it for a ride.

ride ops only ride in the morning during testin buddy *** Edited 9/3/2006 10:03:18 PM UTC by Andrew1***

Yeah, I was going to say... I find it hard to believe that the ride op testrode after an e-stop. Cycle it empty, sure, but when maintenance gives it's clearance, that means it's safe for everyone to ride.

And, ravenfan, what you're describing is an e-stop. It can e-stop at any point in the cycle, so if it e-stops on it's last trip up the front spike, it will seem like a normal ride but you won't get moved in from the final brakes because the ride power is off.

Actually you're very unlikely to get an e-stop ever on WT. The E-stop button is to NEVER EVER EVER EVER be pressed. It messes up alot of things and makes it take forever to bring the ride computer back up. If you do have a ride that stops short it's likely that either a light curtain was broken, or the "quick stop" button was pushed. It's like an e-stop but it dosen't kill the computer

Yea if you press the quick stop the train slowly stops in tha break area......

BUT if the E-Stop is pressed which it never has EVER, the breaks will stop the train right in its tracks and could cause a guest injury so NEVER press it unless like the back tower is falling over or a crazy guest is about to get nailed by the train

we're not talking about pushing the e-stop button, it's a fault that the computer gets that is called an e-stop. the e-stop doesn't kill the computer, it cuts all power to the ride.

Andrew1 said:
ride ops only ride in the morning during testin buddy

Not necessarily. We have had to have test riders in the middle of the day before. Its a very RARE occasion, but it does happen.

*** Edited 9/8/2006 3:01:26 AM UTC by DareDevil1914***

twisted sister said:the e-stop doesn't kill the computer, it cuts all power to the ride.

If it cut all power to the ride, how would it come to a stop so quickly?

It doesn't kill the computer either.

I think what you all mean to say is that an e-stop (which has not ever happened, as said) will stop the ride as soon as it is able to. The computer then will have to reset the entire ride just like any manual to auto change.

The quick stop will halt the ride wherever prudent, and will initiate a manual operation.

Both are very similar, except quick stops are used most.

I'm not sure where the light curtains come into it, I imagine that they must initiate a quick stop.

Ive seen an E-stop while i was in like for WT

It has taught me to always put my head back when riding coasters with head rests to prevent whiplash

It has been a pretty good lesson for me

Quick-stop does the same thing, except it doesn't cut the power to the ride. Otherwise, the deceleration is exactly the same as with an E-stop.

Light curtains will trigger a Quick-stop (not E-stop) if broken.

The station LIM's will not slow the train during a stop; the train will always stop in the brake run outside the station.

If the computer sees something that "just doesn't look right," it will shut the ride off, including the air supply holding the brakes up. This is a safety feature. The brakes will then drop and the train will stop. A couple examples of E-stops are 23 (the train doesn't hit 55 MPH on the first launch) and 55 (incoming voltage is too high). Last year the latter happened a lot, because the rental transformer's output voltage was different than the ride's input voltage. Then, at night, when everyone in Sandusky turned their air conditioners off, it created a voltage surplus on the grid, which caused a lot of E-stops.

I have been on Steel Venom at Geauga Lake about 100 times this year (before it broke) and it's done 5 quick-stops when i was on it. And man it stops on a dime!

Wicked Twister cannot be launched until all the gates are locked. It's like maXair. It's not possible, the computer won't let it happen. She may have mean to say ready but technically [and hopefully ya'll understand what i'm saying] she couldn't launch the train until all of the gates were locked.

Yep, maXair will not budge with a gate open. You won't even get Ready lights. If a gate is somehow pushed open, it will initiate a RideStop. At Twister, it would be a quick stop.