hi im new to this website well i come and look at the forums regulary and iam a themepark junkie. and iv come across this bebate and thought my assistance myt be of great help.
i worked at movieworld for 7 years in maintaince from 1993 till 2000 my names Tom.
id have to say everyone has proven a good case and most of you are right in the sence that it would be stupid to install motors in the zero car as it wouldnt serve its correct purpose. but klassen is correct there is a motor installed in both leathal weapon trains i worked on this attraction for 4 years and did its yearly maintaince along with other people.
the ride opened in 1995 and the motors were installed in 1997 which was when i started on the ride and they were something we had a lot of problems with and would get regular calls from op's because the ride was having issues. the ride was the first of its kind in australia and was custom-made by vekoma international in the neatherlands for warner brothers movieworld. the reason for the motors to be installed on the attraction was because the friction wheels designed for the coaster in the maintance bay werent working the way they should have countless occasions when the ride first opened it wouldnt go all the way into the station because the metal probe that goes between the friction wheels was jaming the motors were put on the zero car to add more push allowing the train to go fully into the station. this is the first i have ever heard of this type of problem with a vekoma coaster and havnt heard of one since.
but from what i have heard now the problem has been fixed when all the stations friction wheels were replaced back in 2001 and the motors were most likely removed.
so in on sence klassen24 is right but i dont think the motors exist on either train anymore. i hope this helps
