red dragin
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And they complained about the innuendo, at least that was entertaining to the masses.
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Does anything say that the track has to be the one consistent colour it's entire length?
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I might be wrong on the centre rail then, I'm sure I read that here somewhere though.
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1 hour ago, Aimsley81 said:
@red dragin & @Spotty - thanks for the info guys. But how does the computer lose track of the car? Like is it some sort of rare glitch, or had the potential to be an 'over launch'? Sorry to sound dumb but I know nothing about this stuff and I find it fascinating.
No idea to be honest. I think it was explained here once years ago. I know the "rail" in the centre is part of the position tracking system.
I'd imagine it would be the computer expecting the car to accelerate/decelerate to certain points at certain times, and it not meeting those goals. Not loosing it as such, just giving up if it runs slower or faster than expected.
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Computer lost track of the car is my understanding of the cause behind what happened.
Not been involved in one myself.
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I feel like hiring a crane and parking it there, just for something new to talk about.
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Is the a fog machine on the tunnel mouth? Oil from that if there is.
Otherwise fluid from one of the restraint pistons (they aren't ratchet anymore from memory).
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26 minutes ago, Aimsley81 said:
I'm just on my way home from Dreamworld now. Buzzsaw was closed for quite awhile but my friend and I were on it as soon as it reopened. I didn't even know something was going on until we saw the channel 9 news truck while on the ride.
There were at least 3 other cars with filming equipment parked at the front and a guy stopped us and asked if we were on the ride when it got stuck - or if we even had photos or videos of it while stopped. The vultures are out to swoop down on Dreamworld again.
Answer "yes, I believe it was a failure of the flux capacitor" or similar and see if it gets printed.
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Exactly, do you check your tyre pressure every day, or just make sure it's not flat and check it once in a while?
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They've used green lantern as every one sees it, and it's the one that nearly killed several people.
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40 minutes ago, MaxxTheMonster said:
Could also be for keeping tools secure when not in use...
Plus there are bolts, motors, brakes, PLC etc that need transport and storage.
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24 minutes ago, joz said:
I just want to know how they're affording all this. I've only been up there a handful of times but I've never been up there and thought 'wow they're really raking in the cash today!' I mean the pub has pokies but even that doesn't really explain it to me.
Sold to Village a while back didn't it?
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@AlexB, makes the decision to put it in the old graveyard even stranger when you put it like that.
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We are expecting that space to relate to the new ride though.
You could have probably squeezed into the Arkham courtyard if you used the old queue, relocated/removed the unused Arkham shop, and removed the old Lethal Weapon theatre.
All moot now of course.
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I saw the show recently, and my thought was "how amazing are these animals".
My dog won't do anything he doesn't want to do, I'm sure the dolphins are the same.
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Just before the change, it didn't. Was a point of discussion on here. Originally it did go much higher.
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40 minutes ago, djrappa said:
Not actually this at all. Australian regs prevent the car going any higher due to the g forces involved in the backwards launch.
This is not a problem in the USA which is why you see Superman going higher.
Prior to the new car, it didn't go much higher though.
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4 minutes ago, YLFATEEKS said:
@red draginDon't let they way I post make you believe I'm a child.
Not at all, just didn't see the significance in the colour of the nuts. Figure you might have been fishing.
Those are clearly just for the casting stage, as much larger ones are used for the ride from what I've seen.
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24 minutes ago, reanimated35 said:
In fairness, I didn't say burn Parkz, maybe we just burn @Richard instead? I mean that's still how we find out if he's a witch, right?
I thought it was if they floated like a duck?
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"Some 335 million guests safely enjoyed 1.6 billion rides at 400 USA amusement parks. The chance of being seriously injured on a permanent ride at a USA amusement park is 1 in 16 million. Only five per cent of these injuries – about 50 of those 1.6 billion – were serious enough to warrant a visit to a hospital."
Should it be "the chance of being injured" (remove seriously)? As it then mentions the percentage of serious injuries later on.
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Last train of the day half loaded and you are in for a really quick launch to top speed.
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What needs to be kept in mind is, that to the GP, these rides are "scary and dangerous".
Us tragics know how the winch system on Superman works, the block systems, brakes on Giant Drop etc. Quiz the average punter and they would probably think it possible for Giant Drop not to slow down, and that Superman is powered directly by a big electric motor.
Education and communication is the key to this issue in my opinion.
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My suggestion was meant as both a sign & communication together, sorry that wasn't clear.
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But all of that is not difficult to do either.
In the information age, leaving your customers uninformed is bad for business.
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I'm with this one in general, except there are footers to the right of the two loops (vertical and horizontal), including one that is outside the fence, that are unused.