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5 hours ago, Brendo88 said:

I notice that both rivals and superman both have seemingly longer maintenance periods than previously? Iā€™m sure rivals was only about 3 weeks last year?Ā 

A number of rides seem to have lengthy maintenance windows this year. I guess it helps keep costs down in the off season...Ā šŸ˜‰

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Green lantern is apparently being repainted, so it probably explains the long closure.Ā 

I cant remember ever seen the arms come off doomsday during annual maintenance? I wonder how long they have on the transmission/gearbox between overhauls as the ride would be roughly 4 years old when it goes down for maintenance.Ā 

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41 minutes ago, Gazza said:

I dunno if there is some reference I am missing, but Lightning Rod does not use Kumbak trains, nor does it have anything to do with the Gold Coast.

@Gazza it is my understanding that Sea Viper suffered a pretty spectacular lightning strike, and it was this that ultimately lead to the closure of the ride. It may or may not have been the reason for the closure, but it was definitely the reason for the NDT that identified the microcracks.

As such, I don't believe the Kumbak trains had anything to do with the closure, and I was attempting (with humor - as Sea Viper obviously became a lightning rod at one point) to point out that it would be coincidence if Arkham was to close, rather than any fault of Kumbak as (presumably jokingly) suggested by Pin.

Since we're getting into it, the bogeys and hangers for Arkham are the original Vekoma "purple" train stock, so unlikely that Kumbak's work with Arkham has caused any issues either.

#coincidence

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What is it? 8 years since the kumback upgrade? You could hardly say it killed the ride after the conversion given the time span.Ā 

I guess what do you define as a serious crack? One that occurs largely due to fatigue and is anticipated;Ā 

Or one that shouldnt occur, but has, and everyone freaks out about it?

One probably happens frequently enough its dealt with and repaired to a standard or procedure, the other probably grounds a ride until the manufacturer can work out wtf happened and put a fix in place.

You wouldnt need vekoma to come in for pretty much anything other than control systems I imagine. A motor is a motor. Theres plenty of people that specialise in that locally. Changing the control systems though I imagine is akin to having kumback replace the lower section of the train. Someone doing it is going to have to take on all the risk, so you probably cant just google someone local for an upgrade.Ā 

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On 22/01/2020 at 10:50 PM, Levithian said:

What is it? 8 years since the kumback upgrade? You could hardly say it killed the ride after the conversion given the time span.Ā 

I guess what do you define as a serious crack? One that occurs largely due to fatigue and is anticipated;Ā 

Or one that shouldnt occur, but has, and everyone freaks out about it?

One probably happens frequently enough its dealt with and repaired to a standard or procedure, the other probably grounds a ride until the manufacturer can work out wtf happened and put a fix in place.

You wouldnt need vekoma to come in for pretty much anything other than control systems I imagine. A motor is a motor. Theres plenty of people that specialise in that locally. Changing the control systems though I imagine is akin to having kumback replace the lower section of the train. Someone doing it is going to have to take on all the risk, so you probably cant just google someone local for an upgrade.Ā 

I decide toĀ contact movie world about Arkham asylum and got good new that it will be reopenedĀ and that maintenance that was planned for laterĀ in the year seems like itā€™s getting doneĀ while it currently closed.Ā 
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they might be waiting on replacement parts to be manufactured, which would explain why reopening date is unknown at the moment

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