FTFY-The Yeti has been down permanently since mid-2009. (Just read the first couple dozen pages of this thread)
Anything anyone can/wants to add?
like in West World?Actually the real reason he is shut down is because he became sentient snagged a guest on the way past and ate em, obv Disney shut him down as that was a paying guest and you just don't eat the paying guests !
Okay so here's a quick Yeti fact-sheet I compiled.
-Problem is NOT the foundation. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The problem definitely is too much stress placed on joints within the AA (shoulder, elbow, arm) with the large swipes the figure made. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The problem with too much stress could have affected the sled. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The Yeti has been removed 2/3 times in the third shift, and put back. (Source 1)
-The Yeti has been down almost permanently since mid-2008. (Just read the first couple dozen pages of this thread)
Anything anyone can/wants to add?
maybe the should start a FIX THE YETI go fund me page. I bet enough of the public would be willing to contribute to get the Yeti fixedWhatever it is to fix the Yeti - it is more money than WDW is willing to spend.......probably by a LONG SHOT!!!!!!!!
Okay so here's a quick Yeti fact-sheet I compiled.
-Problem is NOT the foundation. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The problem definitely is too much stress placed on joints within the AA (shoulder, elbow, arm) with the large swipes the figure made. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The problem with too much stress could have affected the sled. (Source 1) (Source 2)
-The Yeti has been removed 2/3 times in the third shift, and put back. (Source 1)
-The Yeti has been down almost permanently since mid-2008. (Just read the first couple dozen pages of this thread)
Anything anyone can/wants to add?
It seems that the best explanation to this problem is that, well, sometimes things don't work out. The Yeti worked for about a year before things started to fall apart. I'm sure that the engineers did all of the simulation, and modeling they could, but in the end, no-one predicted (or could have, in my opinion) the chain of events that led to the broken Yeti.Yes, I get your explanation above, but that doesn't tell me why whatever engineer(s) didn't understand the forces at work or provision the system with the correct materials to prevent the current state.
OK. I have to ask. Back in the day, we had to take classes like Mechanics of Materials, Kinematics, Dynamics and Control (including Nonlinear), Structural Mechanics, Fluid Dynamics, and Hydraulics. I find it slightly hard to believe that the people that built our friend didn't learn those same lessons - shoot, some of them could probably teach those classes.
We'll never know all the detail about WHY it's not getting fixed. Don't care. But I'd just LOVE to see an Ishikawa showing a complete root cause trace. Yes, I get your explanation above, but that doesn't tell me why whatever engineer(s) didn't understand the forces at work or provision the system with the correct materials to prevent the current state.
It seems that the best explanation to this problem is that, well, sometimes things don't work out. The Yeti worked for about a year before things started to fall apart. I'm sure that the engineers did all of the simulation, and modeling they could, but in the end, no-one predicted (or could have, in my opinion) the chain of events that led to the broken Yeti.
The problem is more complicated than some people seem to think. You just can't simulate hundreds of thousands of hours of stress on a machine that is constantly in motion; especially one that is having certain parts/bolts/machinery changed out constantly.
As an example: No simulation software could predict that when Bolt 24601 is tightened/loosened by maintenance outside of X parameters, it causes a chain effect to where some actuator in the Yeti is moved beyond its designed limit, which puts Y amount of extra stress on the elbow joint, causing major damage.
It seems that the best explanation to this problem is that, well, sometimes things don't work out. The Yeti worked for about a year before things started to fall apart. I'm sure that the engineers did all of the simulation, and modeling they could, but in the end, no-one predicted (or could have, in my opinion) the chain of events that led to the broken Yeti.
The problem is more complicated than some people seem to think. You just can't simulate hundreds of thousands of hours of stress on a machine that is constantly in motion; especially one that is having certain parts/bolts/machinery changed out constantly.
As an example: No simulation software could predict that when Bolt 24601 is tightened/loosened by maintenance outside of X parameters, it causes a chain effect to where some actuator in the Yeti is moved beyond its designed limit, which puts Y amount of extra stress on the elbow joint, causing major damage.
It seems that the best explanation to this problem is that, well, sometimes things don't work out. The Yeti worked for about a year before things started to fall apart. I'm sure that the engineers did all of the simulation, and modeling they could, but in the end, no-one predicted (or could have, in my opinion) the chain of events that led to the broken Yeti.
The problem is more complicated than some people seem to think. You just can't simulate hundreds of thousands of hours of stress on a machine that is constantly in motion; especially one that is having certain parts/bolts/machinery changed out constantly.
As an example: No simulation software could predict that when Bolt 24601 is tightened/loosened by maintenance outside of X parameters, it causes a chain effect to where some actuator in the Yeti is moved beyond its designed limit, which puts Y amount of extra stress on the elbow joint, causing major damage.
What about Trex at universal? Did that figure go through the same amount of stress?
I would think with today's technology and knowledge, the odds of finding a good fix have properly gone up.
I am surprised that they can't do some sort of Projection Mapping instead of the physical figure.
It seems that the best explanation to this problem is that, well, sometimes things don't work out. The Yeti worked for about a year before things started to fall apart. I'm sure that the engineers did all of the simulation, and modeling they could, but in the end, no-one predicted (or could have, in my opinion) the chain of events that led to the broken Yeti.
The problem is more complicated than some people seem to think. You just can't simulate hundreds of thousands of hours of stress on a machine that is constantly in motion; especially one that is having certain parts/bolts/machinery changed out constantly.
As an example: No simulation software could predict that when Bolt 24601 is tightened/loosened by maintenance outside of X parameters, it causes a chain effect to where some actuator in the Yeti is moved beyond its designed limit, which puts Y amount of extra stress on the elbow joint, causing major damage.
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