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how epcot test track works?
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mousermerf
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Similiarly ride system as Journey.
It's on a ride track, bus-bar system. The vehicle are powered and the main 4 wheels with tires you see on the cars are mostly for show - though they do provide stopping power. The real wheels (many more) are actually located under the track itself.
It's on a ride track, bus-bar system. The vehicle are powered and the main 4 wheels with tires you see on the cars are mostly for show - though they do provide stopping power. The real wheels (many more) are actually located under the track itself.
aeromike
Member
I like to think of it like bumper cars, the track the cars roll on is charges with electricity, because when it broke down before the second break test, we waited for a cast member to come and escot us out, and she told us not to go on the track as its still charged and to walk on the side. By the hole in the track, i'm guessing its like on a pulley controlling the speed.
Rob562
Well-Known Member
The track surface is not electrified. There are bus-bars below the roadway surface that car connects to for power, similar to the monorail's power system.
What the CM meant is that there was still power to the *system*. If you walked on the track and your leg went through the slot in the middle, it's quite possible that you would come in contact with one of the live busbars.
-Rob
rwdavis2
Active Member
As an aside, I used to work with someone who got called in to consult on the control software while TT was being built. The folks at Disney were having a hard time making it work. Once they consultants did a review they decided that the software was untestable and could bvery likely get someone killed. Eisner was in (telecon) on the meeting where these conclusions were presented. Disney then decided to scrap the software and start over.
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Rob562
Well-Known Member
Yeah, that's pretty much the story I heard, and the main reason the attraction was so delayed before it opened. They'd contracted out the control software, and there were so many bugs and problems with it that WDI decided to throw it out and write their own.
-Rob
teebin
Member
This is one of the worst grammar threads I have ever seen.
"Is", is singular. "Is there pictures" is the sound of a totally ignorant/uneducated person. Proper use is, "Is there a picture" singular, one picture.
"Are" is plural. Please use "are there pictures", "pictures" meaning "more than one".
I would not have commented if this was a mistype or quick type error. It was just plain incorrect. And I hate people sounding stupid when they are so interested in something so smart as the tech behind TT.
"Is", is singular. "Is there pictures" is the sound of a totally ignorant/uneducated person. Proper use is, "Is there a picture" singular, one picture.
"Are" is plural. Please use "are there pictures", "pictures" meaning "more than one".
I would not have commented if this was a mistype or quick type error. It was just plain incorrect. And I hate people sounding stupid when they are so interested in something so smart as the tech behind TT.
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
What about spelling, punctuation and capitalization errors. I mean if we're going to call people out on ignorance, let's go all the way.
WDITrent
Active Member
All right then. After errors, you forgot a question mark. :wave:
unkadug
Follower of "Saget"The Cult
It was a rhetorical question anyway....I wasn't jumping on his bandwagon.