animal_king1990
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Madison said:The train has to stop to change direction, right?
I know it has to change direction, but won't the train lose speed when it does that?
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Expedition Everest drop, in excess of 100ft!
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I know it has to change direction, but won't the train lose speed when it does that?
Grantsdale
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animal_king1990 said:
In order for something to go in one direction, it will have to stop going the other direction ...
animal_king1990
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Grantsdale said:
No. I mean how does it have enough speed to go in the other direction again?
Grantsdale
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animal_king1990 said:
Hill + weight + gravity = speed
Grantsdale
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Woody13 said:
Can't do that on a track.
Note to self: Be more specific. :wave:
Grantsdale
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Woody13 said:
I don't recall those rides going back the way they came, in the same spot they came from.
Grantsdale
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Woody13 said:
Yes, after stopping, the railroad did that.
EE, because it uses switchtracks, will go over at least a small portion of track both forward and backward.
There is probably a sensor that detects whether the track is in alignment or not and if it's not, the train is probably held back at a brake. I'm not sure how EE will work, but The Mummy coaster over at Universal comes to a complete stop while the track changes position.
Sergeant Tibbs
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Another stupid question...right after the backwards section does it go immediately into the big drop? Meaning do you switch back to going forward and then bam, theres the drop?
AndyMagic
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Rotel1026 said:
The Mummy at Universal uses a turntable. The vehicle comes to a complete stop on the actual track that moves. The track then rotates 180 degrees with the vehicle on it so you actually experience the turning motion. Everest works differently. The train in Everest comes to a complete stop on an incline, the brakes hold it in place while a piece of track in front of the train flips over revealing a different piece of track, thus completing a different circuit. The brakes are released and gravity takes over again. Hope that clears everything up.
Grantsdale
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Sergeant Tibbs said:
Yes. Thats how they get the 112 ft measurement. From where you turn around after the switch all the way to the bottom.
Tim G
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You're having major disaster 2 trains hitting each other fro opposite direction... I'm shure that would give one heck of a BANG!!!dandaman said:
No seriously, in the unfortunate event the switch would fail, all other cars would stop including the car in the switch area...
Yen_Sid1
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Sergeant Tibbs said:
Basically, yes!!
About the track switch also, The area above the track switch is a brake zone. So there a lot of things going on there. The ride computer has to check and see if the area is clear to rotate the track switch and the train is in proper position before it rotates it, and then after to make sure the track switch is locked and in proper position. Then it has to make sure the brake zone ahead is clear, before it will let the train go. So if they are slow loading or unloading, you could be up there for a while.
animal_king1990
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Yen_Sid1 said:
And what happens if the computer malfunctions?