I asked today and the bolts are falling off. Other debris is faliing off too. The batman part of chiller is doing the same thing. I was riding rolling thunder and I saw that they were building a station and I was wonder are they putting a new coaster in. Maybe its were viper used to be??? Does anyone know??
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Kingda Ka
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Madison
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They're installing an Intamin-manufactured plug-n-play wooden roller coaster next year.
Regarding Kingda Ka, nobody is going to tell you what actually happened to the ride for two reasons -- they don't know anything about it because they're hourly employees and generally don't care and they don't know anything about it because they're not engineers. Bolts are not falling out.
Regarding Kingda Ka, nobody is going to tell you what actually happened to the ride for two reasons -- they don't know anything about it because they're hourly employees and generally don't care and they don't know anything about it because they're not engineers. Bolts are not falling out.
The_CEO
Well-Known Member
Here is what happened everyone. Posted on - http://www.themeparkinsider.com/new...nse.cfm?ID=2173 by Russell Meyer
1. The liner inside the trough that the launch cable travels through came loose and created friction against the cable. The friction caused the train to not accellerate to the correct speed. The rubbing of the cable against the inside of the metal trough caused sparks and shards of metal to fly out from the bottom of the train.
2. The engine, as it is designed, attempted to compensate by applying more force to the cable to attain the 128 MPH launch speed.
3. The brake fins that raise up into the braking possition go up on a timing patern, independant of the launching mechanism. The fins are mounted in steel supports that are connected to actuators that raise and lower the fins into the desired position. There are four braking zones, and each zone has about 24 individual brake fins. The fins actually caught up to the launching train as the timing pattern of the raising fins was faster than the accellerating train.
4. The magnetic brakes began to slow the train in the launch area, and the engine tried to compensate even more, and dragged the train through the brake zones.
5. The catch car released, but the train was still in the brake zone and came to a complete stop at the bottom of the hill.
Damage occurred to the launch cable (frayed and needs to be replaced), engine (minor routine damage to seals), and brake fins (many need to be replaced). The brake fins in the launch section are mounted in such a way to keep fast moving trains from moving backwards into the station, but a fast moving train moving forwards caused an unexpected stress on a number of fins that bent them forward. Not all of the fins need to be replaced, but there are more damaged fins than Six Flags had replacements, and have to be special ordered from Intamin.
1. The liner inside the trough that the launch cable travels through came loose and created friction against the cable. The friction caused the train to not accellerate to the correct speed. The rubbing of the cable against the inside of the metal trough caused sparks and shards of metal to fly out from the bottom of the train.
2. The engine, as it is designed, attempted to compensate by applying more force to the cable to attain the 128 MPH launch speed.
3. The brake fins that raise up into the braking possition go up on a timing patern, independant of the launching mechanism. The fins are mounted in steel supports that are connected to actuators that raise and lower the fins into the desired position. There are four braking zones, and each zone has about 24 individual brake fins. The fins actually caught up to the launching train as the timing pattern of the raising fins was faster than the accellerating train.
4. The magnetic brakes began to slow the train in the launch area, and the engine tried to compensate even more, and dragged the train through the brake zones.
5. The catch car released, but the train was still in the brake zone and came to a complete stop at the bottom of the hill.
Damage occurred to the launch cable (frayed and needs to be replaced), engine (minor routine damage to seals), and brake fins (many need to be replaced). The brake fins in the launch section are mounted in such a way to keep fast moving trains from moving backwards into the station, but a fast moving train moving forwards caused an unexpected stress on a number of fins that bent them forward. Not all of the fins need to be replaced, but there are more damaged fins than Six Flags had replacements, and have to be special ordered from Intamin.
I would be very surpirsed if it lasts 5 years especially if its going to brak down like this every year.