Jax
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It's because they decided to replace the cable now whilst its having catch car issues, best to rectify all the issues now in one go..
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1 hour ago, jordionie said: Hi Jax, did you find find anything out?
Not as off yet, nobody has told me anything; whether that's a matter of not being able to tell idk but we'll just have to wait and see
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2 hours ago, jordionie said: It looks like they've been having issues with the catch car. Which would probably explain why the launch failed several times. And of no trains are on the track would definitely back that concept up. I'm remaining hopeful that they manage to source another catch car if not replace what is broken. But given Stealth's accelerator model is ageing and is very rare now, parts are really hard to come by. The park will have to approach a manufacturer to get a part custom made which is a long old process unfortunately.
During the Intamin event last year at the park, Intamin did say they would be happy to support the park in maintaining Stealth should they want to keep her running. Which I assume would be the same case for Rita at Alton Towers.
Merlin own and maintain these accelerator models very well so no doubt they will have the best contacts for support and parts suppliers. There engineers will know the ins and outs of them too. It's just an expensive ordeal for them.
Thank you for the update, hopefully they fix it soon (and hopefully fix the second return motor to up the catch car return speed) maybe go on some of the rides in close vicinity like Swarm or Detonator to get a good view of whats going on.
I am in contact with Zone 3 staff so I shall ask what's going on 😁
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Stealth's station audio has made a soft return, with the revving and pre-launch message now playing again!
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Hopefully it's released soon. I recorded the full Dome soundtrack they currently use a couple months ago so I'm glad that's online now.
4 hours ago, Inferno said:I agree, I think I prefer the previous ones as well. It felt like they were only there for a short time, and even then some of them didn’t last long before being replaced with the stuff from before that in places.
However I saw some social media replies a while ago from the park hinting that they could release them soon. I expect the people dealing with that have probably since been made redundant though.
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Stealth
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Saying that, they're all related in one way or another so it's best to replace all of them.