April 19, 201411 yr comment_181311 I remember it being 9 swings then went to 7-5-3 and now 1 He means a 9 swing cycle as in it swings 9 times, not 9 full height swings. I don't think rush has ever been a cycle where it got 9 full height swings. although that would be fun
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181473 Rush is having work done, but looks like there has been problems with the restraints on swing A. I'm not too sure if the same is being done to swing B as you can't tell from the picture but seeing as the picture is on the one swing, it's probably only this one. Hopefully they will fix swing B's height while it's closed (Photo from TPG facebook)
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181494 I can just about see in the bottom right of the picture there is at least one restraint left in position on swing B!
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181497 Oh yeah you can actually! Then it's probaly only Swing A having the restraint problems.
April 21, 201411 yr comment_181508 It was an issue with restraints on swing A that closed the ride at about 5:55pm on Tuesday, so guess they've been having ongoing issues with them.
April 23, 201411 yr comment_181588 I always go and both swings are working Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk
April 23, 201411 yr comment_181642 Re opened today on swing A only with lap bars being put back on swing B at end if the day so by tomorrow hopefully be back on 2
April 23, 201411 yr comment_181649 Re opened today on swing A only with lap bars being put back on swing B at end if the day so by tomorrow hopefully be back on 2 Good to hear it's back it's back open. Do you know if they've fixed the problem with swing B not reaching as high as well?
April 23, 201411 yr comment_181664 Good to hear it's back it's back open. Do you know if they've fixed the problem with swing B not reaching as high as well? Not to sure to be honest suppose we soon find out if it has or not
April 24, 201411 yr comment_181672 Not being the most observant of people (it took me around 20 goes on Saw: The Ride before I noticed the body!), the swing differences between A and B were very visible both last Thursday and Saturday. Due to queue times I didn't ride it - almost did on Saturday, our restraints came down (this was on Swing A) and our restraints were locked, then they released them shortly after and got engineers in to have a gander - would have hung around but I already got my adrenaline rush just sitting down on that thing - have only done Rush 4 times and although I love it, it scares me senseless - plus, The Swarm was calling. Rush did open afterwards as we saw it whilst going up Swarms lifthill. Ok I am waffling!
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182164 Rush was closed this morning, spotted it testing and opened up about midday... Seemed like a really short cycle though and certainly out of sync!
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182195 It had a breakdown towards the end of the day on Sunday so not sure if that was to do with it. It didn't seem out of sync though, was a lot better from what it was like on AP day, but it's noticeable that Swing B was like only just getting to 90 degrees.
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182210 It was awful on Sunday, didn't even reach 90 degrees. If they can't run/maintain it properly, what's the point?
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182227 At least it's bloody running. They can close it and do a full stripdown to repair if you want, CoasterNegative Jamie? However I think everyone else would think you're a tit by saying that.
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182238 They can close it and do a full stripdown to repair if you want, CoasterNegative Jamie? However I think everyone else would think you're a tit by saying that. Nope, that should have happened over closed season. I'd rather it open than shut - then again, it's been shut a lot this season too...
April 29, 201411 yr comment_182241 It's my favourite flat ride tbh, unfortunately the cycles are always short... and this season so far, not as good height wise. but I'd be absolutely gutted if it was closed!
May 16, 201411 yr comment_183349 Rode it today, swing A, and though I was getting good airtime it seemed a terrifically short cycle - the op. assures me it was that standard cycle.
May 16, 201411 yr comment_183355 Ah, I had that from the op. when I went in April and asked if it could be put on a good setting, allthough I remember my first rides on rush were long cycles which got atleast 4 high swings, it's a shame, really.
June 17, 201411 yr comment_185422 Ah, the age old swing A/sing B height thing. Okay. So, it's basically done this since 2007. Swing B outperforms swing A, which means the computer goes a little crazy when B peaks much earlier than A at just over 90 degrees (anyone noticed how the first of your 4 full height swings on B is significantly higher than A?). The computer then has a paddy and desperately tries to re-sync the swings by powering A as much as it can, and basically doing nothing with B, thus why the ride ends up with A performing better. By the end of the ride, everything is out of sync and it looks a mess. It did this up until 2011 when the piping that delivers the air to the piston was replaced with titanium rather than a plastic. The ride briefly did better, before returning to it's current, terrible state that it was in towards the end of last year. The usual suspects for loss of pressure are the piston seals, a little like that in a car or on bike forks. If the seals are damaged, some air escapes, the ride under-performs, but, with the consistent nature of the issue I would question whether it is in fact that A get's less compression than B. The short of it is, everything in the book has been done over closed seasons to try and rectify this and it seems to be an on going experiment to try and replace whichever element of the ride is causing the poor performance of A. In regard to ride cycles, it always has been and remains 4 full height swings. The only exception is if the operator stops the cycle, which does occasionally but rarely happen. Don't expect a fix anytime soon, and in the meantime, enjoy the rare days where you get one swing only, as that's when Rush does it's best.
June 17, 201411 yr comment_185423 Did notice on Sunday neither swing was even making it to 90 degrees. It's a shame but I guess the priority now is to keep it open for the busy summer period.
June 17, 201411 yr comment_185424 Wait a second which one is swing A, I thought A was the swing closest to the operator room which is obviously performing better. The one closest the operator room gets to full height unlike the other swing which most of the time doesn't reach 90.
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