August 19, 200916 yr comment_66952 I feel that with Rush's queue that you either move really quickly, or it is the complete opposite.That is probably just me though! :)Just wondering if anyone knew whether Rush still had seats missing from its swings?(Apologies for the double post).
August 20, 200916 yr comment_67085 Just wondering if anyone knew whether Rush still had seats missing from its swings?(Apologies for the double post).It does.
August 20, 200916 yr comment_67151 Any proof? I was there just two days ago and no seats were missing.
August 20, 200916 yr comment_67156 On Tuesday it seemed the queue was also running surprisingly faster than usual.
August 21, 200916 yr comment_67182 I got told that ride operator's cannot change how many top spins Rush can have and only an engineer can as you need to over-ride the system or something. Either way it doesnt matter much.
August 23, 200916 yr comment_67502 Rush was on one swing from about 2pm today because the left swing was smoking
August 23, 200916 yr comment_67521 It was doing it all day yesterday. it was swing B that does it from time to time.
August 23, 200916 yr comment_67562 rush will be back up tomorrow in formall glory its jsut going out of sync alot at the moment
November 1, 200915 yr comment_75298 Does anyone know why Rush is still out of sync? Wasn't there talk of S&S coming over to fix that?
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75647 Does anyone else hate the noise it makes when your in the queue (the air I mean)
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75649 Does anyone else hate the noise it makes when your in the queue (the air I mean)I quite like it. It gets me pumped, because I know I will scream my head off on the ride!
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75650 The Noise Rush makes is part of the ride experience. It wouldn't be as good without the loud noises!
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75659 As Liam said its all part of the experience, rush wouldn't be rush without it!
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75660 As Liam said its all part of the experience, rush wouldn't be rush without it!
November 3, 200915 yr comment_75676 I quite like it to be honest :)If your standing right next to it, it is a little annoying, but you move quickly past it.
January 12, 201015 yr comment_80037 how high does Vortex go? (and how high does Rush go as well?)Rush’s full swing height can be anything upto 75 ft (23.4 m) approx.The swing height can vary easily due to weather mainly, or how full the ride is, but it’s standard highest swing is usually at 108 o. Anything beyond 110 o and the ride will automatically E-stop itself.The ride structure is 19.9 metres and the pivot point, where the booms swing from is at 18 meters. Work that out and you get the height.Vortex swings upto 60ft (18m) approx.For reference, Rush's slightly higher swing A-nearest the operators console runs on average like this:0 o33 o47 o60 o84 o91o103 o107 o108 o108 o66 o38 o13 o8 o0 o
January 12, 201015 yr comment_80054 I'm sorry, I don't understand: is it stops at 110 ??It [the ride] E-stops on 110o if that's what you're asking.
January 12, 201015 yr comment_80055 Any idea why one swing is higher than the other or is it just the way it is? Also is that one faster than the other, I'm sure it feels it.
January 12, 201015 yr comment_80058 I haven't got the details at hand. I have tons of official documentation on the ride else where, so I can look into the speed detail, although from what I know, both swings are run in exactly the same way.
January 13, 201015 yr comment_80201 ^I know you are the ultimate authority on Rush, so feel free to correct me if I am wrong, but I have also been told A operates faster than B, by an engineer who is a friend. The problem, I believe, is due to the air pressure in each swing; A recieves slightly more than B when both are operating together which results in B being both slower and lower. That's why when B operates alone it achieves more or less the same swing arc as A (my source on this isn't an engineer). What you will also notice is that B accelerates with more force on the lower swings, but seems to loose this power on the higher swings. That said,there are numerous other reasons that could affect swing height, both mechanical and external, so each time you see the ride swing into action there could be many reasons for the way the ride performs.
January 13, 201015 yr comment_80222 ^ ..and that is why for the most part, the out of sync problem that the ride has, is a little bit of a mystery! Remember, that it is a fairly recent problem too, it was never that bad during it's first two seasons. S&S Power have been to the park several times to look into it.In regard to the two swings operating together or alone, they both have seperate cylinders that fill inbetween ride cycles and from the air dryer. You may also notice that if the ride is still for a while, perhaps a long time loading, then there is a loud hissing sound, which is the 'pop off' valve to ensure both cylinders have the same amount of preassure in and that they are not continuing to fill. When one side A or B is disabled, it's simply (well, not so simply), the valve to that cylinder. There are hundreds of emergancy valves to ensure either swing does not recieve more preassure than the other.You may be bang on in your post, all I can do is tell you what I know.
January 13, 201015 yr comment_80225 ^ Could that not be that the air dryer's are not delivering the same amount of air to B (or the pressure auge on B is incorrectly calibrated), or maybe that there is air being lost somewhere from B? I've only ridden Rush since 07, so only really noticed it being much more out of sync in 08. This isn't by any chance around the time Thorpe refitted the air deliver 'pipes' in house is it? That would seem a likely cause for the inconsistency in performance if it hasn't always been that way...It may also be to do with the valves, on one visit I took B was only making it to about 80 degrees as it needed one of it's air release valves tightening, the funny thing was that once A was shut down and only B operating it made it to about 90 degrees.
January 13, 201015 yr comment_80227 I thihnk S&S would of picked up on that and rectified the problem?
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