Project LC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Yesterday Swing A seemed to be working to almost full swing however swing B was terrible. It wasn't even reaching 90. Also the vast amount of staff on it was very odd, There were 3 people in the console room, 2 filling the bays, 1 by the exit and 1 for fast track. The queue never exceeded 30 mins but the cycle through the whole day was very short. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Did anyone who went yesterday catch the name of the staff on rush? Or a brief description? I'm talking to THORPE about it and they said they'll talk to the teams about it if they know what staff were there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Did anyone who went yesterday catch the name of the staff on rush? Or a brief description? I'm talking to THORPE about it and they said they'll talk to the teams about it if they know what staff were there I know that the person in console teaching a new ride op was called Steve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 What was wrong with rush yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 What was wrong with rush yesterday Swing B never exceeded 90 degrees and felt very down on power while swing A seemed to operate with out problem. I went on swing B 3 times yesterday and my total airtime was none as it never had enough power or reached the correct height. Unfortunately we never got on Swing A but from the ground you could definitely see that it was reaching a higher height. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Fair enough I have no idea why there is less power in swing B Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 I found it very noticeable that swing A was a lot more powerful from the begging of the season, annual pass day. It was also running very out of sync, they ended up going at different times which was probably due to swing B being less powerful. It was so bad that Swing B wasn't operating in the after noon, so I'm surprised they didn't sort it out in the time they had before opening? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomglazed Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 The power imbalance can't be good, does Rush not E-stop if the the swings get too out of sync? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planenut Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 Fair enough I have no idea why there is less power in swing B But you were right that swing A exceeds 90degrees, thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 The power imbalance can't be good, does Rush not E-stop if the the swings get too out of sync? If they get too out of sync the ride stops and one of the arms goes out of action, seems to be the general procedure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 What would be the reason for the power imbalance? And also has anyone ever noticed smoke coming out of the holes where the metal cable goes in/out of the main frame? Its only happened a couple of times so its not constant but I have seen it occasionally Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted April 11, 2014 Report Share Posted April 11, 2014 What would be the reason for the power imbalance? And also has anyone ever noticed smoke coming out of the holes where the metal cable goes in/out of the main frame? Its only happened a couple of times so its not constant but I have seen it occasionally Many things could cause the power imbalance. Likely cause is that the pressure tank isn't reaching the correct pressure. The smoke would be a pressure release as the pressure tanks will contain cold air. As that isn't needed to be done regularly it would happen on rare occasion. Olistjj 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I would expect that it would be the set up of the rope on Swing B that needs to be adjusted. On a side note, the restraints are looking a bit grubby! kinnaird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sully1311 Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I would expect that it would be the set up of the rope on Swing B that needs to be adjusted. On a side note, the restraints are looking a bit grubby! Have for years now. Mildew all over them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 As far as I can remember, Swing A has always had a better cycle than Swing B. Like when I asked the ride host if it was possible to have a better cycle, she came back and said I can queue up again and go on Swing A as it's 'higher and faster'. So if staff members are aware of this, has it not been addressed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraX Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 If you mean a higher cycle, then yup, it seems at the moment Swing A is doing that. As already mentioned S&S have been in to have a look, so I'm sure they're addressing it. Cycle length however, the ride op has no control. It can be changed before park opening by the engineers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitchada04 Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 There's nothing the staff members can do to make swing B go higher. It is out of sync massively with swing A and just can't reach 90 degrees (looked like 80 today while swing A was getting about 100). It's down to the engineers and S&S to fix, but I doubt it's an easy job to do when the ride is operating every day now. Wouldn't surprise me if they'd have to take some of it apart to fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olistjj Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Never realised how bad the sync has gotten between A & B until today, also there was 3 or 4 seats out of order today :/ also as has already been mentioned the cycle was very short today Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 16, 2014 Report Share Posted April 16, 2014 Never realised how bad the sync has gotten between A & B until today, also there was 3 or 4 seats out of order today :/ also as has already been mentioned the cycle was very short today Think it's been on the same cycle the whole year so far, which is very short, which is annoying. It could be due to swing B not running very well, it can't run for longer of something? Must be a reason behind it, because I had never seen a short cycle like this on rush last season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Rush has always ran on 9 swings ride cycles since it 1st opened Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 Rush has always ran on 9 swings ride cycles since it 1st opened Then why does it seem so much shorter this season? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Posted April 17, 2014 Report Share Posted April 17, 2014 I'm not sure if its shorter but it is certainly struggling to get to full height and the swings are quite out of sync. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Worthy9992 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 It's prob because if your on swing b and it not going as high as it should then that might explain why people think it's shorter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 Well I guess if you aren't reaching or going above 90 degrees very quickly, the ride cycle would be considerably shorter as the swings themselves would be shorter, meaning the ride would end quicker. OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkadder312 Posted April 18, 2014 Report Share Posted April 18, 2014 I remember it being 9 swings then went to 7-5-3 and now 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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