April 11, 201411 yr comment_180721 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.
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180726 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
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180735 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.
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180738 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.
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180747 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?
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180748 The power imbalance can't be good, does Rush not E-stop if the the swings get too out of sync?
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180750 Fair enough I have no idea why there is less power in swing B But you were right that swing A exceeds 90degrees, thanks.
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180751 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.
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180752 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
April 11, 201411 yr comment_180753 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.
April 12, 201411 yr comment_180767 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!
April 12, 201411 yr comment_180777 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
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181042 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?
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181044 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.
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181058 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.
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181063 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
April 16, 201411 yr comment_181064 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.
April 17, 201411 yr comment_181196 Rush has always ran on 9 swings ride cycles since it 1st opened Then why does it seem so much shorter this season?
April 17, 201411 yr comment_181201 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.
April 18, 201411 yr comment_181225 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
April 18, 201411 yr comment_181256 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.
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