paige Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 Skyhawk is a great screaming swing and the noise is so quite compared to rush. I love the sound of Rush's hydraulics though it must be said Then again, I just love Rush. J.S217, MattyMoo and Olistjj 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzellio Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 I would never want a quieter version of Rush. The sheer anger of the sound it makes is a lovely thing. It says "ride me if you dare, but I'm not going to have mercy". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluk Posted August 3, 2014 Report Share Posted August 3, 2014 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. Knowing this, what I've always wondered is why is the computer programmed to care about the synch? My presumption is the structure could not handle the force of both swings going in the same direction on the same side and simply fall over? But we know the ride can and does operate on one swing, so it's not that the ride needs to counter balance itself entirely. So there should not be a problem unless the ride is ever powering itself in the same direction on the same 'half' of the ride - a situation it is surely not going to get into during a 4 swing duration. So is the computer frantically trying to overcome a problem that isn't going to happen in the programmed time, or am I not understanding something about the mechanics or physics of what the ride is doing? TPJames 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted August 5, 2014 Report Share Posted August 5, 2014 Maybe it's margin of error programmed in is too tight - if they gave it a larger margin of error then the ride wouldn't want to try and correct itself so quickly and therefore not end up an unsynced (and broken) mess? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GladiatorFanKyle Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Guys I'm FINALLY gonna brave Rush tomorrow and I was wondering if I pull my safety bar in as far as it can go (pin myself in) I should feel very safe and secure right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Right. You get quite a bit of airtime too! GladiatorFanKyle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 The objective is to get the bar as loose as possible so you fly out of your seat. Its only fun if you get swing A, try and avoid swing B its far too boring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 The objective is to get the bar as loose as possible so you fly out of your seat. Its only fun if you get swing A, try and avoid swing B its far too boring. Thorpe Park Mania does not condone such actions as having your bar as far up as possible. That sort of action, could lead to serious consequences... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Sorry I phrased that wrong have it as tight as possible so you cant breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark9 Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 Sorry I phrased that wrong have it as tight as possible so you cant breath. Wouldn't that be more appropriate then to go flying off towards Storm Surge. Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 28, 2014 Report Share Posted August 28, 2014 I guess so, you would have to be trying to get out the seat though. I suppose you could use secret option 3 of have the bar normally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coaster Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I often try to leave a small bit of space on restraints for airtime, but wouldn't think of making it unsafe. With that said, I pull them down as far as possible on Rush and Slammer! paige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 With that said, I pull them down as far as possible on Rush and Slammer! I don't. If I pull my restraint down too much on (say) Rush, for the whole ride I'm just pinned to the back of a rock-solid seat, which is painfully in contact with the base of my spine for the whole ride! So alternatively, I just allow a little room between me and the restraint and enjoy the airtime! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Yeah I always try to leave a little gap on Rush, but there's not much point recently because the swings don't get that high anymore Though on Slammer I pin myself down to avoid certain death... Kerfuffle 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 With regards to lap bars on Rush and Slammer, I feel the need to have them pretty tight but when they're too tight it gets awfully painful for me and I often find myself asking the host to undo my restraint again (not to be awkward- just that I have bruised my hips before as a result of pushing the restraints a bit too far down!) Got some pretty decent airtime on Rush on thursday though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 Yeah I always try to leave a little gap on Rush, but there's not much point recently because the swings don't get that high anymore Though on Slammer I pin myself down to avoid certain death... Ride swing A, the closest to the control box(Green and yellow colours). This gets a decent amount of height, although maybe as not much as it used to however completely beats Swing B by the air gates which doesn't even get to 90degrees anymore. Shame really needs to be fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I think its time for Rush's 3 year major check up from S&S so hopefully it will get checked over the closed season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kerfuffle Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I can't really understand though why the ride hasn't been swinging as high as it always has been! When I went for my last day before GCSEs, it was only swinging up to a right angle, rather than slightly beyond that like normal. I'm pretty sure it's been like that since then... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 I think its a mix of the odd computer glitch/ swing B being braked all the time and a bad set up in the cables. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altitude Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 TPJames, that's the side I went on last, and I wasn't satisfied... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPJames Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 TPJames, that's the side I went on last, and I wasn't satisfied... Well swing A is reaching about 20degrees higher than the other swing... I enjoy rush at the moment on swing A however on swing B I find it really boring, I hope they can fix both swings so they reach the 100degrees(around and abouts) that they used to as I'm sure swing A is getting 90degrees and swing B is getting about 60/70degrees Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 the seats on rush are too deep to fall out... I've tried keeping mine as loose as possible, but obviously if it's too loose the operators would realize and would push it in. as for slammer I make sure the lap bar is sufficiently tight, but hate the shoulder restraints so have it (if I really tried) that I could get my shoulders out aha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paige Posted August 30, 2014 Report Share Posted August 30, 2014 TPJames, that's the side I went on last, and I wasn't satisfied... I actually had a pretty decent cycle on swing A on Thursday. Still short as anything though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldFarmerDean Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 Swing A still running well... went on at the end of the day with a few minutes to go til closing, and there was noone in the queue and could have sworn I got a longer cycle than usual (or the cycle length I used to remember having when visiting back in 2009/10/11/12), and as they'd closed the chain they asked if everyone wanted to go again so noone got off, after like 30 seconds wait (not sure if the ride had to reset) we were off again although felt like a shorter normal cycle again... anyone else had this, so confused, as someone said on here it's a set cycle, they can't change it!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Project LC Posted September 17, 2014 Report Share Posted September 17, 2014 The cycle cant be changed by Thorpe, or at least I don't think it can. I believe that S&S can change some of the set up to make it slightly longer or shorter by 1 swing but they are restricted because of the air cylinders and how long they take to pressurise again. OldFarmerDean 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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