General Discussion - Hagrid's Magical Creature Motorbike Adventure

[v0latilebear]

Maintenance, stacking trains leading to a rolling stop, it might not be the best way to get the ride up in the morning, etc.

Thanks for the response, I work in building automation and for a lot of the chiller plants I control we do a 3 plus 1 setup. Three max chillers at any time and 1 backup in case of a failure. I’m imagining coaster trains would be similar.

 

[SkiBum]

I have stated this before but the only way to improve reliability any further would be to eliminate the drop tracks. Create a way to slowly slide backwards and down (controlled braking and high-level theming plus an animatronic) and then transfer track to align with the forward sections. However, it seems like the drop-track is starting to finally behave and thus hopefully no change is required.

 

[v0latilebear]

I have stated this before but the only way to improve reliability any further would be to eliminate the drop tracks. Create a way to slowly slide backwards and down (controlled braking and high-level theming plus an animatronic) and then transfer track to align with the forward sections. However, it seems like the drop-track is starting to finally behave and thus hopefully no change is required.

Busch Gardens Williamsburg has Verbolten with the same drop track and has been running pretty good for a while now, now they don’t have all the other things Hagrids has that have to be timed to work, but the drop track does work fine.

 

[sonoma15]

Busch Gardens Williamsburg has Verbolten with the same drop track and has been running pretty good for a while now, now they don’t have all the other things Hagrids has that have to be timed to work, but the drop track does work fine.

Verbolten does not use the same drop track as Hagrid. Verbolten is manufactured by Zierer and Hagrid is manufactured by Intamin. Personally I feel the drop on Verbolten is a bit more intense but the theming on Hagrid makes up for it.

 

[v0latilebear]

Verbolten does not use the same drop track as Hagrid. Verbolten is manufactured by Zierer and Hagrid is manufactured by Intamin. Personally I feel the drop on Verbolten is a bit more intense but the theming on Hagrid makes up for it.

Wow didn’t know that thought they were the same