Actually a pretty valid idea. It's becoming increasingly more trusted on major civil engineering projects (buildings/bridges/pylons/railways/etc) - much quicker and safer, and the camera technology (resolutions, filters for infrared, image processing algorithms, repeatability, etc) are becoming so good that it's an amazing first step. You can very quickly hone in on "okay, this is the bit we need to send a person up to" - rather than "guess you're inspecting the entire structure by eye".
Not bulletproof just yet, but getting there.
LSM launches with their beefy power supply, a chain lift, several sets of block brakes, literal miles of track with every sensor that entails, all having to communicate with a central ride system with parts spread across the entire park. Just imagine how many miles of wiring will be associated with this coaster. And then the wear and tear of the trains and tracks with such ludicrious speeds involved. At desert temperatures. A coaster is a system with a lot of things that can go wrong, and the conditions for operating is that none of them go wrong. Falcon's Flight has both more things going on than usual, and an operational situation that tends to cause stuff to go wrong.So I get Falcons Flights is a crazy, innovative, mind boggling coaster project. But aren't these "technical elements" just LSM launches? Which have been used for years. The coaster might get through a few wheels more quickly than the average coaster and have to run in much higher temparatures. But surely a ride like Voltron is much more complicated than this? Idk, I feel like it will be fine.
All sounds fine to me. They will smash itLSM launches with their beefy power supply, a chain lift, several sets of block brakes, literal miles of track with every sensor that entails, all having to communicate with a central ride system with parts spread across the entire park. Just imagine how many miles of wiring will be associated with this coaster. And then the wear and tear of the trains and tracks with such ludicrious speeds involved. At desert temperatures. A coaster is a system with a lot of things that can go wrong, and the conditions for operating is that none of them go wrong. Falcon's Flight has both more things going on than usual, and an operational situation that tends to cause stuff to go wrong.
Good! Just don't let Zamperla get their mits on it, we all know how that will end!Update today from Diary of a RollerCoaster Girl - some serious work ongoing
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