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^That is probably what it is, but they definitely aren't connected to each other on the actual support itself.

Dave said:
The weird section of track on Goliath at SFMM is always odd. Where it didn't line up and they had to fill it with a tiny bit of track.

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I swear I've never noticed that before. Now I have something to look for next time lol. I wonder if titian has the same bit of track too? :?
 
How about an open top water support base? :?

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Laser also has a cutout in one of the lift supports to allow for wheel clearance :lol: (cannot find the pic for the life of me)
 
Thekingin64 said:
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What About this support on Grand Canyon at Fraispertuis City?
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I guess it's built that way because it sits on top of the tunnel & needs to distribute the load across that beam. Nice find. :)

Xpress said:
How about an open top water support base? :?
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Actually very common on German traveling coasters, especially on Schwarzkopf models.
 
^^ I love those bricks holding that support up, it really screams "safe!!" :lol:

(Yes, I know German traveling coasters are really well upkept and stuff)
 
Another coaster that has always struck me as odd is Twister at Knoebels. The lift hill is just sort of awkward the way it is in two parts that are directly above/below each other.
http://www.coastergallery.com/1999/K08.html -Image from the lower lift of it.



Also, Desperado. The location is just bizarre. It's built around a casino over a giant parking lot with a giant highway off to the side with no actual amusement park and just a neighboring log flume.
http://www.CoasterGallery.com/2007/Bills02.html



Also also, Joker's Jinx just looks too impossible to be a roller coaster. When you finally realize that you're looking at a coaster and not a sculpture, it's pretty awesome.
http://www.coastergallery.com/SF/SFA05.html


And you know, I've always found G-Force and whatever that other coaster with the upside down lift hill to be odd. I'm not brilliant with European coasters.
 
East Coast(er) General said:
Xpress said:
How about an open top water support base? :?
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Actually very common on German traveling coasters, especially on Schwarzkopf models.
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Are they made specifically for water? I always presumed they were made for gravel.
 
s15c said:
Another coaster that has always struck me as odd is Twister at Knoebels. The lift hill is just sort of awkward the way it is in two parts that are directly above/below each other.
http://www.coastergallery.com/1999/K08.html -Image from the lower lift of it.
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Twister has a very strange lift indeed, but it was built that way in order to save space and keep the ride relatively compact.
 
East Coast(er) General said:
Xpress said:
How about an open top water support base? :?
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Actually very common on German traveling coasters, especially on Schwarzkopf models.
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I could have sworn I saw them with a lid ontop to keep the water in from vibrations and whatever method of escape Murphy may allow for.
 
Jer said:
I cannot believe no one pointed out these strange supports on Powder Keg:
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Powdet Keg was a replacement coaster, they probably wanted to re-use as many of the footers as they could, thus the far-reaching supports.

In fact, some of the track is recycled too, yet has a different spine. That probably also looks weird at the joining sections too. I've never seen photos of those points
 
Well one is going to be the supports on the first drop. Not sure about the second.
 
It's the horizantal bars on the airtime hill that strike me as weird as weel as the supports on the first drop. Correct me if I'm wrong.
 
Wow. Can't believe I never noticed this. The front of the second and third cars don't have wheels. I mean, I can see how it would be practical because the trains are so short. And correct me if I'm wrong and this is a normal occurrence, I don't tend to look at the wheels of a train.

Couldn't find a Fahrenheit pic, but the one that shows up at the top when you're randomly browsing has one.
http://www.coastergallery.com/CP/Maverick12.jpg
 
^Nope, that's perfectly normal. I believe it's called a 'trailered' wheel assembly, where basically the back wheels of the car in front act as the front wheels for the train behind. This is the reason it has a zero-car, to be the first set of wheels.

It's not uncommon at all really, the Millennium Flyer trains use this system:

http://www.rcdb.com/4296.htm?p=23312

And so do the B&M sit-down trains to an extent:

http://www.rcdb.com/760.htm?p=10610

I couldn't really be bothered to think of loads of types of train, but it's certainly not uncommon.

As for why they use this system, I'm not exactly sure. I assume it would make the train more flexible, as each set of axles can move independently (if there were two axles on a car then they couldn't move relative to each other), but having said that, the Plug 'n' Play woodies don't seem to struggle with manoeuvrability, and they've got two boogies on each car (I think).

So hopefully I've answered your question somewhat.
 
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