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- From: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Re: KUMBA (was Re: TOP GUN -- The Rides)
- Date: 18 Dec 1992 15:45:48 GMT
- Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH (USA)
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- References: <71921@cup.portal.com> <1992Dec10.143455.625@engage.pko.dec.com>
- Reply-To: pab@po.CWRU.Edu (Pete Babic)
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- In a previous article, Tom_-_Obszanski@cup.portal.com () says:
- >
- >I noticed that about Kumba also, though I forgot to mention it. I assume
- >that all blocking will be done on the lift-hill and brake-run at the end of
- >the ride. If a train is still on the track before it hits the brake run, a
- >train is loading in the station, and one is on the lift-hill, I suppose
- >there's going to be a trainload of people stopped on the lift for a while
- >before the train clears the first set of brakes. Either that, or we're
- >going to have a train loading, a train sitting on the brake-run, and one out
- >on the track. Either way, it's better than the ride disrupting mid-course
- >brakes!
-
- There can be mid-course brakes that are used only for blocking purposes. In
- other words they can be completely off during normal operation, the train
- speed is not modified, and only come on for emergency blocking use.
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