CantStopCabron Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Sort of a random question to be asking at this time of night before opening day, but did they ever get those dreaded brakes on The Beast fixed? Man that stunk last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadow2k3 Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Yea, they did fix The Beast's brakes. They did it before the start of last season. Last time I remember riding it, it would slow down pretty hard in some places.... although it's been awhile since I rode The Beast. ~Shadow~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanner Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Yea, they did fix The Beast's brakes. They did it before the start of last season. Last time I remember riding it, it would slow down pretty hard in some places.... although it's been awhile since I rode The Beast. ~Shadow~ I think he meant did they fix them so they don't slow the ride down as much? No ones sure if they did probably because no ones ridden it yet! Plus I didn't think they were bad last year anyways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantStopCabron Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 I could have sworn (well, I guess I have) that the brakes were still there last year. Hmm... I guess your right. I am a newbie on the site (hate that name), so I guess you are right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WildCat Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 I hope they fixed the Brakes I haded slowing down in some parts of the ride and then picking up speed. Why did they have to put the new brakes in on The Beast? Yes I know it crashed in the station but if the person running the ride would have looked. I am just asking what happend? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Losing Streak Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 It wasn't a matter of looking, it was that the old brakes just pushed up on the bottom of the car, and it had rained, so they were wet, and the train slid into the other one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastfreak Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Definetly wasn't an operator error, it was weather related. The wet brakes simply couldn't stop the train in time but it had slowed it down to about 5mph. I'm sure they will tweek the brakes through out the year or already have since they retracked the first turn out of the tunnel. We'll just have to wait and see come tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return_of_Yogi Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Listen I cant see PKI ever doing something to HURT it's signature ride. maybe HELp but never HURT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CantStopCabron Posted April 11, 2003 Author Share Posted April 11, 2003 They did. Not on purpose though. Safety. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 It actually was running faster than ever guys. The brakes just make it look a lot slower, it is helping it stay alive longer, they can't afford to redo it every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Return_of_Yogi Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 see it didnt hurt it after all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiSK Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 whoa whoa whoa.. it crashed? Man, where have I been? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teenageninja Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 For one thing it was in October, it was more of a bump than a crash, no one was injured, but the ride was closed a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coasterfan Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 OK. First the old fin brakes didn't push up on the car, they pushed together and grabbed a fin that stuck down from the bottom of the train and second it wasn't the rain that caused the crash. I've ridden it in the rain hundreds of times and it always stopped on the dime. SOB still has fins so if that was the case it would have had problems and The Beast would have had one long before it's 23 running year. Personally, I liked the fins much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Picard Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 (edited) http://www.coasterbuzz.com/2003-29-910941.htm it was the rain and it did not have fin brakes before 2002 Edited January 1, 1970 by captain picard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beastfreak Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 The Beast always had "sleigh brakes" meaning they rubbed agains the bottom of the car to stop them. Then after the crash they added a mixture of fin and magnetic brakes. The magnetic are only trim brakes while the fin brakes are the MCB and station brakes. SOB has fin brakes cause they are fine, it was just the "sleigh brakes" on The Beast that can be less safe when wet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonLord Posted April 11, 2003 Share Posted April 11, 2003 Hmm... I coudl have sworn the accident was operator error. Oh well... They have done some work on the off season, like retrack the ride. It's supposed to help make The Beast go as fast as it used to (faster maybe?). This is normal maintence, though, so I have no idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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