jcgoble3 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 What's a face palm? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungStud Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 That's just weird bro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBEASTunchained Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Lots of activity going on this morning, way back where the old trams are located... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fanofFirehawk Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 How can you tell? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonbackandbeastlover Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The fogs really dense this morning. Clifford is barley visible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Seems like Wookiepedia is run by Jeff Putz... Interesting.. The minute you only follow one values demographics and thoughts...you basically don't open up to new ideas...just saying..Pretty lame I'd say 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Does Raptor have sand in the tracks or not? I'm assuming no bc you can hear it throughout the whole park, but am wondering bc I am curious if Banshee will sound similar to Raptor.I remember hearing/reading something from Don where he said Banshee would NOT be sand filled. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoe124 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 B&M fills their track with sand sometimes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidw Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 most of the time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Yes, filling the rails with sand prevents the sound from echoing withink the hollow box support making the distinctive roar you hear as the train moves through the course. Without sand in the rails=loud, sand in the rails=no sound like Gatekeeper over the front gate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventuro Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 They have repositioned the Dback webcam as well as the Soak City one, and it looks like they're assembling a support for the first drop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thoe124 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Yes, filling the rails with sand prevents the sound from echoing withink the hollow box support making the distinctive roar you hear as the train moves through the course. Without sand in the rails=loud, sand in the rails=no sound like Gatekeeper over the front gateSo Diamondback has sand, and Banshee might not and sound like raptor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadMaverick Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 It's a lovely sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adventuro Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 As long as it's not as loud as mantis I don't care Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Does anyone have a picture of Banshee either from the midway or I-71? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HTCO Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The wheels also play a factor in sound. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I've never heard of parks filling the track pieces with sand... Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought sand was only added to supports, if that. Somewhere, I can't find them now, there are pictures of them filling Maverick's supports with sand during construction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 What Intamin has done is radically different than what B&M does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coaster_junky Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 That didn't help my confusion on the subject... I know that Maverick is an Intamin, just as Banshee is B&M, that doesn't mean that the two use different methods to damper the sound the trains make navigating the course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YoungStud Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Seems like Wookiepedia is run by Jeff Putz... Interesting.. The minute you only follow one values demographics and thoughts...you basically don't open up to new ideas...just saying..Pretty lame I'd say Count me out on that. Not even worth my time to troll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I've never heard of parks filling the track pieces with sand... Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought sand was only added to supports, if that. Somewhere, I can't find them now, there are pictures of them filling Maverick's supports with sand during construction. I could be wrong but I thought I heard someone say that Diamondback's track was filled with sand to quiet it but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 As long as it's not as loud as mantis I don't care Yeah Mantis is very loud. I came to realize that that was the sound I heard throughout the park Saturday and not so much Raptor. Raptor is very audible on and near the midway though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I like how loud Mantis is, to me thats just a really nice sound..Plus from an operational standpoint when you learn everything about the ride layout, it easily can tell you where it is haha. B&M fills the tubular rails and the box section of the track, as for supports for what I understand are hollow and sealed prior to delivery. DB has nothing to do with sound, it's the wheels that they have used on the ride that have made the ride quieter than what it truly could be 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funpark Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 The park does have neighbors... That's why I often feel the way I do about many people. The park was there before a lot of those houses were even built. So I think I am going to have a new house built and there is some nice property right buy this amusement park. After I move in I am going to complain about all the noise the comes from the park. I just love people like that. I know it happens all the time though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gad198 Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I've never heard of parks filling the track pieces with sand... Maybe I'm missing something, but I thought sand was only added to supports, if that. The roar from B&M coasters is mostly sound resonating through the support. I asked this specific question in the Montu behind-the-scenes tour and the gentleman working the tour (the head of maintenance) said that the sound comes almost solely from the support. When we walked up the steps just shy of the MCBR platform we were standing right next to a support and you could hear the roar buzzing directly from the support. You can see the steps we were on if you click the link below: http://rcdb.com/87.htm?p=28083 Stand right next to that big first drop support next to the walkway on Diamondback and you'll hear the roar. There's a reason you can still hear Diamondback from outside the park when it's running down the bottom of those first few big drops. It takes a lot of force and a really large amplifier to be able to produce that kind of sound, and the supports are the only mechanism capable of transmitting that kind of sound. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 ^^People will be people... I see this way too much everyday and yup, sound starts at the track, support is basically a giant speaker. Eliminate the sound at the source and slap some wheels on, nice and quiet. It blows me away how Gatekeeper has practically no noise at all if you have ever been by with no music on, no crowds, ect..Only noise is the occasional wheel running over the track sections and the rollbacks moving around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kat Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 ^^People will be people... I see this way too much everyday and yup, sound starts at the track, support is basically a giant speaker. Eliminate the sound at the source and slap some wheels on, nice and quiet. It blows me away how Gatekeeper has practically no noise at all if you have ever been by with no music on, no crowds, ect..Only noise is the occasional wheel running over the track sections and the rollbacks moving around It is quiet when you're not right by it or on it. If you're at the front gate when it goes over head it's audible. Not very audible though. Raptor is way more audible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Looks like the first support for the drop is almost done, only needs the top section and they can hang track. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RailRider Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 Here goes the cap section 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 I really wish they did live webcams like CP does..and these webcams were accesible on a .mil network Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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