GamesAndRides Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Are all of the trucks gone? Nope, still some in the service roads and backstage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoasterOhio Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Everything is under control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DegenRider Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Under control is what they want you to think. The aliens got out of stasis. 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thedevariouseffect Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Fitting 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamesAndRides Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 We will most likely know what happens if/when Kings Island releases a press release later today/tonight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Good to see that incident this is over. It will be interesting to (perhaps) learn what the problem was in the coming hours/days. The media will definitely seek an explanation after getting reports of a fire. Flight of Fear uses a large capacitor bank to supply a lot of energy at once for the launch. High-energy components can burn and produce a lot of smoke when they fail. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 I blame the Aliens. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB_TOM Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 No smoke has been reported leaving the building. I'm thinking, if anything, a small electrical fire or someone lit a trash can on fire 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
upstop Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Interesting how WCPO had to add "This is not the first time that a Kings Island ride malfunctioned and raised concerns." and S.O.B to the news story to add filler to their report. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiocolts Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 From FOX 19's Twitter. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Interesting how WCPO had to add "This is not the first time that a Kings Island ride malfunctioned and raised concerns." and S.O.B to the news story to add filler to their report.Sensationalism and filler is part of the business. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DontWantToWait42mar0 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamesAndRides Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 So was the motor to the LIMs or something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Just a reminder to everyone. Posting screenshots is fine, but quotes with links to the source are much better, especially since most search engines can't read images. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Any official word yet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly. Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GamesAndRides Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Any official word yet? We probably wont see that until Kings Island Releases a Press Statement/Release Later Today or Tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Hopefully it's back up and running soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thrill_Biscuit Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it? My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly. Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon. Does Kings Island have spare motors at the park or do they have to call up Premier and order one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Yep, just a single component. The LIM electrical motors on this ride are like the ones Matt from KI maintenance showed us last year at the KIC event. Flight of Fear has about 30 of them, if I recall correctly. Hopefully they will have the bad one replaced soon. Has the park officially said that it's a LIM? Just remember that there are more than a handful of electrical motors in the entire apparatus. Everything from LIMs to moving lights to the metal gates. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XjoshhyX Posted June 2, 2014 Author Share Posted June 2, 2014 In the arcade, don't see them anymore from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SOB_TOM Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 There are more motors on fof than just the lim motors. Keep that in mind. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diamondbacker Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 The news helicopters are here still. Kinda creepy if you ask me 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shark6495 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Could be a vacuum cleaners motor as well Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it? My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment! This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter........... Que the X-Files theme! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malem Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 There are more motors on fof than just the lim motors. Keep that in mind. Has the park officially said that it's a LIM? Just remember that there are more than a handful of electrical motors in the entire apparatus. Everything from LIMs to moving lights to the metal gates. Nope, I just inferred from the Mason reports of an "electrical motor" smoking. The LIMs certainly have the capability to fail more spectacularly than the others. (Drive motors, platform gate as you mentioned, etc) I shouldn't have assumed, though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoddaH1994 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it? My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment! This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter...........Que the X-Files theme! You could have made a FOF joke, or Outer Limits joke, or an Ancient Aliens joke... Yet you chose X Files... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB1 Posted June 2, 2014 Share Posted June 2, 2014 Aliens? What, some UFO hovered in over FOF and fired its mysterious, blue laser at it? My avatar pleads the (galactic) Fifth Amendment! This sounds like a job for the Executive U.F.O. Hunter...........Que the X-Files theme! You could have made a FOF joke, or Outer Limits joke, or an Ancient Aliens joke... Yet you chose X Files... Better yet, who couldn't? Heck, I'd rather make a Doctor Who allusion! (BB1, heading for the TARDIS door) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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