rcbob Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I was viewing some POV of The Beast through the years and notice sometime after 2010 the train takes an additional 32-35 seconds to go up the first lift hill, any reason for this? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcgoble3 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The first lift hill varies in speed due to the blocking system. As soon as the train hits the hill, the lift slows down and proceeds at a crawl until the train in front has cleared the second lift. When that happens, the first lift speeds up. Depending on when the train in front clears the second lift, the time needed to climb the first lift can vary by quite a bit. So you probably found POVs with the train in front (which wouldn't be visible in the video) being at different positions on the course, and thus clearing the lift at different times relative to the camera train's position. 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkroz Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 It's actually kind of a fun feature. Very dramatic at the beginning with how slowly it creeps up the hill, then suddenly it picks up speed big time. Feels like a little bit of a launch compared to the crawl it started at, and that always catches people by surprise and makes people start getting excited. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outdoor Man Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well, come on, The Beast is practically an old man at 36. Heck, I started slowing down once i hit 30. The 30's were a blur... now into my 40's... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medford Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I thought someone on here, I thought at the start of last season compared a POV that the park released of The Beast while they were updating POVs for many rides with the opening of Banshee to a POV from The Beast's early life, I want to say the 2nd season maybe. Comparing the 2 showed that The Beast pretty much runs the same time intervals today, as it did back when it was new, or relatively new. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 He's talking about JUST the lifthill. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cody Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm pretty certain that The Beast today is a bit different than when it first opened. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm of the opinion that they should spread out the dispatches so the trains go up the first lift a bit quicker. The ride feels more fluid to me when its done like that. I think the slow lift kind of diminishes the anticipation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm pretty certain that The Beast today is a bit different than when it first opened. More so in the trains, controls, type of braking, and lifthill speed than anything else. Racer has actually changed far more than Beast. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamonbackandbeastlover Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 I'm of the opinion that they should spread out the dispatches so the trains go up the first lift a bit quicker. The ride feels more fluid to me when its done like that. I think the slow lift kind of diminishes the anticipation. if they did this stacking would happen more often. And wouldn't get you from the final brake run right into the station. I think dispatches right now are fine and alot of people like the slow lift hill. Gives more anticipation. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 The only way to spread out dispatches is to have fewer of them. Less capacity. Longer waits. Boo! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver2005 Posted September 24, 2015 Share Posted September 24, 2015 Well, conversely, I don't like when it stops on the first lift either if they're too close together because that really kills the anticipation (unless its purposefully part of the ride experience like on a B&M dive coaster). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 These clownshoes are making things up man. What I heard directly from the head engineer at coastercon 89 was that the real Beast actually scares the lifthill into slowing down. I am more willing to believe that, from the ringleader's mouth, than some silly tinfoil hat theories about brake blocks and what have yous... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Ollie Linden tell you that? Or was it Jeff Gramke? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Existential Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 You might know by the year man...I was too young then...cmon I just remember him yelling at me to quit trying to tip over the podium. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted September 25, 2015 Share Posted September 25, 2015 Way to make an old guy feel old. Terp, who was in his mid-thirties back then... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoraX Posted September 26, 2015 Share Posted September 26, 2015 I think it going up the lift hill slowly is fine. If it's going up slowly, the crew is hustling and there is no stacking. Of course I am a bit partial to the crew, but think the crew is really awesome. Sent from my SM-G860P using Tapatalk 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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