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Carowinds: General Discussion

I think the fact it is a like for like replacement all but confirms that the root cause was probably a dogey weld.
 
DistortAMG said:
I think the fact it is a like for like replacement all but confirms that the root cause was probably a dogey weld.
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Or maybe it could have been something like subsidence?

Either way, I agree that the fact that the support has been replaced like-for-like would suggest that the issue was not caused by anything to do with the ride forces or the support’s original design.
 
Matt N said:
Or maybe it could have been something like subsidence?

Either way, I agree that the fact that the support has been replaced like-for-like would suggest that the issue was not caused by anything to do with the ride forces or the support’s original design.
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Doubtful. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think they did any work to thr footer, which pretty much rules subsidence out. As the subsidence and footer would have needed fixing before they bolted a new support to it.
 
DistortAMG said:
Doubtful. Correct me if I am wrong, but I don't think they did any work to thr footer, which pretty much rules subsidence out. As the subsidence and footer would have needed fixing before they bolted a new support to it.
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Ah, that’s a fair point. Ignore my previous comment, then!
 
DistortAMG said:
I think the fact it is a like for like replacement all but confirms that the root cause was probably a dogey weld.
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I can only apologise for my pedantics...and every day is a school day.
Dogey...american expression for a motherless calf.
Could that be a dodgy weld?
 
rob666 said:
I can only apologise for my pedantics...and every day is a school day.
Dogey...american expression for a motherless calf.
Could that be a dodgy weld?
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Its fine. I'm confused what do you mean? I'm a bit slow today. You'll have to excuse me.

Islander said:
Do we know it's a like for like replacement, aside from appearance?
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Good point, no we don't. But it certainly appears to be. They could have used a stronger steel. But, considering the original crack originated from the weld and not work has been carried out on the footer. Would suggest this. Even if they used a stronger grade steel, it would possibly make no difference seeing as it was a weld and not the actual support that failed. If that makes sense.
 
DistortAMG said:
Its fine. I'm confused what do you mean? I'm a bit slow today. You'll have to excuse me.



Good point, no we don't. But it certainly appears to be. They could have used a stronger steel. But, considering the original crack originated from the weld and not work has been carried out on the footer. Would suggest this. Even if they used a stronger grade steel, it would possibly make no difference seeing as it was a weld and not the actual support that failed. If that makes sense.
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Completely off topic...sorry...but you typed "dogey weld" instead of "dodgy weld".
I am a sad word juggler who already knew that a dogey is a motherless calf.
In playing word of the week this afternoon, one of my punters not only knew what a dogey was, but told me that Roy Rogers sang about one, which ties us back in nicely with an american theme park.
So if they are using motherless calves as welders, no wonder they have problems.
 
Rob said:
Nighthawk is no real loss, a brutal ride with a terrible throughput!
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Yeh I rode it a couple of years ago and it is utter garbage, like riding a shopping trolley down a flight of stairs. It took me a bit by surprise as I’d ridden Firehawk only a couple of years earlier and that one was alright.
 
Get them in the CaroBIN, I say.

Although it will be a shame to lose another Intamin Giant Drop as I find they are rather punchy. Still, presumably it had some issues since it was closed on our visit earlier in the year.

Nighthawk was gash. On a completely dead day it still manages to get a 30-40 minute queue, partly down to its location near the entrance I imagine but the throughput and reliability these days is dreadful. They only appear to run it on 1 train and even then there were multiple seats out of order on different rows.

I agree it’ll be sad to see a Schwarzkopf Enterprise go but maybe it’ll be transferred somewhere else?
 
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