[20XX] Euro Mir 2.0

[hogofwar]

That’s totally normal - front car of the train never spins.

Never spins on the lifthill? That's interesting, is there a reason for that?

 

[Islander]

Never spins on the lifthill? That's interesting, is there a reason for that?

Pretty sure it's to do with the ride safety envelope - as that front car is right next to the vertical steel support of the rotating drum (which 'catches' the wheel on the side of the train to pull the train up), I think riders in that front car would be at risk if they were to stick their arms out. Those in the subsequent cars don't have the same risk.

That's just conjecture, though.

 

[DiogoJ42]

Pretty sure it's to do with the ride safety envelope - as that front car is right next to the vertical steel support of the rotating drum (which 'catches' the wheel on the side of the train to pull the train up), I think riders in that front car would be at risk if they were to stick their arms out. Those in the subsequent cars don't have the same risk.

That's just conjecture, though.

That jives with what I've always assumed / heard from others.