Drayton Manor Park

[Haz]

Worth noting it didn’t stall once last season.

 

[DistortAMG]

Worth noting it didn’t stall once last season.

Exactly, which leads me to think they have changed something which has started causing issues.

 

[Themeparksandy1981]

Exactly, which leads me to think they have changed something which has started causing issues.

I remember some vloggers saying that they tweaked the launch speed over the closed season so it launches faster but it must be causing the ride to have failed launches.

 

[DistortAMG]

Yeah I dont think it can be called a design flaw as others have suggested, as the thing worked fine last season, its only since something has been adjusted that the issues seem to have arisen.

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Yep.
It’s the intamin curse alright ……

it is a fairly standard ride now given what they have built, and others have said it’s not launch related so god knows what’s causing the issue.

All parks should build b&m going forward - although they to have issues from time to time

I mean in fairness to Intamin, if they went ahead and built a fairly basic single lift hill coaster, it would probably run reliably aswell. Part of B&M's reliability comes from the fact they keep their rides fairly simple. Intamin on the other hand usually have multiple switch tracks, multiple launches and or complex launch systems (RITA) which make the rides fair more ambitious than most B&Ms, but also make them much more complex.

 

[Jb85]

Yeah I dont think it can be called a design flaw as others have suggested, as the thing worked fine last season, its only since something has been adjusted that the issues seem to have arisen.

I mean in fairness to Intamin, if they went ahead and built a fairly basic single lift hill coaster, it would probably run reliably aswell. Part of B&M's reliability comes from the fact they keep their rides fairly simple. Intamin on the other hand usually have multiple switch tracks, multiple launches and or complex launch systems (RITA) which make the rides fair more ambitious than most B&Ms, but also make them much more complex.
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It was said in gesticulation but you are right - Intamin have been extremely daring in what they have tried to achieve with their rides. More so than any other manufacturer.

 

[DistortAMG]

It was said in gesticulation but you are right - Intamin have been extremely daring in what they have tried to achieve with their rides. More so than any other manufacturer.

Fair enough. I still agree with you though mate, there reliability is crap.