I've been wanting to ask this question for a long time, How does Millennium Force's lift hill work? I have no idea what this does either.
Millennium Forces's chain lift
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Cardsandcoasters
, Jun 14 2008 07:07 PM
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coastermaniac
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Posted 14 June 2008 - 07:16 PM
I don't know if i'm right but oh well...A cable lift a catch car that...catch the car and pull it all the way to the top. Once the train is realeased the cable wind back so the catch car go back to the beginning of the lift. And then it starts back. And that mechanism is problably just to give more strengh to the cable like gear on knex coasters. Hope this helped.
edit: a little pic to help
the catch car is the blue line and in fact it's just a normal chain that can move in the two direction.
edit: a little pic to help
the catch car is the blue line and in fact it's just a normal chain that can move in the two direction.
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Posted 14 June 2008 - 07:22 PM
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Posted 14 June 2008 - 07:26 PM
The mechanism pictured is there to take strain off of the cable more to avoid a breakage.
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Posted 15 June 2008 - 07:02 AM
Like pulleys and mechanical advantage?
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 07:41 PM
^^^ Man you eat long dinners! 
But anyway. why is MF the only coaster to use this system? (I think)
But anyway. why is MF the only coaster to use this system? (I think)
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 08:06 PM
^Its not (I think).
Dont all Intamin Giga's use this?
Dont all Intamin Giga's use this?
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TripleHelix
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 08:14 PM
I know Piraten, Kawasemi, and El Toro also have cable lifts, dunno about others.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 08:14 PM
There's only one giga coaster, but most hypers/mega lites use cable lifts. Most of the Prefabs use them too.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 08:23 PM
I have no idea what this does either.
Those are just gears for the cable to run on but don't really do anything but keep the cable in line with the lift.
it's basically a long catch cable atachted to a really long wire that runs on a wheel that rotates to drag the cable up and down.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 09:09 PM
Goliath at Walibi world has a cable lift I think.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 09:53 PM
As Well as EGF. Word5
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 09:56 PM
Goliath, GeForce, Thunder Dolphin(I believe), the two mega-lites, as well as El Toro and T Express use cable lifts.
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Posted 19 June 2008 - 11:10 PM
I'm pretty sure Superman Ride of Steel in SF New England has one. I love hw we're all naming off coasters with cable lifts.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 02:42 AM
Nope...I'm pretty sure Superman Ride of Steel in SF New England has one. I love hw we're all naming off coasters with cable lifts.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 09:00 AM
Superman has a chain... like Gump just proved
The reason why MF/inventor of the cable lift used one is because a chain would be extremely heavy and costly. A cable is a lot lighter and doesnt add strain to the structure.
The reason why MF/inventor of the cable lift used one is because a chain would be extremely heavy and costly. A cable is a lot lighter and doesnt add strain to the structure.
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coastergeekrtc
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 09:44 AM
Doesn't add AS MUCH strain on the structure as chain does. Still adds stress to the structure.
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Cardsandcoasters
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 10:58 AM
^Yes, but not NEARLY as much. MF's chain is all cable until the chain part that is a little longer than the train.
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Posted 20 June 2008 - 11:36 AM
There is no chain part, it is a catch car. And I was noting that the cable still adds stress to the structure just as a train does when it is on the track and same goes if a person is on lift. It may not add notable stress, but anything that applies a force to the structure affects the structure.
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Posted 21 June 2008 - 08:27 AM
Which is the basic idea of statics.It may not add notable stress, but anything that applies a force to the structure affects the structure.
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