12-12-2005, 02:05 PM
|  | Minetrain Poster | | Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Derby Age: 22
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| | | What happens when you E-stop your ride
Simply what happens when you e-stop / have you ever had to use the e stop in an emegency. I run a largeish rollercoaster at a local park and i had a child jump a fence. I still dont know how becase is a very high fence and not easy to clime and had to e-stop. Boy did i have a go at the kid.
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12-12-2005, 02:41 PM
| | Wooden Poster | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Richmond Va Age: 21
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| | well I work on volcano LIM coaster ok this how this works. When the E stop is engaged the lims will completely cut of, Launch,load,unload, station etc. The train that is approaching the launch area will come to a complete stop. Its so funny seeing people ride volcano in the front row and I E stop the ride because some one unbuckled there seat belt, and people know its suppose to launch. The people on the train are all happy shouting "YEAH!" "HERE WE GO" they have there hands raised. it kills me there still not moving there faces are still like  lol.
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12-12-2005, 03:14 PM
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| | | Ok. I worked Talon (a b&m invert) and when you press the estop, the brakes close and if there is a train on the lift, it stops immediately. We haven't had to press it for purposes other than testing it thankfully.
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12-12-2005, 03:15 PM
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Originally Posted by WildeFyre If it's on a coaster the brakes close and any train running the course will come to a dead stop as soon as it hits the next brake segment. Alot of the time, the computer is re-set as well and requires mechanics to come fix it. | Same as the one i work with. the mechanics have to put the ride in manual mode and bring the trains back befor starting |
12-12-2005, 03:25 PM
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| | | well on the jackrabbit, at KW the lift hill just shuts off. And same for the racer. The lift hill just shuts off. I can only think of 2 incidences on the jack rabbit where we had to press e-stop. I don't wanna get all into why. Usually there's an e-stop when one train is still in the back of the station, and the other is at the top of the lift hill. The chain automatically shuts off. That happens because there is usually a slow person taking forever to exit the train.
At the racer the only time we have to press e-stop is if a train slides through the station and doesn't stop. That usually never happens unless ur on controls and not paying attention and forget to pull the check break, or you pull the breaks at the wrong time and the train slides through.
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12-12-2005, 03:32 PM
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| | | what offen happens at work on the flat rides is kids hit the estops as they exit a ride. All our rides have the a second estop of the platform and people cant resisted pressing a large red button. it happens about 2 to 3 times a day grrr. |
12-12-2005, 03:43 PM
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| | | The E Stop on CHILLER cut off the lims and closed the brakes. I did not hit the E Stop but the Robin train did stop in the initial launch track before. I forgot what happened if it was on the tower but I bet the LIMS up there even cut off, thus allowing the train to valley in the trough next to former onride cams and the Movietown Water Effect.
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12-12-2005, 03:47 PM
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| | | i have allways wondered what would happen with that type of ride |
12-12-2005, 06:06 PM
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| | | I think E-stops do pretty much the same thing for every roller coaster/circuit ride - stops every moving train at the next available brake run or lift.
On water rides such as Snake River Falls, it also shuts off the pumps to stop the water current.
Once, on Mean Streak, a guest actually reached out and hit one of the E-stop buttons in the ready brakes before the station. He was arrested.
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12-12-2005, 06:18 PM
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| | | Stops each train where it is unless in on the course then stops it in the first break run or on the lift.
The we have to do an evac.
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12-12-2005, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by Raptor Once, on Mean Streak, a guest actually reached out and hit one of the E-stop buttons in the ready brakes before the station. He was arrested. | Can you say "Harsh"? |
12-12-2005, 07:50 PM
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| | | Its called interfering with the safe operation of a ride, it's a criminal offense. |
12-12-2005, 08:06 PM
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| | | Someone did that on the break run on Top Gun this year. All the head people came up to the ride but nothing was done or said to the guy. They just let him walk off the ride.
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12-12-2005, 08:08 PM
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Originally Posted by LIM what offen happens at work on the flat rides is kids hit the estops as they exit a ride. All our rides have the a second estop of the platform and people cant resisted pressing a large red button. it happens about 2 to 3 times a day grrr. | thats weird that ur ride doesn't have a saftey switch. in Kiddieland all of the rides do. When the saftey is on, nothing works so if a kid presses a button nothing will happen. And on the swing around i know theres a saftey switch.
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12-12-2005, 09:56 PM
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| | | Estops always cut power to all actuators. Most rides stop but some swinging and spinning rides don't engauge brakes when estopped. They take longer to stop, sometimes over 30 minutes. | | Thread Tools | | | | Display Modes |  Linear Mode | 
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