eyeamthu1 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Hiya - just a very quick question - I'm doing a project on roller coaster design at university, and we're designing a GCII coaster... But we need one vital stat - the weight (mass) of a typical Millennium Flyer train (12 cars). Does anyone have a rough estimate as to what that figure may be, as I can't find the info anywhere online. I've tried emailing GCII, but just wondered if anyone knew, or could at least come up with a pretty good guess as to what it is! Thanks, Alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ^I would bet that GCI is reluctant to release such proprietary information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ^It's just a train weight, what's the kid going to do with it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hercules Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 They probably don't want to release the specs just because they don't want any kind of an attempt at replication. They don't know who is emailing them on the other end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 lol, yes, I understand that. But how does knowing the weight going to help him build an exact replica of the train, you'll need a lot more info to doing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astroworldfan1 Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 ^ The Japanese can take something spectacular and make their own craptaular! -Tatum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 It doesn't matter how inconsequential the weight may seem, it is a piece of the total puzzle. When you have a competitve lead in business you keep your trade secrets under wraps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebl Posted January 24, 2009 Share Posted January 24, 2009 ^ On that note, maybe they're called "Millennium Flyers" just to throw us off... If you read the TR from the TPR China trip, you'll see how one Chinese company tried to copy the Arrow ride style, so an attempt to duplicate a successful line of coaster trains wouldn't surprise me. Eric Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazy_Behemoth_Lady_Jess Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Perhaps you could pretend that "you're doing a school project and need the information"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheStig Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 Perhaps you could pretend that "you're doing a school project and need the information"? ...or you could be honest and send them an email asking. Chances are that you are going to get shot down, but there is no sense in lying to get what you want. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thrillgeek Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 ^I agree. He did say in his 1st post that he did email. Any response yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyyyper Posted January 25, 2009 Share Posted January 25, 2009 One other thing you could do is try to model a train yourself, with pictures and/or videos of the train. Then let the program calculate the weight. Since your attending Uni, you should be able to acces a CAD program. The model doesn't have to be that detailed, just about the same dimensions. Also, your project isn't gonna fail because you got the weight wrong. It's the approach, calculations and final report that matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eyeamthu1 Posted January 26, 2009 Author Share Posted January 26, 2009 ^ Very true. Currently, we're going to use an estimate of 200kg per car = 2400kg per empty train. This is on the basis that a PTC 6-person car (like used on Rebel Yell) weighs around 550kg... so we're guessing that if split up into 3 'single-row' cars, they'd be around 200kg each (adding on a bit extra). No email back from GCII yet! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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