PortAventura Discussion Thread

[RyanTPM]

^^Good to see they've got all the tower together ready to be fully assembled, be good to see it all together!

[willh51]

There's no way in hell Intamin is going to let it open like that.

[COASTER FREAK 11]

Something else it could be, poor quality steel tubing. When you heat metal (welding) it releases stress withing the material, that's inherent with ALL metal. And poor quality metal will 'wiggle' more then higher quality metal. Also, the tube that makes the rail could have been bowed before the track was welded together, but the manufacturer should have checked for straightness before they started welding. But these are just two possibilities out of a million that could result in this.

 

So it's anyone's guess really.

[CPmillenia94]

I don't think intamin designed that. If anything it was just construction error that caused that.

[Projektion]

If you look at the track, it's bowed down in the middle of each track section, which is probably from it sitting on the wood blocks on parking lot before being built.

[Gabri999]

If you look at the track, it's bowed down in the middle of each track section, which is probably from it sitting on the wood blocks on parking lot before being built.

Oh! It's true, I don't thought about the wood blocks.

 

Well.. In Shambhala lift and Dragon Khan lift you can show the same bowed down on the rail, but it's different because on Shambhala and Dragon Khan you go up to 10-20 km/h and in the section of brakes in Ferrari Land you go to 160-150 km/h...

[Projektion]

With Shambhala and DK, it's not quite the same. The lifts on Shambhala and Dk have flexed almost as a singular piece, similar to what happens to most coaster due to the metal expanding and contracting because to the constant changes of heat during day and night (especially during the summer)

 

On the Ferrari Land giga, every single track piece has bowed and flexed before even being put together.

[RyanTPM]

None of them look bowed while sitting on the wood blocks in that picture though, and i wouldn't expect it to happen while they're just sitting there.

[Projektion]

I'm not sure, since in other pics of the track, it is definitely bent.

(bottom piece in the middle of the picture)

[RyanTPM]

^You're right, in that picture it can certainly be seen

[Arn'O]

Wow! That bottom piece is REALLY bent!

 

but why?....

[viking86]

I'm getting more and more curious about this one. I've seen plenty of modifications having to be done during construction of a ride, and normally it's only minor things to fix, but this one looks liks a far more severe issue than anything I've ever seen. Even makes me wonder if the track will actually stay or if it might be replaced with the track.

[Gabri999]

I'm not sure, since in other pics of the track, it is definitely bent.

(bottom piece in the middle of the picture)

In the page CAPTE the users tell that the track bend happens when the track goes up to minicamelback.. But is not bend.

[oriolat]

Leaked blueprints from Intamin:

 

 

 

Source: Gabri999 from CAPTE.org

[rcjp]

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[Gabri999]

 

 

Actual tower:

 

Tower "constructed":

 

PAC

[rcjp]

^Is that the big crane I see? (it should be given the progress of the construction)

[KarlaKoaster]

Looks like it. I guess this will be topped out very soon as the other sections are assembled on the ground so it's "just" a case of plopping them on the top

[rcjp]

^And then all they have to do is run this over the section of track after the top hat

[gerstlaueringvar]

If there's anything wrong with it, I'm sure Intamin would've noticed much sooner than us. They might be figuring out a solution as of now. The ride is still far from opening, they will probably finish the main tower first then fix the brake run. We'll see.

[Intimidated305]

Can someone please tell me that the track being bent like that is just a harmless prank... PLEASE...

[PVA62]

Can someone please tell me that the track being bent like that is just a harmless prank... PLEASE...

 

Yea, it is. Intamin and PortAventura have been plotting this all along. Let's waste thousands of dollars just to mess with those pesky enthusiasts. Next, we'll take over the world! ...no? oh okay...

[Gabri999]

You can look the crane in 10 km of distance. The photo was did by @jmgb this afternoon.

[Arn'O]

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