WillMontu Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 According to Screamscape, Thorpe Park has closed Stealth until further notice. Stealth - (6/22/06) Again, it seems the Intamin curse has struck again and Stealth came grinding to a halt at the end of the launch track yesterday after possibly striking one of the final brake fins. At this point we don’t know exactly what went wrong, but it sounds very similar to what happened to Kingda Ka, last summer at Six Flags Great Adventure. After the incident, the riders were evacuated from the train and the park began to move all guests away from the Stealth area. You can see a few photos of the aftermath here, though no shots of the train. Good thing that all of us got the credit four days earlier. Strangely it was one of the Intamin rockets that did NOT break on us during our visit and so we got a large amount of ERT on it.
CoasterCrazy Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 I'm glad I got to ride it! Also, I was on the killer train during ERT!
Thrillrider15 Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 This is strange (in a way). Call it the "Intamin Curse" if you will, but this seems to have been happening with some of the Intamin launch coasters. I also wonder if this is the same incident that had happened to Kingda Ka. But of course, the answer is, we don't know. But ya. At least their weren't any injuries (I think).
robinschroder Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 There should be a prize of some sort for whoever manages to get every single Intamin Rocket non-operational-credit! Each coaster must be down for at least a couple of hours for the non-credit to count.
CreativeForce Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 See, I told you I had a time delay on my camera! Hmmm, now if I can just figure out why the bus with all the add-on people on it didn't explode in a fiery ball of flamey goodness.
Imhotep Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 ^ Because the bus wasnt powered by a hydraulic motor nor was it pulled by a cable. Im sure if it was it would have spelled disaster.
WillMontu Posted June 22, 2006 Author Posted June 22, 2006 Actually the add-on bus did have a little incident. The driver noticed a "brake warning", but that was fixed very quickly.
martinb Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 The train didn't stop at the end of the launch track, it did complete the circuit. Heres what Thorpe park said: There was a technical problem with the launch. The As the train left the station there was a problem and the ride was E-Stopped. However by this point the train was nearing the end of the launch run. The brake fins raised and were hit by a moving part of the ride, which is not the train. The train then left the catch car and continued to make a normal circuit. However it did pass slowly over the top. Due to the E-Stop activation the train could not be moved from off-load to load and thus clear the off-load block. Therefore the train came to stop in waiting, and was evacuated. -Martyn
CoasterFanatic Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 ^ Sounds familiar. Wonder how many brake fins THEY will have to order?
verticalzero Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 They should stick with good old fashioned "Chain lift Hill" or "Cable Drum"
martinb Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Lol, I'm sure Stealth would be even better with a lift hill This is where I think Vekoma have one over Intamin, how many problems or incidents have their launched coasters had compared to Intamins. Also you replace the launch with a lift hill on Vekoma's launched coasters and they'd still be a good ride. Thats Intamins problem, they build their accelerators around the launch. -Martyn
Jon Sabo Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 Quite possibly caused by someone eating Donkey-flavored Lentil Soup..lol It certainly is unfortunate, but I'm sure the park will get the technical issues resolved (and would venture to say that the ride will be open by August).
coasterbilly Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 geez after 4 years of rockets you would think these same problems would be resolved, hopefully Thorpe can get this thing operational for their guests ASAP
Twister II Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 From the pictures, it looks like the staff handled it very professionally.
Cameron Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 I told you the pigeons would get their revenge. Bah .. Lou stole my joke! Cameron.
Jon Sabo Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 here is a link to some photo's someone took. Credit link: Pnasiuk (name?). http://s63.photobucket.com/albums/h143/Pnasiuk/?
coasterguy618 Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 ^ They already went on it, dude. But I thought it was the last park in the trip? Someone help me out.
Jew Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Why couldn't something horrible like this happen before their Balder ERT?
jamesdillaman Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 ^ Because the world isn't as mean as you'd like it to be, Joey.
okinawaboy11 Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Oh Oh! Idea! Stop building Intamin Rockets with Tophats, and only Tophats! Look at Storm Runner! That's my Idea of a reliable rocket .
viking86 Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Why couldn't something horrible like this happen before their Balder ERT? Atleast Speedmonster broke down before their ERS
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