V2 holding break

[BURTONxBLUNT]

Discussion about
-why it wasnt fixed??
-how it broke??
-will it ever be fixed??

[Ace]

It wasnt fixed because it costs money and people dont really care whether or not it works. I assume a majority of the LIMs burned out so they turned the whole set off. I doubt it will ever be fixed because it always gets a line even with it not turned on so people still enjoy it evidently. I hope this has answered your questions.

[FreezonEdgez]

Use Search next time....it's been discussed a lot already.

SFGAm simply doesn't want to invest on fixing it for reasons we really don't know for sure....we can only speculate.

[sfgam#1]

Well I think the ride is better without the holding brake .....so i'm fine with how it is !!!

[Chitown]

BRAKE,,,,, not BREAK!!!!!!!!

[lord soth]

I will ride V2 with or without the holding break. It is such a rush sitting in the back seat zooming down the back spike and through the station. Although, this summer, I will head up to Valleyfair in MN to get on Steel Venom which still uses the holding break.

[Chitown]

[CoasterDave316]

Haha, nice Scott. BRAKE!!!

I miss the holding brake, always though that was a cool part of the ride. I remember SFWoA/Geauga Lake's Impulse always running without the holding brake working to towards the end. Does anybody else know if the holding brake is operating at SFDK, Dorney Park or Valleyfair? Or have all parks abandoned this feature. I would imagine the parks save a pretty good amount of money by not having it.

[Sporlo]

Come on, give him a brake guys, it's a hard word to speel!!!

And yes, I was super bummed when they took it out. The brake practically *doubled* the excitement of the ride.

[Ace]

It actually a little ironic to spell it that way...

[DejaVu2001]

^^

So instead of the ride just plain sucking, it now sucks terribly?

This quote from the old holding brake topic accurately sums up my opinion on this matter.

[NightRider785]

I seem to remember the old thread about this stating that the manufacturer were the ones that requested that the brake be disabled due to the amount of stress it put on the supports and the tower.

[FParker185]

Long story short, yes, but it had more to do with the train than the ride itself. If the park wants it to work it can, but it puts undue stresses on the train, the structure and it costs a fortune in electrical bills

[CoasterDemon]

I'm sure the park could come up with some sort of super hero-tie in marketing scheme where they can use the holding brakes on say, Wednesday nights in the summer or something...

[Brogrammer]

For the record, the reason that the holding brake isn't operating because the LIMs simply do not work anymore, or a "burnt out," isn't true. They are merely turned off, as it produced extreme stress on the trains. The current train on V2 is actually its second train, as the stress on the seats' backs' were unrepairable and weren't as safe as the park would have liked them to be.

[DejaVu2001]

^ Actually, its not a completely new train. The chassis (frame) was replaced in 2009, but all the old seat padding and harnesses etc. were put on the new chassis.

[Muck Finnesota]

SFMW seems to have gotten the best deal with their Impulse Coaster. Ignore local zoning restrictions? Fine, we'll just make you redesign it into I dunno what the hell that is, but it looks awesome. I miss the back spike LIM, but if it keeps the ride working, you do what you've got to do. Wish they could have found a way to keep Deja Vu.

[Brogrammer]

^ Actually, its not a completely new train. The chassis (frame) was replaced in 2009, but all the old seat padding and harnesses etc. were put on the new chassis.

Yeah, that actually makes sense, especially seeing how the seats and harnesses looked. My fault at assuming things too quickly.