This.

That sucks. Apart from the obvious what else happened?

The dummies were safely rescued.

Damn, that would really suck.

When did this happen?

This morning. It was a drill.

I wonder how long it takes to get that fire & rescue truck on-site, even in a drill? And do you think they'll need to utilise it even on the vertical part of the lift hill?

It's just parked out the front on a road from memory, so wouldn't take long to set up. You'd hope it wouldn't get stuck there, but these things happen.

All of our Gold coast parks conduct these kinds of drills for many of our attractions all the time, for the event that a worst case scenario were to occur.

Fire fighter does have a time limit.. i think it is 7mins? for them to get up there and rescue the guest because after 7mins apparently you can be unconscious due to the position that you are in.

Edited October 27, 201114 yr by Randy23

Fire fighter does have a time limit.. i think it is 7mins? for them to get up there and rescue the guest because after 7mins apparently you

Don't hang me in suspense.

Flop coaster. It's quite embarrassing how much this has stalled in its first few months.

Flop coaster. It's quite embarrassing how much this has stalled in its first few months.

This post is a flop, they stopped it on purpose.

Fire fighter does have a time limit.. i think it is 7mins? for them to get up there and rescue the guest because after 7mins apparently you can be unconscious due to the position that you are in.

That didn't happen to the people who got trapped on Turbine at Walibi, and that was stuck for ages.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7633617.stm Keeping in mind he had to stand upright once per hour for medical checks. Safe to say an hour is fine as long as it's not being done often I guess

It's called suspension trauma and it's caused by the body being trapped unconscious and unable to move the legs or faint into a horizontal position. When upright the heart itself is unable to pump blood from the legs up, it needs the leg muscles to assist. As long as you are not unconscious and can move your legs you will be fine for a long period of time.

Does Buzzsaw have heat issues?? Apparently according to a person that posted on TZA stated this " told by the staff at dreamworld is that it's a heat issue, the ride was made in germany, and they don't have the hot weather like we do and it's the heat that is causing the malfuction with the chain that lowers it ...back to the station, it got stuck the other day when i was there and they had to do a reloop around and just let it rock back and forth till it came to a stop." Could we see a drama these school holidays??? Thoughts??

I wonder why it would be a heat issue? There's one of these in Madrid!

Edited November 12, 201114 yr by Gazza

Got a video on Youtube: http://youtu.be/gSkSM-e-790

Using my background in Physics, i can't see anything of a heat issue causing this

Using my background in Physics,

Can I see a worked example?

Could it be that the metals in the chain expand more then the metals in the casing around it causing it to rub and get caught on its casing

I'd say a heat issue is more likely components or motors overheating and tripping out because of some problem rather than the heat from the weather. That seems highly unlikely.

Using my background in Physics

No offence, but I thought you failed physics??

i can't see anything of a heat issue causing this

What about some form of thermal resistor in the circuit you don't know about, or even just the temperature affecting the resistance without a thermal resistor and limiting the power it receives? And the two very legitimate reasons above this post?? I could easily see heat being able to cause the ride to break down. It causes The Claw to break down a lot during Summer.

No as I was saying I expect if its a heat problem that it's in the control side of things as you suggest and not mechanical like metal expanding.

No as I was saying I expect if its a heat problem that it's in the control side of things as you suggest and not mechanical like metal expanding.

But do you have a "background in physics"?

Edited November 13, 201114 yr by Gazza