Steel Taipan Construction - Dreamworld Mack launched roller coaster

[DaptoFunlandGuy]

indeed. They only need a brake to create another block zone there if there is more than 2 trains.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, a block zone is a section of the ride that only one train may occupy. At the end of a block zone is a method to stop a train in case the block zone ahead is still occupied. This is the safety system that prevents roller coaster trains from colliding with one another. 

[Im Hungry]

Spinning seat train currently on track and in the station.

[New display name]

If it isn't spinning maybe the hamster is dead.

[JoshiYomanto]

4 hours ago, New display name said:

If it isn't spinning maybe the hamster is dead.

Hamster hasn't arrived from Germany yet

[themagician]

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUZnOkCNfXL/?utm_medium=copy_link

[Im Hungry]

Has a pretty good spin to it. Can't wait to ride

It seems the scaled-path continues through to the station... Mixed feelings about that.

[jack.c]

Not me thinking the spinning car would be 4 seats not 2. 

[JoshiYomanto]

11 minutes ago, jack.c said:

Not me thinking the spinning car would be 4 seats not 2. 

Where did you get that idea?

[Im Hungry]

2 minutes ago, JoshiYomanto said:

Where did you get that idea?

[MWgirl247365]

3 hours ago, JoshiYomanto said:

Hamster hasn't arrived from Germany yet

Hamster? So it’ll be a powered spin? I thought it’d work with the gravity, speed and movement of the train 

[Flynn_Smith]

5 minutes ago, MWgirl247365 said:

Hamster? So it’ll be a powered spin? I thought it’d work with the gravity, speed and movement of the train 

It's a joke. It's a free spin.

[themagician]

Is it a controlled free spin? Because how did they make it spin in that video?

[New display name]

[Gtmichaels]

34 minutes ago, themagician said:

Is it a controlled free spin? Because how did they make it spin in that video?

I know that Mack rides does controlled free-spin on their extreme spinning model and their family spinner (Cobra’s Curse at Busch Gardens Tampa). I suppose it’s the same deal here 😎 

According to Mack themselves, there are eddy current brakes on their spinning trains that limit the spins to a bearable level, and I suppose motors are used (like on their family spinners) to align them for loading and unloading guests.

Honestly though, in the video it seems like it stops spinning in the way that things do when spun manually. I wouldn’t be surprised if someone just bloody gave it a push haha

https://mack-rides.com/products/rollercoaster/xtreme/

Edited September 29, 2021 by Gtmichaels

[Guirken]

I asked about the free spinning/programmed and Dreamworld said “free spins all the way around” every experience will be unique”

 

[Will S]

Hopefully we get some testing of the spin seats before end of this week. It would have been nice to have the 4 seat spin, however, due to being a paid extra it wouldn't make sense to have a half full spin car when only two people pay for the spinning seats. I plan on buying spin seat ticket for my first ever ride on ST. 

[JoshiYomanto]

13 hours ago, Flynn_Smith said:

It's a joke. It's a free spin.

It's certainly not. That hamster is getting paid top dollar

[Im Hungry]

15 hours ago, themagician said:

Is it a controlled free spin? Because how did they make it spin in that video?

Not sure if you're joking or not (honest, I have no clue), but I did see them push the seat to make it spin. I was watching them play with it from drop yesterday.

Edited September 30, 2021 by Im Hungry

[Gtmichaels]

41 minutes ago, Im Hungry said:

I did see them push the seat to make it spin. I was watching them play with it from drop yesterday.

 

[Ogre]

Here's the zero car! 👀

[LORD_Noodle]

would be cool if the eyes lit up on the front

[rappa]

Ok can we please stop saying Zero Car?

A piece of decorative plastic stuck on the front of the train is NOT a Zero Car, its just a front cowling.

A zero car is the extra set of bogies/ wheel assemblies/ whatever you want to call them that finish off the train on a coaster that has single axel cars. Either at the front, or at the back. Without a Zero Car attached the train can't run because the end car would be dragging along the floor.

So they added a piece of decorative plastic to the train is what they did. 

[New display name]

Looks like a zero car to me.   Maybe you haven't seen a good angle of the front @rappa

 

 

25 minutes ago, rappa said:

A zero car is the extra set of bogies/ wheel assemblies/ whatever you want to call them that finish off the train on a coaster that has single axel cars. Either at the front, or at the back. Without a Zero Car attached the train can't run because the end car would be dragging along the floor.

 

Edited October 1, 2021 by New display name

[Im Hungry]

But aren't Taipan's trains single axle?

Without the front wheel assemblies, the front carriage of the train would drag its head through the rails. Same with Rivals.

Edited October 1, 2021 by Im Hungry
Disregard, someone beat me to it

[rappa]

On 01/10/2021 at 10:38 AM, New display name said:

Looks like a zero car to me.   Maybe you haven't seen a good angle of the front @rappa

 

 

 

Yes it is, and as you can see it was attached all along. 
So there was no recent addition of a Zero Car.