Xpress said:
I wonder if Intamin will ever just send a train through without pulling it. Seems like they have gotten to that point in ride construction...
Do they do pull-throughs on
all their rides, or just ones with a launch?
It seems to me that the pull-through allows them to test the environment and tracking with a car (or whatever they test pulling through) without needing to worry about the launch systems being up and running?
With a gravity based coaster, it's a case of let it drop and watch it head back to the station*. With a launch coaster, you can't sit it on a non-functional launch section and will it to make it's way around the circuit, no matter how much of a Jedi you think you are
So, they pull-through to get that testing out of the way while other crews continue working on the launch mechanisms, controls, etc... Or maybe not, I don't know, just makes sense to me...
*Also interested to know exactly how you'd do a pull through on say, Griffon...
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