Re: What's next for RMC? New Concept Coaster (page 4)
Do you have any pictures of the melted wheels? I would like to see how they look like.ECG said:The wheels were melting from the extreme friction. Aidan and I were the first to notice, or at least the first to make the park manager aware of the situation, during the coaster's first ERT event.BigBad said:I'm seeing a lot of people on sites like this mentioning it, but it still seems like something KD released to sound awesome.GuyWithAStick said:^No, there are reports of melted wheels.
"Don't tell them that the turn is too intense! Tell that that we have to reprofile it to keep the wheels from melting since it's going so fast!"
In addition to the sprinklers to cool the wheels in the station, the park removed the trim brakes off the hill next to the station and put them on the lift hill drop. They also used single train operations because they were going through the wheels so fast. That way they always had a train with new wheels standing by to put onto the track whenever they needed to pull the one in use off.
So do you really think that was all just some sort of stunt to "sound awesome"? They were spending a small fortune on wheels that first season and had to do whatever they could to reduce those expenses. There was nothing "awesome" about putting a brake on the first drop, but it was all about the money, as is so often the case.