Ukumemeza intaba yayo yokuphakama ngokuqwalasela-45 mph, I-Rodning Rod ithatha ukususela ekuhambeni kwaye ungalokothi uvumele. Ihlabathi liqale liqalise i-coaster yamaplanga, ixesha layo lokuvula lingumqaqambiso weengxabano ezinokuthi zenzeke.
Ngokukhawuleza ihlasele i-MPH engama-73 kwaye ihamba ngeendlela ezijikelezayo zebhanki kunye nezinye izinto ezithumela isitima kunye nabagibeli bayo. Sekunjalo, i-Lightning Rod iyamangalisa kulo lonke uhambo lwayo-nangona i-coasters yamatye yaziwa ngokunikela ngokugqithiseleyo.
Kwaye ifafaza ngokukhawuleza ixesha le-airtime ekhazimulayo endleleni. I-Dollywood kunye nokukhwela umenzi wee-Rocky Mountain Construction (RMC) baye bathabatha umbane kwi-coaster.
Ride Stats kunye neNkcukacha
- Uhlobo lwe-coaster: Uqalise umthi (wokuqala wohlobo lwawo)
- Ubukhulu: 206 iinyawo
- Ukuhla kweyokuqala: iinyawo ezili-165
- I-Angle yokuzala: 73 °
- Isantya esiphezulu: i-MPH 73 (i-coaster yehlabathi ngokukhawuleza xa iqala)
- Ubude bomzila: 3800 ft.
- Ride time: 3:12
- Ride umakhi: UkuKwa kweeNtaba zaseRoyy
- Ukuphakama komlinganiselo: ama-intshi ama-48
- Umhla wokuvula: Matshi 2016
- Uhlaziywe: Ngo-2016
Inkomo ekhangayo ekhangayo
Kukho kwicandelo le-Jukebox ye-Jukebox Junction epakini, ukukhwela kunomxholo oshushu. Ukuze bangene kumgca, abagibeli bangena kwi-bay yesevisi yesikhululo segesi se-midesi. Baya kudlula intonga ebushushu kunye nezinye izinto zokuqhubela iimpahla njengoko zenza indlela yokufikelela kwisikhululo sokulayisha. Imoto ekhokelayo inomphetho ongaphambili wokujonga ngokukhawuleza, ukukhanya komlilo, intloko yebhokisi, intonga yokutshisa i-injection.
Isitimela sishiya isitishi, sijikeleza i-bend, kwaye sisondela kwisiseko seenduli eziphakamileyo. Ngelo xesha kwakuza kubandakanywa ukuphakanyiswa kwekhenkethi yendabuko, iibhola ezihambelanayo kunye nokukhawulela kwaye zenze i-jolt ye-electro-magnetic propulsion. Lowo uthumela isitimela seMlambo iRock Rod ekuvukeleni intaba kunye nabagibeli bayo bephefumula.
Eyona nto iyonwabileyo: Inqabileyo ekhangelekayo ebonakalayo enqabeni yentaba ikhona ekuncedeni ukugcina amaphondo. Ngamanye amaxesha iintlekele zenze izidleke kwezinye iindawo zokuhlala. Akunjalo ukuba abagibeli be-Lightning Rod baya kuba nethuba elikhulu lokubona isakhiwo njengoko baqhubela phambili bebaleka.
Emva kokuba i-giddy ikhuphuke phezulu, isitimela siphumela kwi-fake-out out short, i-crests intaba encinane, ize ihla. Ihamba ngamamitha angama-165 kwi-degrees 73 degrees. Oko kunika uMbane oMbane okwaneleyo oomph ukushaya 73 mph. Kwakhona kunika amalungelo e-Dollywood ekuzikhunjuleni kwesihloko sokukhawuleza kweenkuni zomhlaba kwihlabathi (ubuncinane ngexesha elivulekileyo lokuqala).
Ukusuka apho, i-coaster ihamba ngeempawu ngamagama angenangqondo efana nokuthi "ukuphuza umtshini wokujika" kunye "nentsimbi ephezulu yebhanki." (Amagama ahloniphekileyo ngegama elixhasayo.) Ukuguqulelwa: Bhanka ngaphaya kwama-degree angama-90 kwaye banikezela ubuninzi be-G-force force lateral. Ngasekupheleni kwekhosi, i-Lightning Rod idlulisela into engezantsi ezithumela izitimela ukuba zitsho kabini, kungekhona kathathu, kodwa zihlandlo ezine ngokulandelelana ngokukhawuleza. Oku kulandelwa yithuba lokugqibela elijongene nokukhwela ibhanki phambi kokuba isitimela sibuyele kwisikhululo.
Kwimizila yeCoaster Greatness
I-RMC enikeziweyo, er, ukulandelela irekhodi, akumangalisi ukuba i-Lightning Rod ihamba ngokukhawuleza.
Kwiminyaka embalwa nje, umvelisi wokukhwela omtsha uye wagxininisa imboni ngokwakha ngokugqithiseleyo kwaye ebonakalayo ecacileyo. Ubunjineli bokucwangcisa kunye neendlela ezikhethileyo zeakhawunti yezinye izinto ezimangalisayo. Kodwa yintoni eyenza i-RMC i-coasters yeenkuni ngaphandle kwayo iimbopheleleko zayo.
Uyakwazi ukufunda nge "IBox" ithrekhi eyenziwa yinkampani ukuhlaziya i-coasters yamaplanga ehlaselwa kwinqaku lam, " Yintoni iCoaster Coaster Coaster? " Kodwa i-Rodning Rod, yakhiwa ukusuka emhlabathini kwaye iquka RMC's "Topper" ithrekhi. Ngenxa yokuba iquka ibhanki yensimbi ephambili kwimizila yomzila, i-Lightning Rod isabonwa njengesiqhamo somthi. Kodwa ngenxa yokuba ibhanki yensimbi yongeza kwaye ihlanganisa imithi ngokufanelekileyo, uhambo luyakwazi ukuziphatha ngokufana ne-coaster yensimbi.
Oku kunceda ukucacisa isizathu sokuba i-Dollywood woodie ilula. (Nangona ukuhamba kakuhle, enye ipaki yepaki, i-Thunderhead, inikeza amava amaninzi nakwi-tumble.)
I-Rodning Rod ayikho elula njengoko ezinye ze-RMC ze-coasters ezifana ne- Iron Rattler kwi-Six Flags Fiesta Texas kwaye, ngokukodwa, i- Twisted Colossus esebenzayo e-Six Flags Magic Mountain . Kodwa malunga neGoliyati kwiMathandathu yeFlagi yaseMelika . (Ngendlela, i-Tennessee ukukhwela ibambe i-woodie yehlabathi ijubane elivela kwi-Goliath liya ku-1 MPH ngokukhawuleza.) Njengoko i-Lightning Rod, ukukhwela kwePlay Flags yi-RMC yokhuni lomthi usebenzisa i-Topper track. Ngokungafani noGoliyati kunye nabanye abatsha be-RMC, i-Dollywood's Topper yokuhamba ngomkhondo ayifaki ukungahambi. Kodwa kunento abo bagibelayo kunye nabo bonke abanye abahlaziyi bokhuni - abanalo: isistim sokumaketha.
Kukho ubuninzi be-coasters ezisungulwe ngokutsha, ngoko akusiyo yonke loo ncwadi. Sekunjalo, yinto yamava asendle ukuthabatha into ekumele ibe yi-poky, nqakraza-cock-chofoza ukuphakama kwentaba. Ngonyaka wokuqala wokusebenza, ukuvulwa kweLibane Rod kuye kwabambezeleka, kwaye kwahlulwa ixesha elide emva kokuvulwa. Iingxaki ezibonakala zivela kwinkqubo yayo yokuqalisa i-coaster cost.
Ukubetha Kwombane Ngokukodwa ebusuku
Uhambo lokuphulwa kwirekhodi luqhubeka noDollywood ngokuziphendulela kwiindawo zokuzonwabisa. Eyaziwa ngokuba ngumculo ogqithiseleyo kunye nemiboniso ephezulu (yintoni enye onokuyilindela ukusuka kuDolly Parton?) Kunye nokuqokelela okukhulu kweendwendwe zentsapho, ipaki iye yandisa ngokunyanisekileyo kwaye yongeza i-machine-class-classic machines I-Wing coaster, ngo-2012. Ngomphefumlo ophefumulayo 73 mph, kunye nefuthe leprogram yayo yokuqalisa, i-Lightning Rod ithatha injabulo kwizinga elitsha, nangona kunjalo.
Ifumaneka kwiindawo eziphantsi kweentaba zeSwitoky Mountains, i-Dollywood iquka utshintsho oluphezulu. Njengokuba kunjalo nezinye iipaki zeepaki, i-woodie ifakwe kwindawo evulekileyo kwaye isebenzisa i -pographic nature. Olunye uhambo luyabonakala ukusuka emkhatsini, kodwa ezininzi zazo zifihliwe. Imfihlelo iyasinceda ukuba amava afumaneke. Ukugubha umhlaba kwenza ukuba ijubane libonakala likhawuleza.
Naliphi ixesha lomhla lixesha elifanelekileyo lokukhwela i-Lightning Rod. Kodwa ukukhwela ebusuku, okongeza isigxina sobumnyama, uphakamise inkcaso kunye nokukhawuleza. Kungaphezulu koko kulawulo - kodwa ngendlela efanelekileyo - ebusuku.