Demon restraint left open during ride

[bigb7965]

http://www.greatamericaparks.com/images/displayimage.php?album=127&pos=6

[Jackluver18]

Oh wow that's um.......wow

[FRD714]

It's really not a big deal.

[bigb7965]

^ yeah thats why i posted it off topic..

[CoasterDude12-2]

Um..........so? Unless someone was in it.

[ttd rox]

^Mainly ride ops are supposed to close the harnesses when no one is in it. They lock it down all the way not leave it open. I guess things have changed since then or just forgot to lock it down.

[frightfestkid]

They always do that on viper

[sixflagsgurneeboy]

wow, that looks interesting. They must have left it open for a reason, why? who knows. While i was working at Demon, i couldn't imaging dispatching a train with the harness up in the air like that, not that it would matter, just odd. Honestly, when i first looked at it was thinking it was a photo shop edit done by someone to raise some eyebrows because its a lot of those altered pics floating around on the internet.

[DejaVu2001]

^^ American Eagle and Viper are allowed to have lapbars up if both seats in the row are empty. All other coasters must have all harnesses closed (although some rides like Demon are capable of being sent with open harnesses)

[FParker185]

I think it just comes down to what management deems acceptable, at the time that was probably SOP. There was a park or 2 in Europe that runs like that, I think Heide Park on Big Loop they leave up restraints in empty seats, though they just slam down at the bottom of the first drop.

[forddude1416]

that isnt the same restraint that we got. ours is the over the chest with the handles.

[FParker185]

those are the original Huss car bodies/restraints, during the late 80's Demon got new trains(or possibly just bodies) from Arrow Dynamics.

[forddude1416]

so huss helped build the demon? You sir have just blown my mind.

[FParker185]

Huss Owned Arrow from the mid 70's up though the early 80's before selling it off. Some rides were labeled Arrow Huss, and later on they changed it to Arrow Development though some of their stuff still had the Arrow Huss nameplates.

[demonbulleagle]

hmmm somebody couldve gotten a little

[UWW-10]

^^ American Eagle and Viper are allowed to have lapbars up if both seats in the row are empty. All other coasters must have all harnesses closed (although some rides like Demon are capable of being sent with open harnesses)

The sending with open harness happens since the computer doesn't sense the harness as down, it senses it as "locked"...Batman is the same way (not that it's a good idea by any standards today to leave open harnesses when sending a train... )

[bobbinbop20]

ive had lap bars open in the seats in front of me on american eagle many times... they just slam down at the bottom of the drop

[Nystagmus]

wow, that looks interesting. They must have left it open for a reason, why? who knows. While i was working at Demon, i couldn't imaging dispatching a train with the harness up in the air like that, not that it would matter, just odd. Honestly, when i first looked at it was thinking it was a photo shop edit done by someone to raise some eyebrows because its a lot of those altered pics floating around on the internet.

When I worked at Demon it was SOP to put down all harnesses that were not in use. In fact, our supervisor would make you hit lift stop if he saw the train dispatched with a harness open. Even if it makes it over the lift, it'll close itself at some point during the course. Yay physics!

[i.love.dracula.LAFF.]

that isnt the same restraint that we got. ours is the over the chest with the handles.

And we have mildewy-orange harnesses on the Demon.

[demonbulleagle]

Thats because those are the old trains or the SC Demon.

[Goku1910]

WAIT! There used to be water under DEMON?!?!!?

When did they remove this?