Iron Wolf Brake Run

demonbulleagle · by **demonbulleagle** on Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:24 pm

If you look at this picture http://www.sfgamworld.com/gallery/v/SFGAm/IronWolf/IronWolf001.jpg.html you can see that the track is made to have a block section there, why is there no hardware for it?
I have seen this and wondered many times.

guitarhero119 · by **guitarhero119** on Tue Aug 26, 2008 9:30 pm

a better question would be to ask why there is a gap in the track near the brake run... next time you ride it look in the brake run there are a pair of supports that don't look like the other ones surrounding the small gap...

FParker185 · by **FParker185** on Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:30 pm

the option was there on IW to add a 3'rd train, which was never needed. In order to have a 3'rd you need the block brake, so that was made like that just in case.

No idea on the gap, but SFGAm has added so many supports to IW, I'd say probably a quarter of the supports there are not original to the ride. Will keep an eye out for this gap, though I dont plan on going back to the park before fright fest.

SFGAm07 · by **SFGAm07** on Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:33 pm

Plus it needed to stall for a bit because a service road is right underneath that part of the ride so they just made straight track and built the rest of the ride on the other side of the service road.

a better question would be to ask why there is a gap in the track near the brake run

I never even noticed that until someone pointed it out to me last winter...I dont think it was even like that before then? The official explanation given to me was "it was made to expand when it gets warmer" but it seems there is still a large gap and its totally obvious when walking under it. In addition to that all the problems they are having with the footers I think the ride is just falling apart.

CoasterCruiser · by **CoasterCruiser** on Tue Aug 26, 2008 10:35 pm

I don't see any gap?

Cove26flags · by **Cove26flags** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 1:11 pm

well I'd hate to say but, if they would put that break run in, the corkscrew would go through a lot better.

FRD714 · by **FRD714** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 4:19 pm

This has been discussed before. Please do a topic search next time.

post104026.html?hilit=iron%20wolf#p104026

saylorman47 · by **saylorman47** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:42 pm

AHH BACK SEAT MOD!!!

SHUN! SSHUN!

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:26 pm

^^ Wow, you sound just like one of the mods.

Coastermonkey61 · by **Coastermonkey61** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:36 pm

That topic is two freaking years old. Give me a break with your "please do a topic search next time" stuff.

Jackluver18 · by **Jackluver18** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:51 pm

Iron Wolf has an attitude problem, no matter what it's always rough.

demonbulleagle · by **demonbulleagle** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 6:52 pm

I did a topic search this time, but I think my computer just plain hates me since even when i search for topics that I know exist it says there are no matches. But lets get back on topic now.

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:31 pm

Cove26flags wrote:well I'd hate to say but, if they would put that break run in, the corkscrew would go through a lot better.

How? Wouldn't you go throught the corkscrew slower then?

Cove26flags · by **Cove26flags** on Wed Aug 27, 2008 11:45 pm

I was told that the reason why the corkscrew sucks so bad is because the actual corkscrew was designed for a slower speed.

Coastermonkey61 · by **Coastermonkey61** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 12:26 am

coasterkidd100 wrote:
Cove26flags wrote:well I'd hate to say but, if they would put that break run in, the corkscrew would go through a lot better.

How? Wouldn't you go throught the corkscrew slower then?

You're on to something!!!

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 10:41 am

Cove26flags wrote:I was told that the reason why the corkscrew sucks so bad is because the actual corkscrew was designed for a slower speed.

If it was going to make the corkscrew better they should have put the brake run in, I wish they would have put it in. Why would they make a corkscrew for a slow speed and then have it go throgh the corkscrew at a high speed?

SFGAm07 · by **SFGAm07** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 1:18 pm

The maintained speed and intensity of the ride is what makes it awesome in my opinion and something very rare on newer B&Ms. I dont get how a trim would make the ride any better, instead of being rough it would be rough and slow.

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 3:48 pm

^Ya, it is rough enough we don't need to be slow and rough.

Demon_07 · by **Demon_07** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:01 pm

^That corkscrew seems way too fast. It's the worst part of the ride.

demonbulleagle · by **demonbulleagle** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 4:52 pm

coasterkidd100 wrote:^Ya, it is rough enough we don't need to be slow and rough.

It would not be rough and slow, before the lift is it rough there?????

Demon_07 · by **Demon_07** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:11 pm

No. That and the lift hill is the only place it isn't rough. :lol:

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:06 pm

^^ No but you only do a turn there and of course the lift is not, but the rest of the ride is.

Demon_07 · by **Demon_07** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 7:10 pm

Well it could be rough up the lift....Ever gone in the second car of Demon ?

demonbulleagle · by **demonbulleagle** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 8:13 pm

Demon_07 wrote:Well it could be rough up the lift....Ever gone in the second car of Demon ?

hey that car is fun!!!! and the reason it is not rough is because you are slower.

coasterkidd100 · by **coasterkidd100** on Thu Aug 28, 2008 9:39 pm

^ See, if they put those brakes on Iron Wolf the corkscrew would be rougher.

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