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Great Nor'easter to get a major overhaul in 2017

GuyWithAStick

GuyWithAStick

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So the SLC at Morey's Piers is Finally getting overhauled.

http://www.wildwood365.net/2016/02/report-moreys-great-noreaster-getting.html#links

According to The Wildwood Leader, Morey's Piers' Great Nor'Easter roller coaster will be given a dramatic overhaul in 2017.

Additionally, a contest will be held to rename the ride, which has anchored Surfside Pier since its debut in 1995.

The report quotes Jack Morey, who notes that track with a new "bending technology" that will allow for a smoother ride is currently being constructed in Holland.

The Nor'Easter, an inverted steel coaster, is a product of Vekoma Rides Manufacturing, which also produced the Sea Serpent (1984) and Giant Wheel (1985) for Morey's Piers.
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The "Bending Technology" part is very interesting. It'll also get a new name.

Should've scrapped it for a GCI.
 
I actually thought it was one of the better SLC's as well as a great, original name. Shame they're changing it but great they are making it smoother.
 
"Bending technology?" If this is just a fancy way of telling the GP that it can deflect, it should already be doing that. All track should bend and stretch and sway with the forces as the trains go around the circuit, if not it'll crack and have all kinds of structural problems. You don't want the material for your coaster to be brittle and hard like tungsten, you want it to be strong yet flexible like iron. People flipped their **** when footage of Lightning Run swaying got released.

Unless this technology is designed so that plastic deformation can occur and the forces would fine-tune the geometry of the track to the exact shape it should be for a smooth ride. Like if there's a bit of lateral force on one turn, the force couple the wheels exert upon the track would straighten it out so that there's no lateral force.

Anybody know what this is supposed to be a reference to? Is "bending" referring to just temporary deflection when force is applied or permanent plastic deformation that holds a smooth ride over time?
 
Jarrett said:
Unless this technology is designed so that plastic deformation can occur and the forces would fine-tune the geometry of the track to the exact shape it should be for a smooth ride. Like if there's a bit of lateral force on one turn, the force couple the wheels exert upon the track would straighten it out so that there's no lateral force.

Anybody know what this is supposed to be a reference to? Is "bending" referring to just temporary deflection when force is applied or permanent plastic deformation that holds a smooth ride over time?
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I don't know what it is, but it's not that. ;)

Plastic deformation is not something you generally want on large structural elements - especially on anything you expect to last hundreds (thousands) of cycles. Fatigue failure in elastic deformation is very difficult to predict accurately (hence one of the reasons we have fatigue factors of safety), but if you've got any form of plastic deformation you start to hugely reduce the lifetime of the component. How do you stop it deforming more? And how do you stop it deforming at the right spot? It just doesn't seem sensible to me, and I'd almost be inclined to bet against that.

I don't really know what they could be getting at. Maybe some new shock absorbers on the trains? Or even maybe the track/supports? Certainly nothing designed to permanently deform... I am curious though...

EDIT: You don't think they're just going to be tracking it? And the new "bending technology" means they're able to create more accurate curves with stronger materials? Rather than it being a new technology on the ride itself, could it be a new manufacturing technology?
 
I guess the extreme possibility here is they are doing a "Hulk" and retracking the ride with new track such as the tracked used on battlestar.

Unlikely but anythings possible.
 
An SLC with the new Vekoma track would be interesting. Hopefully it'd be a decent ride.

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Bending technology?
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Futurama crossover. Calling it now.
 
GOD DAMNIT ROLLER COASTERS STOP WITH NUANCED ROLLER COASTER UPGRADE TERMINOLOGY THAT LEAVES EVERYONE IN THE DARK.

[strike]I've heard good things about this SLC, so glad that it gets even more love.[/strike]
 
I hated this coaster, I don't understand why people say it was smooth - the new trains SUCKED.

It'll be weird if another coaster gets totally replaced - the only time before Hulk I can think of it happening is Space Mountain in Cali, and now two have come along back to back.
 
I'll go ahead and retract my previous statement on hearing good things about Nor'Easter. :lol:
 
I'm more disappointed it's getting a new name. I've never ridden it, but it's name is easily one of the best and most unique out there!
 
So sounds like it's getting the Hulk treatment.

WILDWOOD – In 2017 the Great Nor’Easter rollercoaster at Morey’s Pier will get a makeover.
“Ninety percent of the track is being completely moved and replaced with the newest bending technologies that will make it very smooth,” said Jack Morey, co-owner of Morey’s Pier. “It’s being made right now in Holland as we speak.”

The company in the Netherlands making the new tracks, Vekoma, has an extensive resume making coasters.
Some of the notable rides the company has made are the Seven Dwarfs Mine Train in Walt Disney World and the Flight of the Hippogriff in The Wizarding World of Harry Potter at Universal Studios Orlando.
“They’re a big deal,” Morey said.

Morey said that the company is getting ready to announce a naming competition to the updated track

“Based on the cost of the new attraction and the smoothness of the new ride, we feel it likely warrants a new name and color,” he said.

The project is estimated to cost about $4 million.
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http://www.shorenewstoday.com/wildwood/ ... 7abb3.html
 
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