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Krake - B&M dive machine for Heide Park

loefet said:
Name: Krake
Length: 476 Meter
Height: ca. 41 Meter
Trains: Floorless, 3 rows with 6 Seats
Special Elements: 90° Drop, Immelmann, Camelback, Water Splash
Theme: First Drop into the mouth of the monster, "Attention to detail", Pirate theme

Taken and translated from: www.heide-park-forum.de/
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So yes, 3 rows.
 
A-Kid said:
Well here is the real thing.

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What I wouldn't do to work inside that shop :lol:
 
^Oh, shows how much I pay attention to brakes I suppose :lol:

Still looking good, I never actually realised that this was being built at this side of the park, I thought it was over by Desert Race for some reason. Be interesting to see if this has a vertical lift aswell.
 
Is it just me or does the track look really strange to the right of the image. It just doesn't look 'right'. I don't know what it is..
 
Just looks like a curved piece of transfer track to me. You can see the kicker-wheels all along it, so I'd assume it's just a connecting piece between the brake run and the station or something like that.
 
Umm one thing I might point out is the magnetic brakes are vertical..... Whereas with the rest of the B&M's you see horizontal U style brakes.... :?
 
^ They're magnetic ones yeah. The magnet is on the track and the metal fins are on the train.

These ones on Krake look like Intamin ones (fins on track, magnets on train). Which is a first for B&M.
 
^I can never tell if these sort of posts are serious or not...

It's to do with Eddy Currents basically. If you are serious, I can explain it a bit, unless of course, someone else get there first and does a better job.
 
From Wikipedia:

When a metal fin (typically copper or a copper/aluminum alloy) passes between the rows of magnets, eddy currents are generated in the fin, which creates a magnetic field opposing the fin's motion. The resultant braking force is directly proportional to the speed at which the fin is moving through the brake element. This very property, however, is also one of magnetic braking's disadvantages in that the eddy force itself can never completely stop a train in ideal condition. This effect of magnetic braking can be explained by an example in which the train's speed is halved as it passes through each set of brakes. The train's speed (in any unit) would initially be 40, then 20, 10, 5, and so on. It is then often necessary to bring the train to a complete stop with an additional set of fin brakes or "kicker wheels" which are simple rubber tires that make contact with the train and effectively park it.
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Wow, finally vertical construction! :--D I am soo looking forward to this coaster since I'm going to Heide in april :) Soon we might se how the layout turns out. Will be very interesting to follow!
 
I always find it slightly more intriguing following a construction when the layout is unknown..... and doesn't Colossos look like a proper beast in the background?!
 
^ I agree, especially when it's this new sub-style... and yeah, when I first saw that pic, I was like :shock:
 
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