A ‘weld indication’ could be either a break or a crack on the coaster, the North Carolina Department of Labor confirmed. www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/dept-of-labor-notified-of-weld-indication-on-fury-325-at-carowinds-after-july-repairs/
I'm not surprised to hear about this, with as thoroughly as the ride is being inspected after the first incident... This might get it shut down for the rest of the season with a full rehab or rework in the future, depending upon whatever is causing this...
This does not make them look good. I went there a week after the first crack was found, and all the rides were shut down along with the Fury. Now they found a second crack. I am so disappointed in my local park.
The problem I see with their testing, unless it's not being shown., is they don't have the weight of all the riders in the train. Looks like the cars are empty during testing. I'm no math guru, but the added rider weight should be added to the centripetal force placed on this joint.
As far as i know they do both, the run tests w dummies/water bags, and empty runs as well. I could be wrong too, but im pretty sure it’s standard procedure.
@@mo_ahmed18your right, my friend used to do ride ops at universal and when they had to do testing they had to do both empty train and water dummy testing as per state requirements, not sure about the laws in North Carolina in regards to carp winds but they probably are similar if not the same
Will they be making extra inspections of Leviathan and Orion? B&M's have been so reliable that this does come as a shock to me. Flight Deck at CGA, and Medusa at SFDK are decades old and still running as smoothly as the day the opened.
@@broadstbullies9342 I haven't ridden either coaster but, I'd be heartbroken if I'd planned a trip from Cal and had to miss out on Fury. I hope they can get this resolved before summer ends.
I’m guessing this happened because the beam is n the side of the track instead of directly underneath it (so as not to get in the way of the inversion), so you’ve got all the weight of the coaster on that small corner of the beam. Testing is one thing but it won’t accommodate for metal fatigue happening over time after thousands of runs, plus weather possibly seeping in and weakening the metal maybe. Wonder how many more coasters are designed this way.
When is the Attorney General of NC going to get involved. Either Carowinds failed to inspect the ride properly, or they simply ignored the issues here. The DOL inspectors are not always as impartial as they should be. An independent party needs to lead the Investigaton, not for a cause but why the park was negligent in both discovering and reacting to the failure. But this will not happen, because.
This ride is actually not cheaply designed the company that built this builds the safest rollercoasters. The crack is probably from the park not taking care of the ride like the manufacturer tells them too
They didn’t weld the broken support? they had completely replaced it. As for the “second crack”, hairline fractures happen on any steel coaster, it’s normal. This one is only making international headlines because of its previous issue
I will gladly ride Fury 325 when it opens, Because I know how redundant roller coasters, especially from this manufacturer are built. At no point were any riders in any danger on this ride, even when the support had completely disconnected. The fact that some people believe that the person who reported the break “saved lives” is appalling
im so sick of people being so ignorant. even with the crack or cracks the ride is still perfectly safe and redundant. you are in way more danger where you are sitting right now then you would be on Fury 325. no lives were saved and the guy that sent the video is not a hero.
bro you clearly have no idea how a roller coaster like this works. the manufacturer of this ride, b&m, is known for some of the safest coasters on thse planet. even with the crack you are still 1000s of times safer on the fury than you are while driving. you can look up the statistics if you dont believe me.
A ‘weld indication’ could be either a break or a crack on the coaster, the North Carolina Department of Labor confirmed. www.qcnews.com/news/local-news/dept-of-labor-notified-of-weld-indication-on-fury-325-at-carowinds-after-july-repairs/
I'm not surprised to hear about this, with as thoroughly as the ride is being inspected after the first incident... This might get it shut down for the rest of the season with a full rehab or rework in the future, depending upon whatever is causing this...
It’s not I was there tdy they was testing it out
A Dad picking up his kids saw the crack from the parking lot. It then took an hour to shut down the coaster.
This does not make them look good. I went there a week after the first crack was found, and all the rides were shut down along with the Fury. Now they found a second crack. I am so disappointed in my local park.
It’s not a “crack”, it’s a complete BREAK.
At 1.01 in the video it looks like there is a crack close to the top left hand gusset plate next to where the failed fitting has been removed?
The problem I see with their testing, unless it's not being shown., is they don't have the weight of all the riders in the train. Looks like the cars are empty during testing. I'm no math guru, but the added rider weight should be added to the centripetal force placed on this joint.
And that usually is part of the testing phase but if it doesnt run right without riders on, then what difference is putting test dummies on too soon
As far as i know they do both, the run tests w dummies/water bags, and empty runs as well. I could be wrong too, but im pretty sure it’s standard procedure.
@@mo_ahmed18your right, my friend used to do ride ops at universal and when they had to do testing they had to do both empty train and water dummy testing as per state requirements, not sure about the laws in North Carolina in regards to carp winds but they probably are similar if not the same
Will they be making extra inspections of Leviathan and Orion? B&M's have been so reliable that this does come as a shock to me. Flight Deck at CGA, and Medusa at SFDK are decades old and still running as smoothly as the day the opened.
Orion isn't nearly as forceful as Fury
@@broadstbullies9342 I haven't ridden either coaster but, I'd be heartbroken if I'd planned a trip from Cal and had to miss out on Fury. I hope they can get this resolved before summer ends.
@@broadstbullies9342And it opened like, 3 years ago
@@broadstbullies9342I beg do differ. There is only 4mph difference between the two and many of the elements are similar.
I’m guessing this happened because the beam is n the side of the track instead of directly underneath it (so as not to get in the way of the inversion), so you’ve got all the weight of the coaster on that small corner of the beam. Testing is one thing but it won’t accommodate for metal fatigue happening over time after thousands of runs, plus weather possibly seeping in and weakening the metal maybe. Wonder how many more coasters are designed this way.
When is the Attorney General of NC going to get involved. Either Carowinds failed to inspect the ride properly, or they simply ignored the issues here. The DOL inspectors are not always as impartial as they should be. An independent party needs to lead the Investigaton, not for a cause but why the park was negligent in both discovering and reacting to the failure. But this will not happen, because.
Hopefully the don’t decide to scrap the ride
Lol that's not happening
They would never scrap fury lmao people come from all over the world just to ride it
Cutting corners s/a materials to erect it or horrible engineering? Take it down now
This ride is actually not cheaply designed the company that built this builds the safest rollercoasters. The crack is probably from the park not taking care of the ride like the manufacturer tells them too
They should check all the rides at that place.
Crack kills
I am gonna cry for 1 whole year straight if Carowinds scrap Fury 325
They wouldn't scrap it - don't worry.
There’s no way they’ll scrap it
They are closing fury 325 permanently. In that place they are going to build flight 350.
Thats just a fake rumor, Fury 325 is perfectly fine, Just a temp close to fix the track and some tests and all's good
@@Remibiggestfan I heard it from my friend, everyone in the school saying that.
Your in school in july?
@@Icantdrive11 😂😂😂
@@KingHakeem5 yes in Indonesia school starts in July.
This definitely the last giga 🥺
Final Destination 3 anyone?
Close the ride. Welding aint working
They didn’t weld the broken support? they had completely replaced it. As for the “second crack”, hairline fractures happen on any steel coaster, it’s normal. This one is only making international headlines because of its previous issue
Crackowinds
Finally a reason for people to be GENUINELY terrified of being on a ride... Watch the lunatics line up as soon as the crack is repaired 😂
Driving is 1000x more dangerous than coasters
Watch lunatics like you get into your car tomorrow morning
I will gladly ride Fury 325 when it opens, Because I know how redundant roller coasters, especially from this manufacturer are built. At no point were any riders in any danger on this ride, even when the support had completely disconnected. The fact that some people believe that the person who reported the break “saved lives” is appalling
im so sick of people being so ignorant. even with the crack or cracks the ride is still perfectly safe and redundant. you are in way more danger where you are sitting right now then you would be on Fury 325.
no lives were saved and the guy that sent the video is not a hero.
They should be giving republicans free rides on that
Very civil thing to say
You guys already got free rides from the Covid vaccination.
Nah that’s not dangerous enough it has sway so it would still run fine. Maybe a saw trap instead
@@EngineeringFan1776probably really open minded people here lol
Tf wrong with you people don't deserve to die. No matter how shitty a Democrat or republican is.
TEAR IT DOWN......THE DESIGN IS OBVIOUSLY FLAWED
bro you clearly have no idea how a roller coaster like this works. the manufacturer of this ride, b&m, is known for some of the safest coasters on thse planet. even with the crack you are still 1000s of times safer on the fury than you are while driving. you can look up the statistics if you dont believe me.