How a rides hitch works

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  • @ElToroRyan
    @ElToroRyan 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    The intro was perfection 😂

  • @montypythonevanh
    @montypythonevanh 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +12

    My favorite channel on TH-cam, bar none. So funny, so informative. I'd trust any ride you've been checking over, Ryan!! Keep it up 😊

  • @3dcoaster
    @3dcoaster 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is a great video. I had no idea about the correct terminology for most of these pieces so thanks for sharing your wisdom with us!

  • @Spike-sk7ql
    @Spike-sk7ql 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    I know that I sure do feel lucky that you're on TH-cam explaining how a hitch works, more so when you explain LSM, and eddy current brakes, sensors, and the like. Lift motors, those huge ass pumps on the water rides, etc. Thank you for doing what you do.

  • @theoutdoorduck701
    @theoutdoorduck701 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    As a full-on nerd in this industry (a ride op as well), this has to be an absolute favorite channel

  • @Amerigo3356
    @Amerigo3356 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Great video! I love the comedy. Thank you Ryan.

  • @janmcguire5268
    @janmcguire5268 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Very creative-and effective-demonstration!

  • @Jenlovescoasters
    @Jenlovescoasters 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Omg. Your opening was hilarious! I love roller coaster trains!
    I just emailed you some coaster hitch pics😂

  • @dindog22
    @dindog22 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    now I'm gonna be looking at hitches every time I go to Cedar Point

  • @fetuffani
    @fetuffani 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

    “Not very long video”… 40mins 😂
    As a mechanic engineer with passion for roller coasters I thank you for your videos!
    I have always been curious about the engineering details of rides and you show them very clear!

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@fetuffani I’m loosing my touch. I still ramble all over the place I just do it less.

    • @mxslick50
      @mxslick50 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      LOL 40 mins for Ryan is a short.....but all his videos are epic!

    • @fetuffani
      @fetuffani 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@ryantheridemechanic you’re absolutely not loosing your touch! Just keep it! Your videos are gold!

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ thank you!

  • @mxslick50
    @mxslick50 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The intro...chef's kiss. :) And "Do all that stuff downstairs" my dad always said that when I had my girlfriends over. LOL

  • @alexlail7481
    @alexlail7481 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It's nice to tractor technology alive and well on roller coaster... if I understand your explanation the heim joint style connection is essentially a more robust and precise version of the ones used on a 3pt hitch arms and top link.... and your description of the notched hitch pin sounds like pto shaft retainer groove on a tractor also 😊...

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@alexlail7481 all the ideas I’m sure came from all sorts of other industries. Some work some don’t. Sounds like tractors are the way to go

  • @LTCoasters
    @LTCoasters 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    That was a cool video always wondered about them. I do know I was on a big get pics of hitches on coasters this past summer.

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@LTCoasters hitches are an absolute work of art. Definitely worth the time to take a picture.

  • @2218gostrider
    @2218gostrider 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great video as always! Would ever do a video on what it’s like working with ride prototypes?

  • @haunter_1845
    @haunter_1845 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    "Where's my 1/4" universal adapter!?" was a common thing for my dad to shout when I was a kid. I would take them to build cool things knowing he'd just keep buying them.

  • @litz13
    @litz13 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I played with trains (as in on a scenic railroad) so my experience is with standard North American couplers.
    Those work well, but don't have any protection against up/down movement, so extreme amounts (eg, a derailment) can slip free.
    Your description of Big Thunder was interesting though because it sounds a lot like a railroad style drawbar, allowing for in/out movement, but in a roller coaster application.

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@litz13 probably where it came from.

    • @litz13
      @litz13 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @likely. The chain style hitches would kinda mimick European style hook and buffer couplers as well.

  • @martindooley4439
    @martindooley4439 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    My dad was in the army in Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers and used to worknon tanks and trank transporters. He used to reger to the Univeral joint as a cardan joint. Maybe the term Cardan is from a llong gone patent

  • @EveryoneIsFamily
    @EveryoneIsFamily 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very Interesting!!

  • @sens_witas7503
    @sens_witas7503 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hi thanks for this video , for 30:30 i remember seeing some information for security on toutatis (at park asterix) and in new intamin there is something else in case the hitch broke. If my english was bad sorry I am french but again thanks you for your work

    • @sens_witas7503
      @sens_witas7503 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      I found where i heard that it s in the video "Comment fonctionne une montagne russe au parc asterix" by à french youtuber "edb attraction" at 14minute the mechanic explain that there is a mechanical redundancy inside the axis. It is actualy hard to explain and the video is in french but i hope you understand

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @sens_witas7503 some hitch use safety cable or chains. Some use a metal pin as a catch in case the main pin were to fail.

  • @sumguy8
    @sumguy8 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fun video, thanks!

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@sumguy8 your welcome!

    • @sumguy8
      @sumguy8 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@ryantheridemechanic You make a lot of people happy with these seemingly obscure videos. I'm glad your passion interests so many people. I never worked as a ride mechanic, but always was interested in the engineering behind it. So thank you for sharing your passion!

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ your welcome! 😃

  • @realbuckwell
    @realbuckwell 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    LOL the sign and back to drawing board each time you need a new axis for the cardboard coaster to bend

  • @MagnusTheGreat
    @MagnusTheGreat 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I always knew that thunder mountain felt strange going up the lift at first. Springy even hah. Now I know why. I thought it was an unbalanced counterweight on the chain tensioner

  • @LukeFerreira-nv8ef
    @LukeFerreira-nv8ef 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Ryan it would interesting to see your thoughts on the sky flyer swing ride that collapsed in Birmingham in the UK a few days ago

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@LukeFerreira-nv8ef yes I plan on a video but probably won’t be able to get to it until early next week unfortunately

  • @neilbrown3359
    @neilbrown3359 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Kinda curious of why you stopped working in the industry?

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@neilbrown3359 had to relocate to a new state. 2.5 hrs drive tot he nearest amusement parks. So I had to stop.

  • @inthelaunch9319
    @inthelaunch9319 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Grease is definitely a hassle for guests, I had a guest at my park that got a big glob of grease in her hair because the hinge of the restraint was over greased

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@inthelaunch9319 ugh! I can see that. Pulling seat backs off the SLC literally had grease hair balls rolling around the inside 🤢

    • @Gunstick
      @Gunstick 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I had a huge lump of grease falling besides me on the giant jumper (sledge hammer) at canada womderland.
      It was really big, football size. It recieved some splatter when it impacted the floor. This was during boarding. The grease bits got cleaned off me by staff.
      Imagine it had hit my head. That was a guaranteed concussion.

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @ wow! That huge. Was it solid grease or was it something coated in grease

    • @Gunstick
      @Gunstick 19 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@ryantheridemechanic it was a big lump of grease. Nothing else contained in it. It must have accumulated somehow and was able to fall off when the ride is in the down position.
      They did not close the ride to inspect if other chunks of grease were looming on the other arms.
      I did not want to make a scene as I was with a group and I had still to ride quite some coasters.

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  18 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      @ I’ve seen chain liner wad of plastic mixed with oil and dirt make a nasty meatball of a mess come down from above.

  • @paulflorio
    @paulflorio 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Not sure where else to ask this question but how long before a coaster is built do they start fabricating the track and support? I was watching a video on Falcons Flights and it got me thinking how far in advance the fabrication starts

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@paulflorioit all depends on the ride. A large coaster can take a year to fabricate before any track is shipped. Small clone B&M can be cranked out much faster. When Vekoma was cranking out boomerang models, they could have one up and running in 9 months.

  • @Colaholiker
    @Colaholiker วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Interesting video! I am surprised you didn't mention one interesting detail missing (probably because the park I assume you worked at didn't have any such coaster). The concept of having four sets of road wheels on the first coach and then supporting the following coaches on the one in front of them was first introduced and even patented by Schwarzkopf. Unfortunately, the first coaster ever built with these trains is no more...

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@Colaholiker that’s covered under the pilot or tail hitch section. Making the trailer hitch needing to latch to the truck (pilot or tail) depending on the manufacturer they are called many different things.

  • @arcadebuilder533
    @arcadebuilder533 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Sure guys at b+m and intiman are getting their share of laughs by the "sometimes, coaster building sounds like ducktape" coment. Thinking about it, their first meeting likely started like that too-lol

  • @austinbowers3531
    @austinbowers3531 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What type of hitch does RMC use on their trains?

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @@austinbowers3531 pin and ball. Or rod end. The comments are just smaller with about a 1.5in pin and the ball is only about 4in diameter.

  • @dindog22
    @dindog22 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Is this how RMC does it?

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      @@dindog22 big ball joint style. Kind of like a rod end but smaller compared to a INTAMIN.

  • @DJWezzyK
    @DJWezzyK 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I always thought Vekoma coasters, the MK-12 tracks, old arrow like design, they have the middle of the train latch on to the lift. But I could be mistaken? It is why most of them build up speed before the lifthill. But i'm not sure about this. Anyone could elaborate?

    • @ryantheridemechanic
      @ryantheridemechanic  5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@DJWezzyK most build speed to “make the lift” I have a video on making the lift if you haven’t seen it.

    • @DJWezzyK
      @DJWezzyK 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      @ryantheridemechanic I might have I watch a lot of your videos, but with the Python revision I heard rumors that the middle of the train has the chain dog in it. But I can't tell for sure.

  • @DougYeager-i8b
    @DougYeager-i8b 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Your teaching technique would work well for “The Complete Idiots Guide to…..” and “……..For Dummies”. You should consider it.

  • @Gunstick
    @Gunstick 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    The Kardan joint is the european name. Mentioned in wikipedia as Cardan joint. Which is the (probable) inventor's name. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_joint