Maintenance & Inspections
These cables are checked monthly.
What are flight and counterweight cables?
The _____ ______ _______ are grasped by SkySled flyer(s) during their initial descent.
What are the yellow flight handles?
Skycoaster operations are allowed in sustained winds up to, but not including, __ MPH.
What is 30 mph?
If a pin on a carabiner falls out, a qualified maintenance person is authorized to repair the carabiner by pushing the pin back into place.
What is false?
The portion of the flight area beyond the attachment area and furthest from the launch structure.
What is the zoom zone?
The standard flight cables are this diameter.
What is 5/16"?
What is 48 inches?
This causes the scissors lift to go up.
What is the up/down toe switch?
All objects that are secured to a Skycaoster tower must have redundant (secondary) connections.
Short stainless steel split pin used to secure the end of a shackle bolt after the locking nut is installed.
What is a cotter pin?
The square and shaft keys are inspected at this interval.
What is annually?
Used to connect the SkySled spreader bars together during a double flight.
What is a tandem fairing?
The self latching gate must swing this way in correspondence to the flight line.
What is away from the flight line?
The BBL stands for backstrap, buckles, and legs. The BBL is performed by the Controller regardless of the equipment used.
What is false?
Correct answer: AC performs BBL on rolling boarding platform, Controller performs BBL on scissors lift.
DAILY DOUBLE
Buckling of the wires within a cable, usually caused by extreme axial compression, which results in radial deformation
What is bird caging?
The time frame in which the annual inspected must be completed and sent to Skycoaster's office.
What is within 15 days of the previous year's inspection.
This is the first thing the AC says to a new group of flyers at a rolling boarding platform site.
What is "Next flyers, come on board"?
This is the maximum capacity for the scissors lift.
What are 10 people or 2000 pounds?
What is false?
Correct answer: Only an omega carabiner can be used to connect the launch cable and launch bridle.
Bearing mounted wheel at top of launch tower. The launch cable passes over this between the winch and launch bridle.
What is the sheave wheel assembly?
DAILY DOUBLE
The flight, launch, and counterweight cables must be replaced when this amount of broken wires or more are found, respectively?
What are one, two, and two?
This position rolls the rolling boarding platform back to the safety area.
Who is the assistant controller?
Carowinds uses _________ _____ flight cables, which are capable of supporting ____ lbs.
What are galvanized steel flight cables, and 9800 lbs?
Any alteration or deviation from the Skycoaster Owners Manual may be made providing Skycoaster has received a written request for the alteration/deviation.
What is false?
The U-shaped fastening device that utilize a bolt-type pin secured by a nut and stainless steel cotter pin and is used to attach the flight cables to the flight bracket.
What is a shackle?