Kingda Huh?
A lokacin da aka yi jayayya a shekara ta 2005, Kingda Ka a New Jersey ta shida Adventure Great Adventure ya yi ikirarin cewa sunaye biyu na duniya da mafi girma a duniya. Rashin hawansa na 50.6 na biyu na tafiya yana aikawa da raguwa ya hau doguwar jirgin saman mita 456 kuma ya kai matsakaicin mita 128 mph a 3.5 seconds. Yikes!
Me ya sa Sarkida ya zama mai rikitarwa mai rikitarwa? Hydraulics.
Idan wannan pithy bayani yana da kullun kanka, bari mu nutse cikin wasu bayanai.
Har zuwa farkon marubutan 1970, kusan dukkanin abin da ke cikin kullun zamani sun kasance daidai. Ko waƙoƙi sun kasance daga itace ko sashi, wani shinge mai tsabta wanda aka yi amfani da ita ta hanyar maɓallin motsa jiki - ya danna jirgin motsa jiki a hankali a saman tudu. A saman tudun, sashen da aka ƙwace da ƙarfin ya karu.
Yawancin gine-ginen da aka gina tun daga farkon shekarun 1970 sun ci gaba da amfani da tsarin gaskiya, amma wasu masu zane-zane sun maye gurbin tsaunuka masu tasowa tare da tsarin kaddamar da dama. Suna iya ƙaddamar da hanzari, hanzari, tsayi, da kuma abubuwan da suka faru, da kuma samar da irin abubuwan da suke tafiya. Kira daga tashar tashar, ta kaddamar da kullun kamar Sarkida Ka kawar da tsammanin tayi sama da tsallakewa daga tashe zuwa karshen.
Don aika jiragen ruwa da kuma fasinjoji masu fasin hankali ba tare da tsoro ba daga masu tafiya, masu hawan zane-zane sun taso da hanyoyi masu yawa da suka hada da iska mai kwakwalwa, iska mai kwashe, da motar lantarki.
Amma jiragen ruwa suna ba da hanya mai sauki da sauƙi don gaggauta samun motocin motsa jiki da sauri-da sauri.
A Coaster on Steroids
Shirin tsarin samar da wutar lantarki yana kama da wata tsauni mai tsabta a kan tudu ... akan mega dosin steroids. Maimakon haɗakar da sigogi, haɗin yana amfani da kebul wanda ke cike da lalacewa a cikin wani gwanin mai girma.
Hanya zuwa na USB ita ce motar mota, na'urar da ke kan tarkon jiragen ruwa kuma ta rusa su a kan layi. Don auri 'yan biyu, "kare" ya sauko daga tsakiyar jirgin din kuma ya shiga cikin motar mota. Game da kashi biyu bisa uku na hanyar saukar da filin jiragen sama na Kingda Ka, jirgin ya yi sauri zuwa sauri, kare ya tashi ya tashi daga jirgin, jiragen sama na jan hanzarin hawa, kuma jirgin ya ci gaba da rufe dutsen mai tsawon 456. Kwarewa tana ɗaukar jirgin kasa a gefen gefen hasumiya kuma zuwa ga tashar.
Sabanin matsaloli na al'ada, wanda yawanci ya kai ga mafi girma bayan da ya fara saukowa, sai sarki Kingda Ka ya kalli 128 mph a kan hanyar zuwa ga hasumiya. "A ka'idar, za mu so mu yi daidai da sauri a bangarorin biyu na hasumiya," in ji Michael Reitz, wani injiniya na kamfanin tare da shida Flags da kuma memba na ƙungiyar ci gaban da ke aiki a Kingda Ka. "Amma iska, nauyin nauyin fasinjoji, zafi, zafi, da kuma wasu dalilai suna tasiri sosai." Ya ce Kingda Ka sau da yawa yakan sake komawa zuwa kimanin 120 mph a gefen gefen gefen ɗakin hasumiya kafin ya haye kundunsa na biyu kuma ya hau gida.
Wannan yana bayanin yadda jiragen Kingda Ka ke janye daga tashar tashar.
Amma ta yaya nasara ta haifar da isasshen ƙuƙwalwa don zaɓan kebul ɗin ta hanya? Hydraulics.
Reitz ya bayyana cewa an shafe shi da motar motar lantarki mai hawa 500 wanda yake zaune a babban tafkin ruwa na lantarki. Rashin makamashin nitrogen na nitrogen da aka yi amfani da shi a cikin motar ta samar da makamashi. Masanin injiniya ya lura cewa motar sun aika da makamashin da suke ƙirƙirar masu tarawa kuma suna kwatanta tsarin don busa ƙaho.
"Suna adana makamashi mai yawa, sannan a daidai lokacin, suna nunawa," in ji Reitz. "Suna da ikon samar da dakarun soja 20,800." Don kwatanta, injin motar mota yana bada kimanin 175 hp. Muna magana da wani iko mai karfi a nan.
Har ma da sauri kuma ya fi girma?
Akwai kamanni (idan karami da haɗuwa) masu caca na roka, kamar Top Thrill Dragster a Cedar Point da Xcelerator a Knott's Berry Farm).
Tare da samfurori mai zurfi, samfurori masu mahimmanci, Kingda Ka tambayi wannan tambaya: Yaya zazzagewa da sauri zai iya masu zanen kaya su yi caasters? "Kalubale ba shine 'Za mu iya yi ba?' "In ji Reitz, yana maida hankali ne game da yadda ake yin amfani da shi. "Tambayar ita ce 'Yaya kudin?' "
Parks na iya ƙididdigar magoya bayan da suka yi amfani da su don gwada su a kan manyan na'ura, da kuma kayan haɓaka da sauri, amma masu nuna girman kai suna zuwa ne kawai a lokacin da masu riba na bean suka dubi komawa kan zuba jari. Sama, a bayyane yake, iyakance ne (kamar yadda yake da sauri), amma wadanne wuraren shakatawa za su so su kwashe dubban miliyoyin dolar da zasuyi amfani da su don gina gine-ginen da suka keta sararin sama?
Tun lokacin da Kingda Ka ya bude, wani mawallafi, Formula Rossa a Ferrari World a Abu Dhabi, ya kulla tseren New Jersey a matsayin mafi kyawun kullin duniya . Har ila yau, yana amfani da tsarin shinge na lantarki. Tun daga shekara ta 2018, Kingda Ka har yanzu yana riƙe da rikodi . Amma ba tsawon lokaci a fili ba. Wani "mashaya" wanda ake kira SkyScraper wanda ke zuwa Orlando (ko da yake an buɗe sanarwarsa a lokacin da aka jinkirta sau da dama) zai kasance sama da filin yanzu.