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How rollercoaster anti-rollbacks (ARB) work to keep you safe

Ryan The Ride Mechanic 5,012 9 months ago
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When rides go up the lift they are being carried be a chain dog. What happens if the chain dog breaks? It’s happened to me working on a ride, I snapped clean in half. What happens if the chain breaks? We don’t want the train to go backwards because it will catastrophically collide with the train in the station, and injure people in both trains. So devices called Ani-rollbacks or ARB for short, were installed to make the lift a one way trip. Safety ratchet dog arb 00:01 Toothed rail 03:44 B&M sprag test 06:50 ARB clunk 12:00 ARB Cam 20:40 Space Mountain 28:50 Water rides 37:00 Inverted ARB 40:30 ARB silencer 42:40 Only for lifts 50:30 ARB funny sound 56:20 ThemeParkHD https://youtube.com/@ThemeParkHD?si=4PMXc05bwLF2MtkX Space mountain video https://youtu.be/zYx8qT3ueXw?si=kkPMt1KRlPt2zSi_

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