Fury 325 Crack Repair Update: What This Means For Reopening 

You may need to fix your audio. It sounds washed out relative to other videos- did you record using something like Zoom?

Your shirt cracks me up! Thanks for the update/info. I know it’s the premier ride at Carowinds, but I still suspect it will be months before it will be operational.

I think 2-3 weeks is optimistic. They are going to have to deeply inspect all of those supports. Not just the failed one.

Was at the park today, they had all kinds of people up there on the track and I saw the tacked on metal braces too.

I hope they check all the foundation properly, I dont have faith in the people who did all the ground work and foundations. if one hase moved they all might have, then its a huge project

Regarding the fins welded on the existing support - This is likely a request (requirement) by the inspection company that B&M will enlist to analyze the failure. By tying the two pieces together like this, they can remove both of them without risking further damage to the failure point due to collision during removal or transport. I have seen this done in the past, so it isn't uncommon. As far as using a CMM or similar to check the amount of deflection, I doubt that B&M cares to that level of precision regarding the replacement support. (Yes, by now we know that a replacement is being fabricated.) The error in displacement looks to be less than 1". Thermal expansion forces are likely to cause that level of displacement, and it is currently pretty warm in the afternoons in CLT. I suspect that a re-survey of the footers will provide far better information than the displacement after failure ever could. Finally, regarding the diagonal being in tension vs. compression - the diagonal is most likely stronger in tension as there is no risk of buckling as there would be with compression. The footer would need to resist upward rather than downward forces, but this is not hard to achieve with adequate civil design.

I don't understand Theme Park Predictions videos. The rants are so long... his videos could be half as long and I try to stay to the end in hopes something new would be added but it's just redundant, like Fury's structural supports.

It happened right at the fishmouth/saddle. I'd bet money it cracked at the top of the connection where they tied the welds in and the force pushimg out made the crack spread quickly. It was probably also a hacked weave weld that wasn't a proper full or partial pin weld. Replace the old column with a new one

Might we see some similar additional bracing on the adjacent supports? After all, they've been carrying some extra load as this support failed. Cracks might not yet be visible on those, but they could have been somewhat weakened by the additional loading. Better to be safe if they're looking for a temporary fix to get the coaster back open for the rest of the season. It will also be interesting to watch and analyze the longer term repairs as they unfold. How much additional work will be done to be sure the coaster remains safe for years to come?

I would not be surprised if B&M said Furry has to go through their whole entire test cycle certification again.. So the test cycles could take weeks alone.

Might have have to add an insurance investigator to that list

I doubt B&M is going to repair this. They are going to want to replace it. They probably already have pipe being welded for it.

In my industry, we'd be cutting it out and getting metallurgical analysis done, but our pipe is pressure containing, not structural. If B&M has the MTRs for the pipe and any NDT for the welds, it would be worth reviewing (if I were them). This may be only the first issue if there is an underlying material quality problem. Did they have any manufacturing issues that had to be dealt with, like weld repairs or an unusually large heat affected zone? How was the pipe heat treated for welding (preheat? post-welding stress relief?). Did they check for internal corrosion? Anybody check that the wall thickness is still what it is supposed to be? Until they rule out some things, it doesn't make sense to me to rush it back into service. And that repair looks pretty janky. // Edited to add: Maybe they have checked already and this is why they proceeded.

just a couple of comments thoughts..... this isnt the first time a B&M has had issues this is the only one that has had this coverage. and we are aware. There are other B&Ms that have needed welds and repairs we just arent always privy to the information I am sure there have been plenty of times routine inspections have prevented a similar situation from "propagating" (see what i did there) .... Case in point Goliath at Atlanta I think which has what appears to be bracing along those welds in similar spots. My thought is the purpose of this and the many supports in that turn are to prevent the track from moving too far i would be interested to see a side by side of that same turn and if the track is even moving further than it was before the failure...just curious if the support failed because it was weak or because it was too strong and not letting the track move as it should so it found the weakest point to move.

Intamin makes better more fun steel coasters than B&M.

I’ll bet they might want to get this reopen as fast as they can.

Is the live stream still a go?

If that support beam is supposed to be on the outside so the load can push into it, why didn't they account for that when deciding where to put it. Physics doesn't exactly care that it's inconvenient for it to be on the outside. Wouldn't B&B require that it be placed properly?

This has to be just to stop this from completely failing, right? There's no way a failure of this magnitude on the tallest, fastest coaster around could just be diagnosed, repaired, and signed-off on and presented back to the public this quick. Is there any government oversight of this park?

I think it would be dumb for them to rush this thing back open or with any kind of quick fix… 🤘

Maybe if you got rid of the 90's workout music, we could hear what you are saying.

Afaik NC regulates the whole ride since it's control booth is in NC.

What wall thickness is that pipe?... Looks like tissuepaper...how come no cjp on that joint?...smh to save a buck

So you think they will just weld more steel plates around it and re-open Fury like that? I figured that support wasn't saveable after a complete separation like that and they would have to have a completely new support made and sent in, and that this was more of a temporary thing to not add more stress to the track and surrounding supports like you said.

I would be concerned the metal is brittle from poor heat treatment. If it all came from China you might have a much bigger issue

I appreciate your videos and wisdom but just a suggestion you might want to find a better a better way to set up your audio. It kind of hard to hear you speak

Super glue and sticky tape, be alright

background music is not necessary, the microphone quality is already terrible.

These mega coasters always end up having problems. These tall steel coasters are sterile they feel like a safe machine. In the old days the wooden coasters that were a real living breathing work of art to ride and look at. Depending on the weather and if they greased the track and which seat you were in gave a different ride. They have torn down a lot of these real rides or altered them so I don't go to parks anymore. A good coaster was the original wild one at adventure world now six flags America and the riverside cyclone in MA before six flags bought and wrecked it. I could go on and on but you get the idea. I suppose the Phoenix at Knoebels is still pretty good but for some reason people think bigger and taller and faster is better.

Sigh...I dunno...kinda seems like a reckless rush job. I just don't have a good feeling that this is doing the right thing.

Audio sucks, then you add background music to make make it worse and then to top it all off you go on and on and on about the same issue

Serious @ 5:19 🤔

Just for purpose of feedback. Your audio is very poor

Audio in this one sucks. It’s hard enough to hear what your saying without music blaring over you

That is just horrifying that they are leaving the broken support.

Just tear the damn thing down!!! It's obviously an unsafe design and besides that park has enough rollercoasters as it is.

This park needs to be shut down. PERIOD. When a regular guest notices something like that before staff.. that place is extremely dangerous! 😡