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Charlotte Stonestreet
Managing Editor |
Controllers live up to pier pressure
24 April 2013
To ensure reliability, electrically powered amusements including the Ghost Train, two land trains and a Go–Kart track on the recently refurbished Grand Pier in Weston-super-Mare are fitted with Curtis AC speed controllers, providing a combination of power, performance and functionality.
Curtis specialist technical support engineers worked on site with pier parent company, AGM, to create the bespoke VCL (Vehicle Control Language) required for each ride.
In one example 22 Go Karts race around a miniature circuit. Seven different speed settings which can be applied to separate Karts or across the whole track as desired. Speeds are remotely controlled and can be set according to user ability or age group for example. A complex set of requirements made easy by the consequential logic of the Curtis VCL.
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