a fairground life( start of easter)

what a day! the dropzone failed to work for the first two hours. the ride registered a fault and would not start up. we finally traced the problem to a broken brush contact under the gondolla. after replacing this the ride worked fine. then the miami ride was not operating at full speed. the pump control has some play on it. i have arranged for a hydraulic specialist to service it tomorrow, but alas the ride was closed all afternoon. the sun was shining and there was a lot of people on the fairground for a couple of hours. after this week hopefully all systems will be go..