Inferno (amusement ride)
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Airwolf by the Hamburg showman Max Eberhard |
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| Technical specifications | |
| Manufacturer | Mondial Rides |
| Floor space | approx. 20 m × 21 m |
| height | approx. 22 m |
| acceleration | 3.6 g |
| Gondolas | 2 |
| People per gondola | 19th |
| capacity | 38 people per trip |
| Connected load | approx. 170 kW |
| Safety bar | 3-fold secured |
The Inferno is a ramp ride from the Dutch manufacturer Mondial Rides .
history
The first descriptions and drawings for this business could already be seen in specialist magazines in March 1995. The published plans showed a ride with a sequence of movements that had never been seen before.
The first example of this type of shop, called “Night Fly”, premiered in Paderborn in the same year under the direction of the Munich showman Alfons Kaiser . The first planned premiere venue , the Heinerfest in Darmstadt, had to be canceled for technical reasons. In 1999 Alfons Kaiser sold his "Night Fly" to his Munich colleague Eduard Rosai.
Also in 1995, the Bonn showman Willi Kipp made his debut with his copy called “Newcomer”. The first place was the Oldenburg Kramermarkt . The business was sold to the Welte company in 2000.
Both shops, “Night Fly” and “Newcomer”, were sold on to France in 2005 . The "Night Fly" has been available as Soaring Timbers in Canada's Wonderland since 2016 .
The third and to date last built store of this type, called "Airwolf", premiered in 1996 at the Hanover Schützenfest . The owner of the shop was and is still today, the Hamburg-based showman Max Eberhard. The business is currently in storage.
construction
From the podium construction, which is used for getting in and out, protrudes a central mast inclined forward by 45 °, at the upper end of which a 22 m long arm is rotatably attached. At one end, the arm carries the gondola, which can be rotated by a motor around the longitudinal axis of the arm and freely swinging around its own longitudinal axis by a full 360 °. The gondola is divided in two along the longitudinal axis; the two halves can roll over around the longitudinal axis independently of one another. The other end of the arm carries a counterweight . In order to give the gondola the necessary freedom of movement, the entry platform is lowered pneumatically before the journey begins.
The interaction of the motorized movements and the free-swinging gondola make it possible to achieve an interesting driving sequence which, despite the variety of movements, is gentle on the stomach.
(Formerly) traveling specimens
The three traveling specimens clearly differed in their presentation.
Kaiser's “Night Fly” was painted predominantly in yellow, orange and red tones, the rear wall was decorated with fantasy motifs.
Kipp's “Newcomer” also had fantasy motifs on the back wall, but the shop itself was designed by the company afaw in an industrial look and was characterized by many details such as “rusty” rivets, leaky painted pipelines and signs. In the meantime, the shop in France has been repainted and has been rather unadorned since then.
Eberhard's “Airwolf” was mainly painted in purple, golden yellow, midnight blue and orange and designed with elements from the TV series Airwolf . A special feature that should be mentioned is that the large lettering in the middle of the arm, unlike the other two models of this type of ride, does not rotate, but always remains upright and legible. The Airwolf also differs technically from its siblings; For the first time, hydraulic drives were used instead of electric motors in this example , as the latter were often not able to cope with the dynamic loads of the journey.
Special features / interesting details
- Four transporters are necessary to drive an “Inferno” from one place to the next
- The fare for the premiere of the "Night Fly" was 7 DM
- The Night Fly was approved for the Oktoberfest in Munich in its premiere year
- None of the copies built bears or bears the name invented by the manufacturer
- The manufacturer Nauta-Bussink , also from the Netherlands, planned a similar ride (working title Transformer), but it was never realized. The "Airwolf" was initially to be a copy of this type; However, the decision was made in favor of the “Inferno” model from the manufacturer Mondial.
Manufacturer
Web links
- Inferno on the side of Mondial Rides (English)