Vertical travel
A vertical ride is a ride in which the passenger carriers are quickly transported up and down along a tower by means of a rope hoist.
Vertical drives are often confused with free-fall towers, but the system is more of a very fast elevator . As with a normal elevator, there is constant contact between the passenger carrier and the tower via steel cables, so there is never a free fall. A driving program usually consists of several drives up and down. In general usage, the term free fall tower or FreeFall tower has also established itself for vertical travel.
There are both stationary systems in amusement parks and transportable ones for public festivals .
Manufacturer
Vertical rides or similar rides are built by different manufacturers and have different names, which are usually used more than the term "vertical ride".
- Huss Rides : “Shot'n Drop” and “Shot'n Drop Maxi”, example: Screaming Eagle in Bellewaerde Park
- Ride Trade ( Intamin ): "Bungee Drop", example: Mystery Castle in Phantasialand
- Maurer Sons : "Power Tower" and "Xtended Power Tower", see examples below
- S&S Worldwide: “Space Shot” and “Turbo Drop”, for example La Venganza del Enigma in Parque Warner Madrid
- Fabbri Group: “Scary Drop”, example: Adalet Kulesi in Vialand
Models
Power Tower
The "Power Tower" is a transportable vertical drive, the first version of which was built in 1998 by the manufacturer Maurer-Söhne and operated by the German showman Schneider. The total height of the tower is 66 meters, the maximum ride height 57 meters. In 2001 the tower was returned to the manufacturer in order to travel with the successor, the higher Power Tower 2 , in the future .
The power tower required an area of 21 × 21 m to operate.
Another traveling copy was built for the Stuttgart showman company Kinzler. This business was sold in 2004 to the company Kipp from Bonn, which returned the tower to the manufacturer after several technical problems.
Power Tower 2
The "Power Tower 2" was built in 2001 and with a total height of 66 meters is the highest transportable vertical drive in the world. The total ride height is 59 meters, the maximum speed is 54 km / h downwards and 23 km / h upwards. The technical driving process is completely computer-controlled, so that the commander only has to start one of the six possible driving programs, which then runs automatically.
The Power Tower 2 requires an electrical output of 1 megawatt for its operation and a footprint of 22 meters front length and 21 meters depth
In 2002 a display was added to the shop, which, equipped with LEDs , shows greetings from passengers, sports information or information about the fairground that can be seen for miles.
The Power Tower 2 was also built by the German manufacturer Maurer Söhne . It is operated by Ewald Schneider & Co. OHG with headquarters in Munich.
Shot'n Drop and Shot'n Drop Maxi
| Shot'n Drop | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | HUSS Rides , Bremen |
| Floor space | 7 m × 7 m |
| height | 43 m |
| Max. acceleration | 3.5 g |
| Number of people | 24 |
| capacity | 960 people / h |
| Connected load | 250 kW |
| Shot'n Drop Maxi | |
|---|---|
| Manufacturer | HUSS Rides , Bremen |
| Floor space | 7.7 m × 7.7 m |
| height | 58 m |
| Max. acceleration | 3.5 g |
| Number of people | 28 |
| capacity | 1500 people / h |
| Connected load | 375 kW |
The Shot'n drop is the vertical drive variant of the bremer manufacturer HUSS Rides . They are available as a standard version and a maxi version.
Selection of other well-known rides
- Twilight Zone Tower of Terror in Walt Disney Studios Park and other Disney parks
- Vulcano in the leisure land Geiselwind in Geiselwind
- Mystery Castle in Phantasialand , no central tower, the sledges move inside along the walls of a "real" tower (vertical movement)
- Space Shot in the Vienna Prater , by S&S (vertical drive, the passenger carrier is "shot" upwards at 80-95 km / h and then "falls" back)
- Big shot on the top of the Stratosphere Tower in Las Vegas
- Monte Zuma Hansapark in the Hansapark Sierksdorf, closed since the end of the 2012 season
Individual evidence
- ↑ Power Tower 2 . Official website, accessed February 4, 2013