Wellenflug (amusement ride)
The wave flight or wave flier (English: Wave Swinger) is a chain carousel with a wave-like rotation of the passenger carrier. This ride can often be found in a portable version at public festivals as well as stationary in amusement parks.
history
After the Second World War , the Bremen showman Fritz Hanstein built a chain plane that works like a higher-level mountain and valley railway and was operated by the Bert Lemoine company until 2007 under the name Powerwelle .
In 1972, the experienced designer for amusement rides, Franz Schwarzkopf, developed a sophisticated carousel powered by hydraulics and rope pull , which the Bavarian company Josef Zierer from Offenberg has manufactured over 200 times since then and sold to showmen and amusement parks all over the world. The manufacturer supplies different versions for 40 or 56 passengers. Due to the success of the Zierer original, the wave flight was copied or imitated by various manufacturers.
technology
A hydraulic ram is housed in a mast that is slightly bent at the upper end and lifts the upper part of the carousel upwards via a cable, slightly above the "kink". The top part rotates quickly and the mast slowly in the opposite direction, creating the wave movement. Since 2002 it has been possible to have the whole thing run backwards.
Wave fliers in Germany
A total of 13 large Zierer wave fliers were on the trip in Germany in 2006. These are the companies Hanstein ( Bremen ), Barthel ( Berlin ), Blume (Leese), Wendler ( Unna ), Barth-Eberhard (Augsburg), Roie ( Frankfurt am Main ), Nickel (Frankenthal), Baumgartner (Stuttgart), Drelischek ( Nuremberg), Fahrenschon ( Munich ) and Stranninger (Munich). The latest model currently traveling is the Wellenflug Volare, which was built in 2013 and taken over by the Drliczek company (Fürth) in 2017. The wave flyers from the companies Distel (Nuremberg) and Kaiser (Circus-Welt) (Munich) are the only ones in Germany with a technology that has been retrofitted by the manufacturer, which allows the carousel to go backwards. The oldest, yet still well-maintained and perfectly functioning wave fliers date from 1973 (recognizable by the paintings by F. Hilpert (Nuremberg)). There is also another traveling model from the company kurz from Freiburg / Brsg., Constructed by the company Rundrum, Augsburg, which no longer exists .
Wave fliers in Austria and Switzerland
Silivia Spengler traveled to Switzerland with a Zierer Wellenflug, but it was sold to France in 2007. There is currently no traveling wave flight in Switzerland. In Austria this attraction has existed in the Vienna Prater since April 2006 , it is the former German travel business "Luftikus" with reverse drive (built in 2002).
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wellenflieger on the homepage of the manufacturer Zierer, accessed on September 20, 2017
- ↑ Volare: A wonderful feeling of flight. Retrieved March 1, 2020 .