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- From: geoff@pmafire.inel.gov (Geoff Allen)
- Newsgroups: rec.roller-coaster
- Subject: Sky Diver (Re: Silverwood Theme Park, Athol, Idaho)
- Message-ID: <1992Aug19.142701.25979@pmafire.inel.gov>
- Date: 19 Aug 92 14:27:01 GMT
- References: <1992Aug17.174704.24903@pmafire.inel.gov> <1579@sousa.ltn.dec.com> <l93vscINN19c@appserv.Eng.Sun.COM>
- Organization: Computer Nerd (is that redundant?), WINCO, INEL, Idaho
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- dmk@noho.Eng.Sun.COM (David Kahn) writes:
- >
- >OK, I'll bite, can somebody please describe Sky Diver?
-
- I'll try. If you've seen one, you should figure it out rather quickly;
- if not, this may make little sense.
-
- The Sky Diver is a ``spinning'' type ride seen often at carnivals. It
- consists of a rather large ferris-wheel type structure, with cars in
- which two people can sit side-by-side. The cars are totally enclosed
- and are tangential to the circuference of the wheel. Each car has a
- pivot at the front and back. There is a wheel inside the car, which
- allows the rider(s) to spin the car while the (big) wheel goes around.
-
- The result is a ride that won't make you barf, but is a load of fun and
- *will* make you fly all around the car and lose everything in your
- pockets. (There is a padded lap bar, but unless your thighs are
- *really* huge, it won't be doing anything but limiting your flying
- around the car.) I found it the most fun when I could get the car
- spinning on the down trip, so I was rotating wildly while heading
- striaght down, then finally end up zooming through the loading platform
- while upside down. Great visual effect!
-
- Geoff ``Hardly experienced enough to be an expert, but I fake it well'' Allen
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