The ride is featured by a 25.6 m-tall telescopic column hinged to the trailer, two rotating arms, two gondolas accommodating up to 8 passengers each, seating dangling legs onto the vehicle. The passengers run around a 50 m-diameter circular path, reaching a maximum G-force up to 3.6g. The main targets to be achieved were the safety of the ride together with operational high performances and easy transportability.
Category: Rides for temporary amusement parks
Issue of the first article: 2015
Maximum height: 50 m
Use of the ride: Permanent or temporary amusement parks
Payload: 16 passengers
Passenger’s maximum G-force: 3.6g
Reference wind speed out-of-operation: 28 m/s
Objectives
Despite the outstanding dimensions, the design review of the ride was mainly focused on enhanced assembly procedure, overall safety and improved road transportation using 2 trailers only, complying with the road European regulations. Finally, the ride should have been reliable in compliance with the long-term life requirements, should have been able to withstand severe out-of-operation environmental loads and, last but not least, should have been impressive from a visual standpoint.
to be met
By implementing an innovative design approach, the major challenge to be met was the lightweight design, despite the huge size of the ride classified on the market among the major rides.
and results achieved
With an iterative approach of design updates, through validation by means of structural analysis, the incremental optimization allowed us to achieve the final target. Taking advantage of several design and analysis iterations, any redundant element of the structural components has been optimized or removed at all.
At the end of the design review, the shape and topological optimization combined with a specific refinement of structural details, resulted in an optimized balance of stiffness, strength, size and weight of the final product.
The achieved outcomes resulted in a full satisfaction of the manufacturer, confirming the industrial gain such as production simplification, easier assembly, shortened lead time and cost saving. Besides, the new ride has been highly appreciated by final users, providing the manufacturer with positive feedback about its technical effort to innovate the ride. The commercial success of the revised ride has valued the technical efforts in improving the modular design, reliability and lightness of the product.