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The Orbiter is a Fairground Ride invented by Richard Woolls in 1976 .

It has a number of articulated arms radiating from a central rotating vertial axis. Each arm supports a cluster of cars, which are lifted through 90° into the horizontal position once the ride is spinning. At the same time, each cluster of cars rotates around its arm's axis.


SOME CARNIVALS/AMUSEMENT PARKS WITH THESE RIDES

  • Flying Machine (Orbiter without top)-- Busch Gardens Europe

  • Orbiter--NAME (Cooke's Amusements)

  • Sandstorm (Orbiter without top)-- Busch Gardens Africa

  • Typhoon--Murphy Brothers

  • Vortex--Adventureland in UK



TRIVIA

  • The Orbiter is made by Tivoli manufacturing, a British company. In the U.S. their representative is Amtech.

  • The Orbiter comes in at least three different names. The names are the Orbiter, Predator, and Typhoon. The Orbiter and Predator both have a cylinder ball on top (if they didn't take it off), and the Typhoon has lightning bolts.

  • The Orbiter/Typhoon/Predator arms don't always tilt at the same height (90%). Some might tilt all the way while others don't tilt a lot.

  • Most Orbiters consist of six arms, and have three cars for each arm with up to two people sitting in each car.

  • There is a metal lap bar that comes down on the car for the restraint.

  • The Extreme Orbiter is actually called a Remix. It's a completely different experience.



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