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Showing posts with label Blueprints. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blueprints. Show all posts
And his response " ...sometimes the layout shows dramatically false guesses (in terms of accelerations, clearances, etc.) and we have to redesign the layout entirely. Sometimes this is too late to redo things completely and we have to find a compromise which works for all parties."
Wow! Could he be referring to Intamin projects such as Maverick where they had to remove an entire inversion element? Or Millennium Force where they screwed up the clearance envelope by placing some of the roller coaster's supports too close to the track (pictured below)? I think so. Do you?
The Discovery River Boats was an attraction at Disney's Animal Kingdom. They were diesel powered boats which made a circuit around the Tree of Life. One scene along the route was called "the Dragon's Cave" and was located on the riverbank of Discovery River adjacent to the Beastly Kingdom Bridge. When riverbank sensors detected an oncomming Discovery River Boat, an audio roar and fire stream simulate the approach of a fire breathing dragon just inside riverbank cave structure.
The Discovery Rive Boats opened in 1998 and closed in 1999 due to the number of disappointed guests who did not realize the nature of the attraction. Below is an overhead layout diagram of the original ride. Click on the image for a larger picture.
Check out our other ride layout diagrams.
Click here to see an overhead image of Conservation Station at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
The Discovery Rive Boats opened in 1998 and closed in 1999 due to the number of disappointed guests who did not realize the nature of the attraction. Below is an overhead layout diagram of the original ride. Click on the image for a larger picture.
Click here to see an overhead image of Conservation Station at Disney's Animal Kingdom.
If you’re an avid fan of Roller Coaster Tycoon or No Limits coaster simulations then you may really enjoy this new book. Have you ever wondered what it takes to design and build a roller coaster? At last, there's a book that shows you. Coasters 101: An Engineering Guide to Roller Coaster Design examines the numerous diverse aspects of roller coaster engineering, including some of the mathematical formulas and engineering concepts used.
This technical guide is the most detailed roller coaster design book to date and will take you through the entire process, from concept to creation. A must read for every enthusiast and aspiring roller coaster engineer!
I'll be talking about roller coasters on an upcoming episode of the Omgea Tau podcast (science and engineering in your headphones).
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Purchase the eBook Kindle edition from Amazon.A new take on the theme park ride online games is called Ride Sims which puts you in control of all your favorite theme park rides & attractions. Bascially, you are put in the control room of one of nine attractions and must learn to operate the attraction by dispatching the trains in a safe and efficient manner. If you want to work in the amusement park industry this game offers some nice insight into the workings of major thrill ride.
The other neat aspect of this game is all of the attractions are real rides and include and overhead layout diagram of each one. This is great for people like me who are always trying to figure out a ride's layout or blueprint.
Here's the layout for Hong Kong Disney's Space Mountain
Dinosaur Ride Layout
Revenge of the Mummy the Ride Layout
Blackpool's Steeplechase
Try Ride Sims.
Want to learn how to design a roller coaster?
The other neat aspect of this game is all of the attractions are real rides and include and overhead layout diagram of each one. This is great for people like me who are always trying to figure out a ride's layout or blueprint.
Here's the layout for Hong Kong Disney's Space Mountain
Try Ride Sims.
Want to learn how to design a roller coaster?
Blooloop recently posted a fantastic interview with a vice president from S&S Worldwide. What really caught my mention was the talk of a new ride described as a thrill version of the Free Fly coaster, which will offer a new sensation to the industry, and be exclusiveto S&S. Here are the known facts directly from the article:
- ...we have a new concept but you will not see it out in the open.
- It is a thrill version of our Free Fly “family” coaster, capable of a truly unique ride sensation never before experienced and exclusive to S&S...
- ...we’ve patented the mechanical piece that creates the ride experience.
- We vetted the idea with significant people in the industry last year at IAAPA and over the year.
- ...a new product, especially one of the caliber we are introducing, S&S is making a statement: beyond being creative...
- ...we have partnered with an engineering firm in Southern California that specializes in aerospace and government contracts, and have additional tools and engineering resources we don’t. This union has created a feasibility study and product analysis I doubt has ever been done before.
- ...decision to bring in the best talent, worldwide, to create, engineer and validate not only the ride, but also the effects the ride experience has on the human body.
- ...the ride concept, which has a “4th-dimension type ride experience” but at half the cost of a 4D coaster, is extreme and thrilling beyond previous experience...
What really got my attention from the above information was the fact they have already patented the concept. Knowing this, I scoured the internet to try and find this patent. Well, I didn'tfind any new patents related to S&S Worldwide or any of their engineers but this didn't exactly surprise me because it sounds like they want to keep this under wraps.
However, after an extensive search, I believe I found the patent and the type of ride system they could be talking about here. It doesn't have a name that I know of at this point so I am going to dub it "the gyro-coaster."
The seat assembly is capable of fully rotating about a first axis, secondaxis, and third axis independent of the track system. The rotation can be free or controlled. Each individual vehcile assemblycould have a different degree of motion than the other vehicle assemblies. The launch tower concept looks pretty cool too!
Here's the evidence that leads me to believe this is the ride we are looking for.
- The patent was filed in 2009. S&S discussed the idea at the IAPPA show in 2010, thus the timeline works out and makes sense.
- The patent attorney's office is in Salt Lake City, Utah, not far from S&S headquarters.
- The inventor resides in Southern California (and presumably works for the hired engineering firm). I couldn't find any other information on the inventor, which is odd.
- When S&S Arrow filed the patent for the 4d coaster they used James Sonntag as their patent attorney, thesame person who shows up on this new patent.
How to Design a Coaster
Here's a few overhead pictures of the layout for Dinosaur at Disney's Animal Kingdom. I believe the layout is the exact same as the Indiana Jones ride at Disneyland.
I love looking at ride layouts or diagrams. If you've ever wondered what the overheadride layout of the Amazing Adventures of Spiderman at Universal's Islandsof Adventure looks like this is the best one I've seen. Attached is a diagramof what is probably the layout, at least it looks like it is pretty accuratefrom what I can remember. It's a very disorienting ride. Number 50 is theunload and load stations. How does Spiderman work? The ride basically usesa six axis Stewart platform mounted to a vehicle chassis with the added ability to rotate dueto a ring and pinion gear system. Attached are a few drawings from thepatent for this amazing amusement ride vehicle.
Last week I was trying to figure out how a Zamperla Demolition Derby ride worked. After a lot of research and digging through the interwebs I have finally found some answers. I actually haven't figured out how Zamperla's modern version works, but I have found a few patents for earlier versions of the ride. You see, the demolition derby is actually based on a ride called "the crazy daisy" (or crazy dazy) built by Philiadelphia Toboggan Coasters (PTC). There's also another variation called the Cuddle Up (or cuddle-up) which I think depends on the number of turntables involved. Anyways, here are a few of the patents with diagrams of the flat rides with intersecting ride paths:
Have you ever wondered what a work instruction manual for a roller coaster entails? First of all, what am I even talking about? Well, a roller coaster or amusement park ride manufacturer creates a manual of how to safely operate and inspect their thrill machine. This is basically a work instruction book given to the park and contains all of the preventive maintenance steps as well, safe operating procedures, and anything else needed to maintain the ride. Some of these handbooks even contain mechanical drawings and engineering calculations!So what does one of these manuals look like? Well, it just so happens that I have been able to find one on the internet and will share it with you. You can download the pdf here. You might learn a thing or to about how a roller coaster works! Be sure to check out some of our other diagrams.
Roller Coaster Maintenance and Mechanical Components Handbook.pdf download
Ever wondered what the layout for Spaceship Earth at EPCOT looks like? I also found a picture of the inner workings of the omnimover cars.
If you've ever wondered how Soarin' at EPCOT works here is a nice little diagram I found on the internet, which shows how the ride works mechanically.
I constructed a recreation of a Kuka robocoaster in CATIA. I used the car from my cantilevered roller coaster simulations to save time. This is the same technology used on Harry Potter (although I'm not sure if they are actually Kuka robotics arms as I have heard Setpoint worked on them).
This is probably the closet you'll come to seeing a CAD model of the Harry Potter ride. Although I have yet to experience the Wizarding World for myself, I think the main differences between my model and Universal's is there's contains 47 robotic arms and is at a constant speed rate where my base speed is variable.
I made this in about a day so please excuse the lack of detail. The purpose was more to show proof of concept that this was possible to create with CATIA.
This is probably the closet you'll come to seeing a CAD model of the Harry Potter ride. Although I have yet to experience the Wizarding World for myself, I think the main differences between my model and Universal's is there's contains 47 robotic arms and is at a constant speed rate where my base speed is variable.
I made this in about a day so please excuse the lack of detail. The purpose was more to show proof of concept that this was possible to create with CATIA.
I love looking at any kind of layout, blueprint, schematic, mock-up, drawing, diagram, etc. of an amusement park attraction. Disney rides are especially fascinating to me because they are mostly indoors which makes it hard to figure out the layout of a ride. Below is a diagram of the layout for the Seas with Nemo and Friends attraction at EPCOT in Disney World, Orlando, Florida. The ride uses the classic omni-mover type system.
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