gerstlaueringvar Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 (edited) It happened today around 5:00pm at a local festival fair in Henan Province. The mechanical arm of an Inverting Frisbee ride broke into two pieces DURING operation, at least 10 riders were thrown off. From the picture looks like that counterweight went around and hit the other half of arm after it snapped. Hope the injured riders will recover well. Remember, before you ride anything sketchy in China, rethink your decision! Source Source: Henan TV "City Report" official microbloggingTranslation: Google Translate Today evening, Henan TV "City Report" official microblogging news release, in Xinxiang City Commercial Street Changyuan copper pagoda temple, called "UFO" rides a fault occurs in the air, rotating rod fracture. Witnesses said at least 10 people thrown down. (Original title: Henan "UFO" rides fault at least 10 people were thrown out) UPDATE: Henan rides "UFO" 19 people were thrown out of the fault Source Today 17:30 Xu, Henan Xinxiang City Commercial Street Changyuan copper pagoda temple, 'UFO' rides a fault occurs in the air, rotating rod fracture, 19 were thrown down, including a man-fracture injuries, 18 people were slightly injured. Currently 19 wounded were receiving treatment in hospital, vital signs were stable. operating rides the responsible person has been controlled. (CCTV reporter Yao Yu) Poor riders. Seriously?? Edited April 7, 2015 by robbalvey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
larrygator Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 If I don't trust or ride fair rides in the US. It is scary enough riding permanent installations in China, forget about the fairs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Safe to assume this Frisbee was a Huss knockoff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 6, 2015 Author Share Posted April 6, 2015 Safe to assume this Frisbee was a Huss knockoff? It inverts. Kind of like Star Shape with HUSS cabin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJeXeL Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Ah, OK thanks. Definitely frightening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cfc Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 If I don't trust or ride fair rides in the US. It is scary enough riding permanent installations in China, forget about the fairs. Yep. I was genuinely afraid of some of the coasters in China, outside of the larger parks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarlaKoaster Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 It must be so traumatic to be involved in something like this. I hope everybody is OK. I wonder who the ride manufacturer was? I don't recognise that particular model of ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcjp Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 That must have been pretty violent! I hope everyone recovers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 This is terrible My thoughts are with those involved . I wonder how frequent accidents like this happen over in China. I'd imagine we don't hear about all of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midgetman82 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm assuming they're not as serious as this one considering we're hearing about it. Either way, It's unfortunate to hear about something like this, and hope everyone recovers okay as well. I'll second what Larry said, too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharkTums Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Robb and I tried our best to never ride anything sketchy in China at the same time. That way if something happened KT wouldn't be an orphan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scbt Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 Holy crap, that's terrifying. To be fair though, a portable knock off inverting pendulum seems like an accident waiting to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camthedominator Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 This is exactly why I don't trust fair rides. Many of my friends say "they don't chain the fair rides to the ground to hold them steady, it's to keep people from stealing them". (just to clarify, that last statement was a joke and should not be taken seriously.) I'm just shocked that the entire chasse managed to become disconnected from the arm as it is one of the sturdiest moving parts of the ride. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagnumFreak25 Posted April 6, 2015 Share Posted April 6, 2015 I'm guessing this happened right before the cycle started going at full speed, right? I guess it could have been much worse if it happened mid swing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genx24 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wow, very frightening. To echo what others have said; fair rides in the States are sketchy enough, so I can't imagine how bad they are in some other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcdude Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 It's hard to tell from the pictures whether this accident is the fault of incorrect assembly or bad engineering. If it's the latter, the incident is much, much worse. Either way, it's terrible that this occurred, but fortunately it doesn't sound as bad as it could have been. Hopefully steps will be taken to prevent another similar incident from happening. I have no problem riding US carnival rides, but after this I'll be sure to double check that everything looks secure before riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jray21 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Wow, that's scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 More updates: 19 riders were thrown off and one was seriously injured. All the injured riders are in stable condition. Source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leqant Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 This is a situation I fear the most when riding rides like these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vedved82491 Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I've never been on a giant frisbee, and while an inverting one sounds like it could be an amazing experience, this story definitely doesn't make it sound promising. I'm curious if HUSS purposely never created a looping giant frisbee, knowing that there could be stability issues. Then again, I have a feeling this may be due to poor maintenance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBru Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 19 riders were "thrown off"? I wonder what this means in context, exactly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenDen Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 I'm curious if HUSS purposely never created a looping giant frisbee, knowing that there could be stability issues. Then again, I have a feeling this may be due to poor maintenance. Zamperla successfully made one... a 30 seat model... [youtu_be]https://youtu.be/Y3iLp_fEnZU[/youtu_be] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerstlaueringvar Posted April 7, 2015 Author Share Posted April 7, 2015 19 riders were "thrown off"? I wonder what this means in context, exactly. Indeed weird given that the restraints are locked and there are seat belts. I'm curious if HUSS purposely never created a looping giant frisbee, knowing that there could be stability issues. Then again, I have a feeling this may be due to poor maintenance. Zamperla successfully made one... a 30 seat model... [youtu_be]https://youtu.be/Y3iLp_fEnZU[/youtu_be] Mondial as well, at Fantasy Island and Ocean Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superbatboy Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 Glad most of them are in stable condition, best wishes for the one who was seriously injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canadianparkfan Posted April 7, 2015 Share Posted April 7, 2015 19 riders were "thrown off"? I wonder what this means in context, exactly. Indeed weird given that the restraints are locked and there are seat belts. I'm curious if HUSS purposely never created a looping giant frisbee, knowing that there could be stability issues. Then again, I have a feeling this may be due to poor maintenance. Zamperla successfully made one... a 30 seat model... [youtu_be]https://youtu.be/Y3iLp_fEnZU[/youtu_be] Mondial as well, at Fantasy Island and Ocean Park. Plus nearly every other Italian manufacturer. SBF VISA (Spin cycle, Silverwood), Fabri (Jupiter), Technicak Park (Looping Street Fighter), Rides and Fun S.R.L. (Twist and Sun 360). I believe moser is one of the only Italian flat ride manufacturers to not make an inverting frisbee type ride nowadays. However, their take looks even worse than the above chinese knockoff... It's a stand up version (see image below) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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