Flying Scooters...

[johnhuger]

I have always missed out on a flying scooter... there is one simple question i have to ask about them...

 

Why are they so damn good? (and fun)

 

 

thanks people just something i wanna know...

[FlyingScooter]

They're controlable, to a large extent. Every ride on them has the ability to be differant from the next. Some scooter fly better than others.

Wind plays a factor in how well you can fly them.

My favorite ride, period.

 

<----Hence, the name.

 

FlyingScooter list: Euclid Beach Park, Geauga lake, Conneaut lake Park. Euclid Beach had the best.

Edited October 25, 2005 by FlyingScooter

[zongaboy626]

pga's are fun on a windy day and in california thats alot!

[Canobie Fan]

INBeach must have the best scooters around....(and I have been on Knoebels) At INB they say no snapping.. But they would still let you do it.. And they have the scooters out over the lake.. So when the ride starts up you can fly right over the water... Woo... I guess what makes them fun is that you get to make the ride yourself.. You get to move the fin in and out makeing your tub move... So its fun.

 

<-- Also has a FS for an avatar :o

[Hercules]

You don't know what it is like until you have ridden a good set of flying scooters. All of the explanations in the world don't matter until you have experienced it for yourself.

[RCoasterny]

Another thing to note. Seabreeze in Rochester, NY no longer has two circle swings. They now only have one- the non-tilting Yo-Yo. They finally fixed their Flying Scooters! You now can fly up and down, but the tubs are too heavy for some snappage.

 

RC.

[ParkTrips]

If run correctly they can be a blast. Knoebels, Carowinds and Hershey all have fun sets, and I'm sure the wind-aided ones at IB are awesome too... but some of them can be kinda lame for various reasons (the Lake and Kings Domion, for example). Just completly terrifying rides on the good sets

[shesaidboom]

I went on the flying scooters at Knoebel's, but I still don't get why they're so great. Maybe I'm doing something wrong, or maybe I just didn't get that great of a ride? What do you mean by snapping..throwing the sail thing all the way to one side really fast?

[rollerdude]

I know that this will sound retarded but, what is a flying scooter?

[ParkTrips]

They are a circular ride with "tubs" attached to the center support frame by cables. A few different companies make them.. here are the older Bisch Rocco models

Edited April 18, 2017 by ParkTrips

[smallish]

I think I've been on one. Is there one at PKD?

 

It sounds similar to aquazone at the legoland parks.

[ebl]

A Flying Scooters would be perfect for SFMM. Well, that and some other flat rides.

 

Doesn't PGA have something like this? I'd really like to try it.

 

Eric

[Musical Pete]

Flying scooters are good fun, especially with lots of successful snapping which was changed to "twanging" by RCCGB people to sound less alarming. I prefer SNAPPING myself.

 

I've ridden a few now. The modern Larson ones are rubbish - it's a shame Oakwood couldn't source a Bisch Rocco set, which seem the best.

 

I filmed full onride footage (including the odd snap) of the ones at Lakeside (Denver) and Pleasureland (Southport). It'd be rude not to film, just like on the coasters.

[What Now]

I've ridden Flyers at PGA and Lagoon. Lagoon has the better set, as they are actually snapable. It's wierd because I was only able to snap one tub (sadly I don't remember which one).

 

For some reason, I didn't get to ride the Flyers when I was at Knoebel's a few years ago.