Tanks4me05 Posted November 15, 2013 Posted November 15, 2013 Wooo that looks awesome! But at the same time that is a HUGE contraption. Seems like it has A LOT of components that could break way too oftern. Actually, this won't be as mechanically complex as you'd think; all you would need is just one big motor (or more likely a bunch of smaller motors) and it would revolve just like a ferris wheel. As for evacuation, the only thing I can think up of would be multiple backup generators supplying power to the motors, which is certainly within the realm of possibility.
Angry_Gumball Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Further adding to it (now that I finally found the pic I was looking for last week)...here y'all go!
cmullin Posted November 20, 2013 Posted November 20, 2013 Just saw this on 9gag. Comments are guessing it's Siam park, though I couldn't find another picture of it. What can that guy be thinking at that point?
Wes Posted November 22, 2013 Posted November 22, 2013 Just saw this on 9gag. Comments are guessing it's Siam park, though I couldn't find another picture of it. What can that guy be thinking at that point? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig4fUOBwsbU
KingRCT3 Posted November 22, 2013 Posted November 22, 2013 (edited) Guitar Hero water Slide ! VIDEO REMOVED!!!! PLEASE DO *NOT* POST VIDEOS FROM THIS CHANNEL!! THEY ARE NOT ALLOWED ON TPR! (KingRCT3 EDIT: Woops okay, my bad.) Do you believe it? A mat which is a controller! And a full-LED tube! _____________________________ It reminds me of the AquaSmash concept I saw at the EAS, by Van Egdom: Edited November 23, 2013 by KingRCT3
dropzonefan Posted November 22, 2013 Posted November 22, 2013 Here's another slide from the park where the slide wheel is going (also same manufacturer I believe). Looks pretty crazy... And FUN!
FLIPDUDE Posted December 11, 2013 Author Posted December 11, 2013 The new Polin sphere slides are looking really really weird. I wonder what goes on inside them?
KingRCT3 Posted December 11, 2013 Posted December 11, 2013 Here is an article about those slides, by Polin : http://blog.polin.com.tr/2011/11/polin-introduces-magic-spheres/ Sadly the images and schemas don't work anymore, but there's a description: Detailed Description of the Riding ExperienceYou start the journey with a 4 people raft. Passing through the tunnel part, you experience a big drop into the sphere. The riders drop down with an angle of 32 degrees and they reach a speed of 32 mph/hour. Inside the giant sphere, they follow a fuzzy path. Auditory, visual effects can be added to make it more exciting. Riders oscillate up and down and the raft following another tunnel slide comes to an end in a splash pool or a dry-out. Oh, and there's another funny slide at the same park as above :
Xmeister Posted June 19, 2014 Posted June 19, 2014 I just came across this...doesn't this look painful? It has a drop capsule on the top which looks perfectly fine, but that angle of the pull out looks just wrong! It's made by this company called Van Egdom. It's called XStream
FLIPDUDE Posted June 19, 2014 Author Posted June 19, 2014 Definitely looks like a G puller, but still looks fun! I'd hit that!
Xmeister Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 I feel like you would have one part of your body at one angle and another part at another angle. I know that's ok at lesser angles but at such an extreme difference in a short amount of slide that just looks painful.
_koppen Posted June 20, 2014 Posted June 20, 2014 I just came across this...doesn't this look painful? It has a drop capsule on the top which looks perfectly fine, but that angle of the pull out looks just wrong! It looks taller than it actually is, looks to be only a couple of meters tall. Should be a fun ride, without any discomfort.
OrlandoGuy Posted June 21, 2014 Posted June 21, 2014 Not really intense, but Disco H20 is "amazing" in my opinion. The recordings in the queue line are entertaining, the disco soundtrack is pretty great, and its got the best visual/light display in a slide that Ive ever seen...I love that thing.
Nwstone Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Both Mammoth and Wildabeest water coasters at splashin safari are amazing
CoasterGuy2000 Posted July 23, 2014 Posted July 23, 2014 Dragon's tail at White Water is the most amazing slide I've ever been on. I just don't understand how no one's gotten hurt on that last hill before.
_koppen Posted June 17, 2015 Posted June 17, 2015 A couple of years ago Proslide talked about merging the Kraken Racer and the Octopus Racer. We all know that Whitewater beat them to it with the slide below, but it now looks like Proslide is ready to make their own version of the OctoKraken! Whitewater Whizzard Twist Proslide's OctoKraken concept
TheCoasterKid211 Posted October 30, 2015 Posted October 30, 2015 (edited) I still think Ihu's Breakaway Falls is my favorite. The best trapdoor slide out there, IMHO Video: [youtu_be] [/youtu_be] Edited October 31, 2015 by TheCoasterKid211
Garet Posted October 31, 2015 Posted October 31, 2015 Did that slidewheel get built in the end? I couldn't find any information on it.
_koppen Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Did that slidewheel get built in the end? I couldn't find any information on it. Not yet, but there is a new video on it!
Midgetman82 Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Reasonably scaled-down from the original model, but still as frightening/intriguing as the first. I'm guessing this is probably the one Therme Erding might get?
TheCoasterKid211 Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 ^ GET ME PLANE TICKETS TO THAT PARK. NOW.
viking86 Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 That sure is an interesting concept. Feels a bit too claustrophobic for my taste though. At first I thought it would need escape chutes everywhere in case the wheel would stop, but looking at it a bit more closely it seems like the only places where the rafts would come to a stop is in the sharp bends.
Mr Stratosphere Posted November 9, 2015 Posted November 9, 2015 Wild Surf at Cowabunga Bay Las Vegas definitely deserves to be on this list of Amazing Water Slides! The pop of air on the drop is amazing!
KBrylczyk Posted November 10, 2015 Posted November 10, 2015 ^ That ride sure made an impression on Robb! Oh, who am I kidding? Me, too. Got the full ejector seat action star hanging-on-by-one-hand experience. IT WAS AWESOME!
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