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    The Rotor is an amusement ride designed and patented by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in 1948. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949...
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  • Look up rotor in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Rotor may refer to: Rotor (electric), the non-stationary part of an alternator or electric motor, operating...
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    manufactured by Wisdom Industries. It is a modification of an earlier ride called the Rotor. The Gravitron is known by a variety of names, including: Starship...
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  • Cajun Cliffhanger (category Amusement rides introduced in 1976)
    Cajun Cliffhanger was a rotor-type amusement ride at Six Flags Great America. and was one of the earliest Chance Industries Rotors produced. Due to the popularity...
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  • also features a rotor ride named "Turkish Twist", and a shoot-the-chutes ride named "The Boston Tea Party". The park has one dark ride, "The Mine Of Lost...
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    habitat cylinders oriented towards the Sun Rotor (ride) – this, the Gravitron, and some other amusement park rides use centrifugal force in a similar manner...
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    "Zendar", where the platform tilts on the end of the arm. Gravitron Rotor (ride) Tagada "Round-Up - Enchanted Forest Water Safari". Retrieved 20 May...
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    three new rides — the Spindle Top (a Rotor flat ride, the Wheel Burrow (a Chance Tumbler) and the Sky Buckets, the park's second cable car ride — along...
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  • during severe voltage disturbances (low-voltage ride-through; LVRT). Second, the control of the rotor voltages and currents enables the induction machine...
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    Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment. Rides are often perceived...
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    On a helicopter, the main rotor or rotor system is the combination of several rotary wings (rotor blades) with a control system, that generates the aerodynamic...
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    music are added, and it was renamed the Ultimate Trip. 1976: Hell Hole rotor ride opened. 1981: Charles Winslow Flynn, son of Dr. and Mrs. Flynn, took over...
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    rotorcraft in which lift and thrust are supplied by horizontally spinning rotors. This allows the helicopter to take off and land vertically, to hover, and...
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    engine's rotor, which creates the turning motion, is similar in shape to a Reuleaux triangle, with the sides having less curvature. The rotor spins inside...
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  • price of $6.1 million in June 1994. $90 million was spent relocating some rides from the original park and construction of the new park. The money was from...
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    in Finland. It has many rides of different types and sizes, and of the all Nordic amusement parks, Linnanmäki has the most rides in relation to the number...
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  • Billy Joel) to JollyTree Theatre. In addition to typical amusement park rides, the Great Escape offered a variety of unique shows, most notable of which...
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    water effects. Splash Battle is a submarine themed ride where ride cars and off ride posts around the ride are equipped with water cannons. Dino Stone Park...
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    Tilt-A-Whirl removed 1964: Tornado dark ride from defunct Freedomland opens, new Round-Up model opens named Satellite 1965: Rotor and Popover open, Laff in the...
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  • Sky Ride was a cable car ride which had stations located in Hanna Barbera Land and Candy Apple Grove. Time Shaft (Rotor Ride), Haunted River (formerly...
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    popularity since the 1960s and there had been very little investment in new rides or attractions in its final years. It closed for the final time on 2 September...
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    Hades, the Rotor, Tilt-a-Whirl, Wild Mouse, the Mill on the Floss (Tunnel of Love), and Flying Turns were just a few of the many classic rides. "The Pair-O-Chutes...
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    sails, kites or rotors and ride on wheels—which may be linked to a wind-powered rotor—or runners. Whether powered by sail, kite or rotor, these vehicles...
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  • suites. It also added a new water ride in the park, a spinning white water adventure, called Saw Mill Splash. The ride is themed around an old saw mill...
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    Azoosment Park because of the shared focus on both rides and animals, the Azoosment Park has nearly twenty rides and attractions, and hundreds of exotic and...
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  • radial engine. Piasecki's tandem-rotor helicopters flew higher than competing single rotor designs, and offered a smoother ride. At approximately the same time...
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    permanent rides in operation at Luna Park as of 2024. Rotor - Luna Park's Rotor was first installed in 1951. It was continually a popular ride until its...
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    design rotor with composite hub developed for the United States Army's OH-58D Kiowa Warrior instead of the two-blade, semi-rigid, teetering rotor of the...
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    vehicle) or 26 troops. For storage, the main rotor blades folded back on the fuselage and the tail rotor mast folded forward on the fuselage. The CH-37...
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    UH-72 Lakota is a twin-engine helicopter with a single, four-bladed main rotor. The UH-72 is a militarized version of the Eurocopter EC145, built by American...
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