The Rotor is an amusement ride designed and patented by German engineer Ernst Hoffmeister in 1948. The ride was first demonstrated at Oktoberfest 1949...

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...

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...

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...

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...

"Zendar", where the platform tilts on the end of the arm. Gravitron Rotor (ride) Tagada "Round-Up - Enchanted Forest Water Safari". Retrieved 20 May...

habitat cylinders oriented towards the Sun Rotor (ride) – this, the Gravitron, and some other amusement park rides use centrifugal force in a similar manner...

during severe voltage disturbances (low-voltage ride-through; LVRT). Second, the control of the rotor voltages and currents enables the induction machine...

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...

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...

Amusement rides, sometimes called carnival rides, are mechanical devices or structures that move people to create fun and enjoyment. Rides are often perceived...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

major rides include three tower rides, a ferris wheel, a river rapids ride and spinning rides. The park also has a selection of family and kiddie rides. Admission...

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...

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...

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...

radial engine. Piasecki's tandem-rotor helicopters flew higher than competing single rotor designs, and offered a smoother ride. At approximately the same time...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...