Swing ride

A whirligig, chain flier or chain Prater is a classic carousel type, in which the passenger seats are fastened to chains on a turntable. Usually seats come for individuals to use, but few are also occupying parts to be found for several people, who are often designed as small ships or swans. By rotating swing the passenger carrier from the side, the passengers "fly" it through the air.

History

Chain carousel belonged from the first decades until the sixties of the twentieth century's most popular rides on German fairgrounds. The former carousel fell mostly on mainly by its high tower-like structure. In the fifties, with advent of space travel, some transactions were designed as globes. Also now includes a whirligig still at almost any fair.

1972 at the company Decorators of wave flight was developed. This form of chain carousel is now the most widely used.

Since 2003, the Austrian company Funtime with the Star Flyer at the highest Kettenkarusseltyp the world. On a up to 117 meters high tower of slewing ring can be moved up and down with the seats attached to chains. There are both stationary and portable systems. The first model is since 2004 in the Vienna Prater, since 2005 is a 52.5 meter high plant the showman Alexander Goetzke found on German folk festivals. Since 2007 the company has a second plant with twice the number, ie 48 instead of 24 seats. Similar attractions are also offered by other Herstelleren as Zamperla and Fabbri.

The Star Flyer at Tivoli Gardens in Copenhagen was more than 80 m height as the largest chain carousel in the world until 1 May 2010 in Vienna, the Prater Tower became operational, with 117 meters currently the tallest carousel.

A variation on the Star Flyers is the ride Rocket.

Star Flyer Lighthouse Tower at Holiday Park

The Prater Tower in Vienna's Prater

Star Flyer by Goetzke on the Rhine funfair in Dusseldorf

Rocket at the Stuttgart Spring Festival