Gyro-Tower

A Gyro Tower is an amusement ride in which a closed cabin slowly screwed on to a high steel mast, top turns a few laps and then slowly back screwed to the floor. The Gyro Tower is like the Ferris wheel, a slow ride.

Gyro Tower are rarely represented at folk festivals. An example of this was the Top of the World, which was originally a traveling ride and today stands in recreational land hostage wind. By contrast, they are widely used in amusement parks. Such a tower is the Holstein Tower in Hansa-Park. A Gyro Tower of special construction is the tip of the Rotterdam television tower mast euros, because he has been placed on the euro mast in 101 meters height.

Similar constructions are the free-fall tower, the vertical travel and the Topple Tower.

  • Observation tower
  • Ride Type
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