Round Up (ride)

The round-up respectively Roundup is a classic carousel type, in which the passengers are pressed as in a centrifuge, using the centrifugal force to the outer wall.

Construction

Mesh cages with floor plates are mounted from the attached around a central turntable arms at the end. In each grid cage, there are three standing room for passengers. "Stick" by the centrifugal forces generated by faster rotation, the passengers on the wall. The carousel is this set of friction wheels, the press at a circumferential ring in motion. The rotating assembly is raised by a hydraulically driven arm up to about 75 °.

History

The first round-up was built in 1954 by Frank Hrubetz in the USA. Gustav Emde 1957 was the first imported such a carousel of American production and thus traveled to festivals in Germany. One innovation in rides introduced at this time, the hydraulic drive of the arm dar. Since the concept enjoyed great popularity among the fair visitors, were to meet the demand, made ​​in 1958 and in the German " Maschinenfabrik Klaus" round- ups.

Thanks to its spectacular driving style and the compact parking space included Round Up until the early 1980s, the most common and most popular rides on German fairgrounds. Today you can see the plants only rarely. However, in recent renovated facilities are back in Germany to travel.

Since the year 2006, the Fort Fun Adventure Land is a haustes Round-up with light and sound effects as Darkraver in operation. Also, the Heide-Park operates a facility that was overhauled in 2009 and since then as Huracan is a part of Mayatals.