Oldschool75 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 All I can say is OMG. How is this even possible? We couldn't even keep our Giant Top spin together by just spinning it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=x1MxVE5somE 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coasterfanatic83 Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 That's awesome! I don't even know what to think, but it looks like fun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Interpreter Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Yes. It's been posted here before. Only one Huss Giant Top Spin was ever installed in a park. We know how that ended. Different ride. Different forces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 Plus, I'm pretty sure this is the Mondial or Zamperla equivalent. HUSS's top spins do not move the arms independently of one another. Well, not intentionally, anyway. The model in the video is designed to move this way, as is apparent from the dampers in the center of each arm and the way each arm bends inward at the center when the arms aren't moving the same way. Based on my experience on a Zamperla Rotoshake, a vaguely similar model, I don't imagine the ride pictured would be very comfortable. Then again, I've never ridden it, so who knows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oldiesmann Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 And yet the Giant Top Spin is still listed on Huss' website. What's strange is why Paramount/CBS/Viacom (whoever owned the park at the time the decision was made) would choose an unproven concept model over a reliable and well-proven actual model when the capacity of the giant model really isn't that much better than that of the standard model. Capacities for both, from Huss' website (which of course means they're nowhere near realistic): Giant - 900 people per hour Regular - 855 people per hour In a perfect world where you actually hit the stated capacity, that's only an extra 540 people per 12-hour operating day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TombRaiderFTW Posted May 5, 2012 Share Posted May 5, 2012 I don't know that I'd accuse the regular top spin models of being reliable, but do also keep in mind that the giant top spin statistics were once higher on HUSS's website. Once upon the time when Paramount was interested in buying one, the model was capable of carrying 77 riders at once, which would have increased the PPH significantly. The standard people capacity lessened with the ride's modification for 2008, and now it hardly carries (carried) more than the average model. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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