How do fabbri mega drop rides work?

Answer 1

well to start off there is a pulley system that will lift a small "car" with either hooks or electromagnets that will attach to your seating gondola. this gondola is attached to the tower via wheels. (just in case you didn't know. sometimes they do use another thing that slides up and down the tower but i believe megadrop is a wheelie.) the restraints are then locked into place and you get a safety belt that way if a problem happens with the restrain you don't just fly off the gondola to a brake-less free fall... the car pulls the gondola up to the top of the tower then stops it. a pre set time in a small computer on the motor sends a signal up to a release system (For a hooked car) that then tells the car to let go of the gondola. the gondola sails down the tower until it catches the electromagnetic brakes that bring it gently to a stop. the car then comes back down and hooks back on to release its next victims. (the actual ride part i am still a bit fuzzy on but what it looks like are the cables go from the car up to the top and over a sheave that drop into the middle of the shaft to below the loading deck and into a motor that does the work. the motor i do believe is right next to the stairs that you walk up to get up to it but i would have to look again...)