The Eye of the Hurricane
Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2011 3:47 pm
Decided to get the camera out one day while we were doing a bit of maintanence to the Hurricane at Joyland's Christmas carnival last month. Was interesting for me to see the "eye" or up the centre of the tower and the ins and outs of the ride a bit more closely. Didn't have to climb up the tower which was a bit of a relief as you'll see why with all the obstacles and you can get quite grubby. Also a photo of the top of the tower where the arms connect to the centre ram which runs down the tower and just general photos around the ride as we had it down. Enjoy guys:
General overview:
Gooseneck, compressor and top of the tower:
Hydraulic pump at the end of the trailer (still the original pump, coming upto 40 years old)
Looking up the centre of the tower. In the middle is the ram which runs up and down the tower while the ride is in operation. The arms connect up the top of the tower to the top of the ram. Can see in the bottom of the photo the hydraulic lines which run up to the the 2 drives that sit up on the outside of the tower. Top of the photo you can see the air lines. On the right the air runs up the tower, the left pipe is where the air runs back out with a muffler which you can just see, where the air comes out creating the trademark "crack".
Exterior of tower, looking from bottom to top:
Looking down onto deck and cars, also can see the bullring pulled out, sitting under tower:
Tower and crown:
Top of the tower and top of the ram, where the arms all connect up:
Back up ready to run:
Will upload the rest of the photos from the carnival sometim soon, my computer's been out getting repaired the last 2 weeks so hopefully will have them up soon. Enjoy
Cheers
Top Gunner14
General overview:
Gooseneck, compressor and top of the tower:
Hydraulic pump at the end of the trailer (still the original pump, coming upto 40 years old)
Looking up the centre of the tower. In the middle is the ram which runs up and down the tower while the ride is in operation. The arms connect up the top of the tower to the top of the ram. Can see in the bottom of the photo the hydraulic lines which run up to the the 2 drives that sit up on the outside of the tower. Top of the photo you can see the air lines. On the right the air runs up the tower, the left pipe is where the air runs back out with a muffler which you can just see, where the air comes out creating the trademark "crack".
Exterior of tower, looking from bottom to top:
Looking down onto deck and cars, also can see the bullring pulled out, sitting under tower:
Tower and crown:
Top of the tower and top of the ram, where the arms all connect up:
Back up ready to run:
Will upload the rest of the photos from the carnival sometim soon, my computer's been out getting repaired the last 2 weeks so hopefully will have them up soon. Enjoy
Cheers
Top Gunner14