Disney rides. Engineering.

[GaunlessParticipant @gaunless]

Just out of interest, I wonder if any of the Disneyland/Magic Kingdom rides, or mechanisms have been modelled?

The rides when installed in the 60's were super complex for their time, and if anyone has ever seen some of the technical books that accompany each ride, allowing maintenance, fabrication of spares, recording material specs etc. they are masterpieces of documentation and clarity. Beautiful things in their own right. Even down to listing the tools needed to fix each installation, and oh man, the drawings….

I may be odd, but a reduced scale nicely engineered model of say, the device that turns ride cars 90 degrees in their track, or tilts the ride vehicles while they fly over Capt. Hooks ship etc, or perhaps the animatronics linkages and so on. A bit esoteric I guess, but perhaps some scope there?

Penny for your thoughts?

Edited By Gaunless on 27/05/2020 16:45:14

[GaunlessParticipant @gaunless]

[egaParticipant @ega]

Not sure this is worth a penny but it occurs to me that we would all be too tall to enjoy a ride on one of these!

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