A free-fall apparatus comprising a vertical structure that houses and supports a lifting assembly that includes a wearable harness, a support member, anchored pulleys, a lifting cable, and a lifting device. The vertical structure also houses and supports a braking assembly that includes a pair of cylinders, pistons, anchored pulleys, and braking cables. The amusement ride's unique design provides end-users with selective control of their entertainment experience by allowing each end-user the ability to decide when to engage the release mechanism that induces the safe yet exhilarating free-fall experience.

An amusement device for ascending, backwards rushing and falling includes a lifting tower, the lower part of the lifting tower having an entry section and the upper part having a lifting slide-out section, an amusement ship entering the lifting tower by the bow through the entry section and then leaving the lifting tower by the stern through the lifting slide-out section in the same direction, and the entry section and the lifting slide-out section being in the same direction; and a descending tower, the upper part of the descending tower having a descending entry section and the lower part having a descending slide-out section, the amusement ship entering the descending tower through the descending entry section and then leaving the descending tower through the descending slide-out section in the same direction, and the descending entry section and the descending slide-out section being in the same direction.

An airbag system having a base air mattress, a top air mattress, and a plurality of tubular posts positioned between the base air mattress and the top air mattress in a generally vertical orientation so that the top air mattress is supported upon the base air mattress. A plurality of breather holes are provided in either the top air mattress or the base air mattress, wherein each of the tubular posts is sealably mounted around at least one of the plurality of breather holes. The tubular posts all have a common diameter, and the tubular posts are separated from each other by a distance that is greater than the common diameter of the tubular posts.

A climbing wall defines vertical, transverse (horizontally in-and-out, toward-and-away-from wall) and lateral (horizontally sideways) directions, mutually orthogonal. A surface treatment simulates rock by texture, holds, or both. A line (rope, cable) extends from a belay anchor, spaced away from the wall, to a climber at the wall. Line distance is controlled to eliminate slack to start, and continuously if the wall is increasingly steep and possibly curving sideways (laterally). When climbing ends, the climber swings transversely (and, optionally, laterally sideways) away from the wall in a pendulum fall, swinging (oscillating) about the belay anchor for multiple cycles and clear of contact with the wall. The fall may be intentional (the climber releasing a grip on the wall), accidental (falling from own weight), or due to line tension initiated by an automated timer or operator intervention.

Described herein is an apparatus and method to convey an object through the air in a controlled and repeatable manner. The apparatus may comprise an object attached to at least one resilient member, the resilient member or members constraining object movement in a substantially vertical y-axis direction. The apparatus may also comprise at least one support member coupled to the at least one resilient member, and the support member or members constrain object movement in a substantially horizontal x-axis direction. In use, the resilient member is energised, movement initiated, and object movement then occurs in an x-axis and a y-axis direction, the movement path substantially governed by the resilient member(s) and the support member(s). The apparatus and method may allow the object to experience a variety of movement sensations, one being the feeling of flight or gliding.

An amusement ride requires the participant to ascend to a platform for the beginning of the amusement ride via a single or a double helix ladder. The participants are tethered for safety. Operators attend the tether lines. The moving climbing wall surmounts an upper roller and a lower roller. One of the rollers is connected to a power source for movement of the moving climbing wall around the rollers. A controller controls the power source.

A ride attraction system includes a tower track and a ride vehicle configured to accommodate one or more riders. The ride vehicle is coupled to and configured to move relative to the tower track and the ride vehicle includes one or more user input devices. The ride attraction system further includes an image system configured to display a ride environment, wherein the user input devices are configured to enable the one or more riders to interact with elements of the ride environment via the one or more user input devices. The ride attraction system further includes a controller communicatively coupled to the ride vehicle and the image system and configured to control movement of the ride vehicle relative to the tower track based on signals from the one or more user input devices.

Disclosed is a gyro drop apparatus including a tower standing on and extending from an installation surface; a gondola provided to ascend and descend along the tower and boarded by users; a driving supporter configured to drive the gondola to ascend; a brake configured to decelerate the gondola so that a fall speed of the gondola can be within a normal deceleration range when the gondola is in free fall; an abrupt-fall detector configured to detect whether or not the gondola falls abruptly or unintentionally; an emergency safety unit provided below the gondola and switching over between a standby state to be ready for operation and an operating state to absorb shock of the gondola; and a controller configured to control the emergency safety unit to switch over from the standby state to the operating state when the abrupt-fall detector detects that the gondola falls abruptly or unintentionally.

An attraction system includes an elevator assembly having an elevator path that intersects a ride path of the attraction system, an elevator car having a support and configured to travel along the elevator path, a ride vehicle having a cabin coupled to a bogie, and a cabin projection of the cabin. The ride vehicle is configured to travel along the ride path via the bogie, in which the bogie is configured to travel into the elevator car via the ride path, and the support is configured to capture the cabin projection on at least two sides when the ride vehicle is in a loaded position.

Disclosed herein are a free-fall training apparatus and a training method using the same. The free-fall training apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a supporter installed in parallel with an installation surface, a driver configured to adjust a slope of the supporter, apply impact or vibration to the supporter, or rotate the supporter, a plurality of strings configured to connect the body of a trainee to the supporter, a pulley installed at the supporter and configured to adjust lengths of the strings according to rotation, a detector configured to detect a position and a movement of the body of the trainee, and a controller configured to control the driver and the pulley on the basis of information input from the detector, wherein the trainee is moved upward or downward according to a posture of the trainee.