Monster (Eyerly Aircraft Company product)

Monster

Status	Discontinued
Statistics
Manufacturer	Eyerly Aircraft Company, USA
Type	Polyp
Capacity	48 per cycle
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Monster is a Polyp product previously manufactured by defunct company Eyerly Aircraft Company. It consists of a main metal frame that spins on an axis with six arms radiating from its center. Each arm raises and lowers as it rotates, and the four cars at the end of each arm rotate about an axis on the arm. Each individual car also rotates on its own axis, resulting in three axes of rotation in addition to the vertical motion of the arms raising and lowering.

The ride is similar to the Spider product, but with additional cars.

History

The ride was developed over several years and the prototype debuted at the World's Fair in Seattle in 1962. According to Eyerly, it invested $250,000 in the development of the ride. The cars on the prototype were replaced with new fibreglass versions and it reopened ni 1963 at Palisades Amusement Park.

Completed Attractions

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Name	Park	Location	Opened	Status
Black Widow	Carowinds	USA	1973	Closed 1987
Fury	Canada's Wonderland	Canada	1981	Closed 2003
Lobster	California's Great America	USA	1976	Closed 1976 or later
Monster	Blackpool Pleasure Beach Expo 67	UK Canada	1968 April 27, 1967	Closed 1995 Closed 1967
Monstrous Mamba	Busch Gardens Tampa	USA	1976	Closed 1995
Monster	Cedar Point	USA	1970	Operating
Monster	Dorney Park	USA	1995	Operating
Bad Apple	Kings Dominion	USA	1975	Closed 1988
Monster	Kings Island Coney Island	USA USA	April 29, 1972 1968	Operating Closed 1971
Monster	Pontchartrain Beach	USA	1977	Unknown
Mo-Mo The Monster	Six Flags St. Louis	USA	1973	Closed 1994
Monster	Valleyfair	USA	1977	Operating
Octopus	Worlds of Fun	USA	May 26, 1973	Closed 2014