UFO (HUSS product)

Product
UFO
Status Discontinued
Introduced 1978
Statistics
Manufacturer
 HUSS, Germany
Type Enterprise - Round Up

UFO was a product from HUSS Park Attractions. It is a development on the generic Round-Up and Enterprise ride types and was introduced in 1978.[1]

The ride holds 48 people in twelve four-person gondolas positioned at the perimeter of a disk 20 metre in diameter. Within each gondola, riders stand facing inward. Bars prevent riders falling out, however centrifugal "force" pins riders against the wall of the ride anyway as it spins. The ride beings as the disk starts to spin. Once it has reached its maximum speed, an arm lifts and tilts the disk. At its highest point, the disk is at an almost 90-degree angle relative to the ground - significantly steeper than other Round-Up rides.

Completed attractions

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Name Owner Country Opened Status Year manufactured
Flying Saucer Luna Park
Australia
1995 Closed 2013 1995
UFO Lagoon
USA
1982 Closed 1982 1982
UFO Darien Lake
USA
1982 Closed 2012 Unknown
UFO Liseberg
Sweden
1981 Closed 1986 1981
UFO Soubeyrand
Zehle
Neue Traumland
Karl Renoldi
France
Germany

Germany

Germany
c.1991
1988
1986
1978
Operating
Closed 1990
Closed 1987
Closed 1985
1978
Vertical Limit
Formerly UFO
Formerly UFO
John Wesseldine
Flamingo Land
Feldl
UK
UK

Germany
2005
1995
1978
In storage (last operated 2012)
Closed 2004
Closed 1993
1978
Wilde Knight Mares Canada's Wonderland
Canada
1981 Operating 1981

References

  1. "UFO". Amusement Ride Extravaganza.