Eli HY 5 2 ferris wheel article

this is the Eli HY 5 2 ferris wheels. It has nothing but a cable for an outer ring, and is rim driven. These pictures are a tiny bit out of date, but the ride hasn't changed much since then. As usual, the action will be written under each picture.

                                                   The eli hy 5 wheel alone


                                                                             lights on


                                                               The seat racks


                                               The seats are taken off and racked there


                                            The wheel must be rotated to get to the next seat


                                                                    All seats racked


                                             Support plates are attached. (more for looks)


                                             The blue led lights are turned off,


                                         And the rims fold in. The first 2 stay half down


                                      But the rest are folded all the way in and held down by wire


                                                                    rims folding



                                         The wheel is moved each time to get to the next section


                                                   The rims are folded 95%


                                                           Now the last 2 are folded in


                                                                        Rims folded


                                                          Support plates are racked


                                                      Now a few sweeps are disconnected


      A support wire is put in place to fold the sweeps in place (tower to tower, not sweep to sweep)


                                                     1 section of the star is folded in


                                                  And the wheel wire is disconnected.

                                              The winch is connected to the last sweep.


                               The remaining seats are held upwards by wire (done 3 times during folding)


                                               As the sweeps fold, the star folds with it.


  As the winch lets out , the sweeps fold. Unlike some of my other wheels, this wheel folds one sweep after the other, stopping on for a few seconds to disconnect the sweeps. My others must stop to take off the outer rims or spacers. (see expo wheel or wisdom wheel)


                                                    Sweeps folding down


                                                               sweeps folding


                                            The cable is supported by the A frame


                                              The final sweep folding


                                    The sweeps are folded, and held together by a pipe cleaner


                                           The wind braces fold up at the last 25%, (1 on each side)


                                              and fold into the base. Secured by a pipe cleaner.


                                           The brace feet are folded in, 2 on each side.


                                                    The tower hinge is attached


                                                    braces lowered and detached


                                                 The tower and the wheel are now lowered


                                               Lowered down and secured.


                                                Now front braces are folded down,


                                               And the A frame is folded togeather


                                                          The ride racked


                                                                   Lights


                                                              off and done.

                                                      The real ride racked and up (up is below)