New stuff

So its been  a wile since I posted. Well I have some new stuff to show case.

                                The sidewinder now has electric green led lights. The real ride doesn't have led lights but the led lights put off the super bright green glow the real one has.

                    The super shot now has tan and yellow pipe cleaners going up its length

                                         But when the lights are on, they are led lit.

                                         The scat is back and is better than ever.

                                                And also has electric lights.

             The hi rollers lights are on, and now the right side panel has cool white led lights.

                        The rapid slide has joined the midway, and now has flags,

                                                                  And lights.

 

                      A new wayout swings have been built, painted and lit.

                                                                    With led lights aswell.

                                      The hustler has been built. It now has better décor,

                                                           and lights aswell.

              The chair swings and other wayout swings now have electric lights.

 The new pink and yellow wayout swings shown for the first time here.

                              The expo wheel now has some new editions to it.

  The winch that folds and unfolds the wheel now has a motor on it, making it more efficient. (the sweeps also now have X shaped spacers in the middle. They are hard to see in these pics)

 An all new bally has been added to it. Its the first custom bally I have done. (see carnival terminology for bally)

The real bally mine is based off of. Fun fact, I estimate around 10-20% of setup/teardown on rides is nothing but décor. Such as attaching ballys (expo wheel), un folding feather lights (swings), attaching flags (expo wheel), putting together cluster lights (super shot), raising signs (slides), and other décor. In fact, around 60% of the hustlers setup is pure décor. Take away the signs, and ballys, and gate cluster lights, and it would take like 20 minutes to set up. (that's the real ride not the knex ride, the knex ride takes around 15 minutes to get up)
Other changes not shown here are the new skydiver, led RGB lights on the purple paratrooper, green led lights on the spider, red paratrooper, old paratrooper, eli hy 5 2, carousel, and dinosaurs now have electric lights.

New term

A new word has been added to the carnival terminology page. A bally. Its number 9 so scroll to the bottom of the page to view them.

Happy 4th

Happy fourth of July. I have been busy, and haven't posted much, but stay tuned. I recently built the massive skydiver, so pics to come.

The independence day themed, now destroyed century wheel.

I am still here

I haven't shut down my website or anything. I just have been busy. I have built a few new rides. The hustler, and all new wayout swings, and I have also done work on my old time paratrooper. So stay tuned for pictures of that. I am also working on light up more rides electrically. I hope to light the sidewinder with led lights, as well as doing some work on the supershot.

expo wheel first and second generation

I am here to talk about the expo wheel. I have been looking at some pictures, and I have noticed the expo wheel has 2 generations.

  For one the first generation tubs are a lot different. They require, including the tub and roof, like 5 pieces to complete the tub.

 The first generations normally only have 1 sign light.

And when racked, the first generation has small seat racks.

This is the first generation expo wheel up. You will also notice the base has décor on it, and the ride is decorated with bulbs.

The second generation expo wheel has different tubs, which only need 3 pieces to attach.

The second generation also usually has 2 sign lights.

Also when racked the tub supports are a lot different.

You will also notice on the picture of the second generation expo wheel up, they usually have color changing led lights, and has no décor walls on the base, but instead led lights.

One other odd thing, is that the first generation wheels were almost always white, with blue orange yellow and red bulbs on the sweeps, with clear rims, and a purple, or blue base. (sometimes the sweeps would have red orange yellow purple pink blue and green bulbs)

But the second generation is still a white wheel, but normally has color changing lights (or occasionally bulbs with led lights) and a yellow base. But I have never seen any expo wheels with say a blue wheel and a red base, or any color base besides yellow, blue or purple. Also, wile very few, some first generation wheels do have color changing lights, but it is very rare. And in case you were wondering, my expo wheel is based off of the second generation, not the first. I hope this helps you tell them apart. (thanks matts carnival warehouse for some pictures)