Orbiter (ride)

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At night time, an Orbiter in full motion, is a bewildering blur of lights.

In daylight, it is a little easier to see how the cars are arranged.

The Orbiter is a fairground ride invented by Richard Woolls in 1976.

It has a number of articulated arms radiating from a central rotating vertial axis. Each arm supports a cluster of cars, which are lifted through 90° into the horizontal position once the ride is spinning. At the same time, each cluster of cars rotates around its arm's axis.

1 Some Carnivals/Amusement Parks With these Rides
2 Trivia
3 References
4 Official Manufacturer Site

[edit] Some Carnivals/Amusement Parks With these Rides

Flying Machine (Orbiter without top)--Busch Gardens Europe
Predator--Windy City Amusements
Orbiter--NAME (Astro Amusements)
Sandstorm (Orbiter without top)--Busch Gardens Africa
Typhoon--Murphy Brothers
Vortex--Adventureland in UK

[edit] Trivia

The Orbiter is made by Tivoli manufacturing, and it is a British company. In the U.S., Amtech is a representative for them.
The Orbiter comes in at least three different names. The names are the Orbiter, Predator, and Typhoon. The Orbiter and Predator both have a cyclinder ball on top (if they didn't take it off), and the Typhoon has lightning bolts.
The Orbiter/Typhoon/Predator arms don't always tilt at the same height (90%). Some might tilt all the way while others don't tilt a lot.
Most Orbiters consist of 6 arms, and have 3 cars for each arm with up to 2 people sitting in each car.
There is a metal lap bar that comes down on the car for the restraint.
The Extreme Orbiter is actually called a Remix. It's a completely different experience.