Originally Posted By Nobody The John's Pizza ride looks like the Krazy Kars at Belmont Park. I don't believe they hover. <a href="http://www.belmontpark.com/rides-krazykars" target="_blank">http://www.belmontpark.com/rid...razykars</a>
Originally Posted By socalkdg Here is a good youtube video of them. Might be right and they don't hover. They do spin 360 quickly as well as go forward and backwards. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBHUV2_L9Ww&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...=related</a>
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt That appears to be a similar system as Tuck and Roll's Drive'Em Buggies. The floor looks really similar.
Originally Posted By Dr Hans Reinhardt "So they only move at .000001 mph?" LOL. "no the tuck and roll buggies don't operate that way" Operate what way?
Originally Posted By socalkdg <<<<<So they only move at .000001 mph?>>>>> From the video it would seem that way. I'd estimate they go about twice as fast tuck and roll, complete 360 movement, forward and backward. The nice thing is you don't get stuck against other vehicles. Here is the old flying saucers ride <a href="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/bananaphone5000/NEWGORILLA/8-28-65FlyingSaucers.jpg" target="_blank">http://img.photobucket.com/alb...cers.jpg</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4z2BaezdZs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2BaezdZs</a> Must say the Johns Pizza vehicles move much faster every direction. If Disney improves on this ride with some good theming, should be lots of fun. <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7WbmARD08/R4Go0dzpmlI/AAAAAAAAE6g/E4Ls2z-_c8w/s1600/luigi%27s%2Btires.jpg" target="_blank">http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_OO7W...ires.jpg</a>
Originally Posted By Dabob2 The flying saucers were totally different from the JIPC-style cars (which have been around forever - they used to have them in places like Lake Arrowhead and Lake Gregory in the 60's/70's, while no place I know of had anything like the Flying Saucers). Notice in the beginning of this video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2BaezdZs" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...2BaezdZs</a> ... how the handles are just handles. Look at the boy obviously exerting pressure on them, and they don't move. You don't move them forward to move forward or back to go back, as on JIPC. On the saucers, you just leaned to go the direction you wanted. But you are hovering on a thin cushion of air, which you're not on JIPC, which is what made them cool. On the JIPC-style, your car never stops touching the floor, while on the saucers you do.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice And the Flying Saucers after eating too much pizza: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_D320hetS9g&feature=related" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...=related</a>
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I ran into that a long time ago, but never had an "appropriate" time to share it! Ha! ;-)
Originally Posted By believe I really don't understand why the original saucers were a maintenance nightmare - they're basically giant air hockey pucks. Shoot air up, and they float. However, I could see a safety hazard, it's difficult to control/limit the speed of those things - which mean, they can go pretty fast AND crash pretty bad.
Originally Posted By Sara Tonin They may have technologically improved them in the last...oh FIFTY YEARS!
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I really don't understand why the original saucers were a maintenance nightmare > #19 explained it well.
