SPOKELESS Ferris Wheels Explained

[micahvandam]

This may look cool. But the original Ferris wheel design is so simple that it is more reliable and energy efficient. One location of rotation is much easier to upkeep than hundreds of wheels and chains and did you say each pod has its own motor?!

[MartinMeise]

In Essen, Germany, there is a spokeless Ferris wheel, which partially rotates with the lower part in an old coking plant.

[luuketaylor]

Whaaat - I live in Seoul and this is the first I'm hearing about this!

[tycho]

Well okay but then - how on earth does a spokeless Ferris wheel work?

[julianmx]

That’s gonna make a lot of people spokeless. I mean, speechless…

[MartinMeise]

In Essen, Germany there ist a spokeless ferris wheel that runs partially inside an old

[Ryan-lkpu]

That was a nice CIRCULAR YouTube short you made there, mate 😉

[WizardOfOss]

Why should it be round in the first place? Ebisu Tower Ferris Wheel in Osaka (at the Don Quijote Dotonbori store) shows there's nothing wrong with an oval ferris wheel...

[nicstroud]

Bogies, bow-ghee. That's bow like bow and arrow, not bow like bending at the waist before royalty. :-) Just thought of a better phonetic solution, beau-ghee. :-)

[Devnci]

The point of a Ferris wheel is showing you a view using an efficient structure to transport mechanism. This questions the convention in an unintelligent way while Brighton’s i360 does it in an intelligent way.

[AMPProf]

BAUGY BOGY BAWWGIII BAEEEEJEYYY.. LOLZ SO TRACK WHEELS

[ericwright]

Fred are you going to ride this❓If or when this comes out.

[DB-thats-me]

The sexiest steering wheel on a super yacht I ever saw was spoke-less ! 😳
The lower part ran thru a trunnion in the deck. 👍

[Equal-kq]

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[allanralston]

Bog ees? You've clearly not a mechanical engineer, bogies are pronounced bow gees.

[fridgemagnet]

Take this down you might give Dubai some more bad ideas.