This Elastic Slingshot Ride Broke in a Unique Way... - Failure Analysis
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- Опубліковано 23 гру 2022
- On Wednesday December 14th 2022 at Hyde Park Winter Wonderland this reverse bungee ride was operating normally. Around 8:20pm the ride was loaded with 2 riders and it began to tension its cables for launch...
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That line must have cleared out FAST.
shush mate
I would've still stayed there💀
@@braulygarcia9143shut up
lowkey that still looks fun
Pfp
The ball acted like a roll cage at that point; pretty smart failsafe by the designers, otherwise that could have been so much worse
Thats exactly the reason why it is a ball.
Youd think they designed it that way on purpose huh smfh
Yea but what if the end of the rope gets into their little roll cage and rips there head off clean?
@@Guillermogonzalaz then that's a bad day😂
Honestly this calmed my anxiety about it
Pretty sure video of this going viral is why I suddenly started getting recommended videos about amusement park accidents a week or so ago. It also broke yts algorithms
I've always gotten those recommendations
Dude that happened to me too!
Same, it's like UA-cam doesn't want me to go to any amusement park ever lol
Same lol
They're actually extremely rare. Like crazy rare.
Thats the best possible outcome for a break . Thats so scary
And that’s why: I’ll never ride one of the slingshot balls myself 🤣
Yep, this is like the 4th failure video i have see on these types of rides
I watched my neighbors go on one of those and I was watching from the front row and my knees involuntarily buckled when they shot up and that’s when I learned I would never be able to go on one and then I saw videos like this one and I was like “i’m never going back to an amusement park EVER”
Some are fine. When you see one look at the way the seats are attached to the ride. If it's metal cables it's fine if it's elastic avoid it
Some are fine. When you see one look at the way the seats are attached to the ride. If it's metal cables it's fine if it's elastic avoid it
It’s rare to happen dw
I was so scared that the metal piece they hit went through the bars to mangle someone. I'm so glad that didn't happen! That was truly a close call!
Im going to assume you’ve seen the final destination movies hahhaa
I’m suing faster than that band snapping
They just gave riders the adventure of a lifetime
Another reason to avoid sling shot rides.
👍
idk man, a ride whichs safety is hedged on the fact that something that is routinely mechanically tensioned and fatigued seems kind of really stupid.
At least the elastic bungee ones
The elastic ones are sketchy but I’d trust most cable slingshots. They’re really fun.
I'd agree to avoiding elastic ones, personally I'd trust most cable slingshots.
It's a testiment to how securely the riders were strapped in that neither of them came loose as the ride went wrong. I'm sure it must have been very terrifying for them at the time, but I'm glad they came through their ordeal unhurt.
If you examine the video closely you can actually see the left Bungee tension together with the right one and then suddenly loose tension and fall down.
So the chain of events was actually:
1.Both winches tension as normal.
2.The left cable falls off
3.The Electromagnet "slips"
The initial failure is likely located at the top left pulley.
Whooops!
Thanks for the info. It’s always refreshing to get intelligent responses on YT. I learn some pretty cool stuff here. You should have an affiliate link for comments and start posting all over the place…without the indication of your affiliate commission. That would be an amazing job…or more likely a side hustle.
I think the brake on the left winch failed causing it to not hold tension
Oh my god I went on that ride days before this happened 💀
Your lucky
Don't ride travelling carnivals and you won't have a problem
@@spinner4148 This wasn’t from a traveling carnival dumbf*ck
Lucky af! Prasie god for it
Ok and
I holded my breath during the vid. Im so happy nobody got hurt
Held
Holded?? Please tell me you don’t say that IRL
@@Insectoid_ aww cmon english is not my first lang and do you really never make any mistakes?
@@GlutzahnLP sorry! Then that’s fine. I didn’t realise. My apologies.
held*
That would SUCK being in that ball when that happened...glad no one was hurt!
Bro siad “unique “ Like it amazed him that a ride full of two people broke down and they could have dide
I WAS LITERALLY THE FIRST GUY IN THE LINE AND I WATCHED THIS BEFORE I RIDE IT
Although the elastic doesn't snap, it does look like it snapped in the video since it's hard to see the rope tethering the right side to the tower--since both of the visible elastic ends come in to frame, it seems like the entire thing broke off, when in reality it was tugged farther than it normally would be.
Yeah well, the MSM journalists aren't known for their intellect. I'm surprised the headline didn't call it a "Roller Coaster" (every amusement ride is called a roller coaster in the media... as if they have no idea there are different types of rides, and yes they always put a space between roller and coaster!).
Though to be generous to them, the cable may as well have snapped considering it was not in use, for all intents and purposes.
The fact they werent even injured is impressive
"Janice, help me im falling"
*Ghosts from the past...*
I just watched that wtf 😂
Crazy. Just crazy. Thankfully nobody was injured. That’s about the second time that something like that has happened ever. Not often, so these rides are almost perfectly safe.
And that's how-
I hate it when they do that in UA-cam shorts 😭
It’s a money thing I think. UA-cam needs to patch it.
and thats why... i turn off looping on youtube shorts and you should too
The manufacturer requires the bands be replaced every year or 1000
hrs of operation
Every so many launches think it’s set at 100 jumps
From the first time I saw these rides and drop towers, I told myself I will never go on one of them. Rollercoaster have a century of research and development. These have only been around for less than 20 years. "Most accidents involve cable snapping", if there are so many accidents that there are categories of failures 😱😱😱
This is why I would never get on one of these rides~ D:
this is a very rare occurence, i dont think very many have happened in the last decade. you're safer in the park than on the way or going from the park in your car. pretty sure i learned this from this exact channel.
@@rtrojoshit’s rare but elastic bungee slingshots are actually pretty unsafe. You are much safer on a cable slingshot, and one that can’t be taken down like at a carnival.
I wonder what caused the accident?
Also there are quite a few GP's here which reminds me that you used to be called GP to enthusiast, this is getting kinda nostalgic
Edit: Just read a news article about this. Gear box issues sounds correct
Yessir. The better channel name
Lol, I remember those days. Too bad I discovered the channel right as debunked was ending.
These shouldn’t even be used at this stage
Why? The riders were safe in spite of the accident, not even injured.
@@PersonOfRandomnesss they got lucky. See the metal rod on the left tower, the capsule almost impaled that... this could easily cause serious injuries
@@Teh_Random_Canadian oh yeah anything that looks pointy is able to impale like that bud
@@PersonOfRandomnesss are…. Are you serious
@@PersonOfRandomnesss I don't know how to tell you this, but yes. If a human hits a pointy thing while going pretty fast, the pointy thing is going to go through them. Fuck, if you're going fast enough, the thing doesn't even need to be pointy, it'll just stab you anyways.
Do you... do you not know how stabbing works?? What is the point being made here????
It's not "miraculous" that nobody was hurt - the whole reason the seats are surrounded by a metal structure is to protect riders in exactly this kind of situation.
Ah yes those ride operators sure are safe thanks to that metal cage.
@@heilmadon Provided they do what they are supposed to do, and clear the launch area before the ropes are tightened, then yes they are perfectly safe, even if the ride does malfunction and launch with only one rope.
Unique is not the word to describe this.
It did tension them but right at launch it looks like the tension was released in the opposite direction....like a snap.
That's just awful
It's awful that it happened, but it's great that there weren't any injuries. Not just no fatalities, there were no injuries.
Nooooooooo there’s no way it was that date I was there that day 😂 I heard some romour about a ride failure when I went winter wonderland but jeeezzzz I didn’t know a whole slingshot ride broke
i went on this ride with mu uncle 6 days before the crash happened
ooo. a fresh one
I would have told them I need an ambulance that I am very sore and a lawyer lol
A slingshot has hit the south tower.
YIKES! These bungee tension launches are so sketchy. Happy I didn't die the two times I rode them, never again!
Bro Winter wonderland has NO health and safety.💀
So glad I saw this an hour AFTER riding the slingshot 😂
This is why I can't look at rubber bands, got rid of my toaster, door bell, put Blizzaks on my 4WD, don't let anyone touch door knobs, radiators & I'm terrified of realtors! 😆😂🤣 Call me Aunt Josephine! I almost went to heaven on a ride (operator was literally sweating blood when I got off the ride!) called the enterprise, saw 2 friends get launched off a zipper so I'm only going for the food! 😆
Just watch out for leeches!!
And that's exactly why i was hesitant to try that ride😮
I just went on one of those in Wisconsin it went over 200 feet 60 mph I'm glad it didn't brake
Imagine BOTH ‘accidentally’ detaching in midst of launch! 😂😂😂
One time a boy and a grandma were on a slingshot and the cable snapped even before the ride started 😂
I was on vacation and my big sister and her went on this ride together, I’m glad that did not happen to my sister and her friend
Thank god for the designers I’m sure they weee happy to know that it didn’t kill anyone
That kids foot... He's lucky to still have it
I feel like this is much better than having 1 side snap.
I think that is better than , if the sling shot , fires, and right at the apex, the ball snaps from both cables and your launched into the air free falling .
And that's how two unfortunate souls will have therapy and sedatives for the rest of their lives!! GOD BLESS THEM!! ❤
Final destination did it for me😂😂😂😢that movie has me scared of theme parks, appliances, and traffic on highways😅😅😅.Nope I don't do rides and terrified of planes but I'll fly
Final destination is completely fake and could never happen in real life.
@SupremeCakeVR 😐 a lot of situations on FD have happened in real life
@@micah7817 well not the roller coaster one
@SupremeCakeVR yes that 1 too. Not the whole cart but some have broken apart. Look it up, it's a few roller-coaster deaths
Literally probably more thrilling than waiting in those lines for 30m to get a thrill that last literally 30s. Those rude aren’t even fun.
That must’ve been so scary
I’ll stick to coasters
My question is how they got down
Thankfully they were strapped and didn’t crash
I went on a slingshot 30 minutes ago thank god I didn’t read this before
Yea i need some steel support in my rides thank u very much
If I had kids I don’t think I would ever let them go on these rides.
Something similar to this happened in France it was mid-flight, one rider was injured
Thats why i only ride the slingshots at amusement parks and not at carnivals
If this happend to me: BY MY CALCULATIONS… *Jumps out and lands*
Man. I’d be getting a lawyer if that ish happened to me. Emotional damage 😂😂
Ouch… talk about a Wreaking Ball….😮
“Most elastic sling shot accidents….” said the narrator. Um, it’s an accepted fact of life that we must have these elastic sling shot? Accidents will come with the territory…Just deal with it🤣🤣
I was going to go on this ride like 4 days ago when I was at my nearby fair. It cost money so I didn’t go.
Oh shit thank god they survived and also if I was up there on the ride I will be like oh shit the ride fall Otherwise we will be scared and panic
What’s even crazier is they charge $50 to ride that thing
My wife would freak tf out 😂😂
I got genuinely scared at the video where the slingshot one rubberband arm snapped, and it hit the ground so hard it left a hole a concrete got blown away😅
Yo that’s terrifying
When you get on rides you’re taking a chance because you know it could break
Can u imagine if BOTH cords broke. Think about how unnatural it is to be thrown in the air in a cage held by two strings!
This shiz broke on my birthday of all days 💀
Is it just me or do I see grimace at the first part near the ride
That was a Lawsuit from hell too!!
Reminds me of those cheap slingshot toys you can buy from dollar tree
Imagine being the next one in line😂
The guy on the left foot made light contact with the tower how did he not get injured
Why do people keep going on these rides…?
Angry birds 😂😂😂😂😂
This happened to me with those bungee jump trampoline things when I was like 6. They didn't even care they just kicked me off
Must have been quite shocking for the riders. On the plus side, the ball they were in acted like a roll cage. The only injury I can see is to their nerves from the shock.
Thank God it didnt snap when they were going down
Wow… never getting on one of those
Oh gosh they will never ride that again ever! Damn that scary
That’s why I would literally never get on that. My legs would go weak before hand and start shaking. Your body just knows better.
I once went to a winter wonderland and idk if its normal but we rode one ride that went round and round(i dont remember the name) but when we got on it, it started and i told the ride operator the bar that was meant to hold us didn't lock and was rll flingy and he just said 'oh its meant to be that way'. I've always wondered if it rll was meant to be that way bc in the end u rll spin hard on that thing and literally me and my mom were holding on rll hard, has anyone got an idea of which ride im talking of?? I just unlocked that memory 💀
Omg horrifying, I hope the people are well... I love all kinds of rides but this would be a looong lasting trauma to me
Seals like they're was a assassin.
I won't ride elastic bungee rides like that. The ones I ride made with steel.
When things malfunction in a good way AKA a good break
Ride enthusiast here : this is why I NEVER ride carnival rides
imagine being one of the only mfs ever to survive a street side attraction bungee cord ball😂😂😂😂
Thank God nobody was hurt.
The people that were going to go next:
Oh ma jezuz croist Mary and joeseph god is on my side today 😅
That gotta be better than the ride it’s self
That’s why a lot of these sling shot rides with the elastic have fallen out of fashion in the amusement park midways
Bro the guy on the left looks like digital dan
Damn if that was me I'd be claiming injury all day😂