It is an amusement ride consisting of a rotating upright wheel with multiple passenger-carrying components attached to the rim in such a way that as the wheel turns, they are kept upright, usually by gravity.
Some of the largest modern ones have cars mounted on the outside of the rim, with electric motors to independently rotate each car to keep it upright. These wheels are sometimes referred to as observation wheels and their cars referred to as capsules, however these alternative names are also used for wheels with conventional gravity-oriented cars.
Transportable designs are made to be operated at multiple locations, as opposed to fixed wheels which are usually intended for permanent installation. Small transportable designs may be permanently mounted on trailers, and can be moved intact. Larger transportable wheels are designed to be repeatedly dismantled and rebuilt, some using water ballast instead of the permanent foundations of their fixed counterparts.
Double and triple wheels are those comprising a vertical column supporting multiple horizontal arms, with each arm supporting a wheel. A triple variant is made in a way that each ride had three main components: the wheels with their passenger cars; a set of supporting arms; and a single central supporting column. Each wheel rotates around the end of its own supporting arm.
An eccentric wheel differs from a conventional wheel in that some or all of its passenger cars are not fixed directly to the rim of the wheel, but instead slide on rails between the rim and the hub as the wheel rotates.
Spokeless wheel is the latest invention when it comes to wheels. China recently unveiled “Bohai Eye” in Shandong Province. With diameter of 125m and total height of 145m, it is 10m higher than world-renowned “London Eye”! Built on the Bailang River Bridge, the wheel will have 36 cabins, each carrying 10 people, offering them birds-eye views of the Bohai Gulf estuary during the 28-minute round trip. Without the spokes, one might wonder how the wheel spines and the truth is: it doesn’t spin; instead, the cabins rotate around the stationary rim pulled by built-in running gears!
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