Setting Up the Paratrooper Ride
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- Visiting the carnival grounds to see a few more rides set up. This time we are focusing on the Hrubetz paratrooper ride setup. This is a classic ride from the 1980's
Watch them set up the Wave Swinger / Swing Carousel Next! • Swing Carousel Carniva...
I'm fascinated by the way carnival rides are engineered to fold up and stow away for storage and travel and I seem to learn a new trick with each ride.
Thanks to Jay and the crew from Majestic Midways for giving me the opportunity to document the setup of this classic carnival ride.
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Visiting the carnival grounds to see a few more rides set up. This time we are focusing on the Hrubetz Paratrooper ride set up. This is a classic ride from the 1980's
Watch them set up the Wave Swinger Next! ruclips.net/video/qN-V5VlfqFE/видео.html
Yes. Interesting
i travel with a carnival in Canada. interesting to see how other shows setup their rides......
Lqam
The one that was seen in 'The Fury' film which operated at the Old Chicago indoor theme park (which closed forever in 1980) is still traveling today!
Do you know who owns it?
I remember that movie... Mond boggling girl didn't want nobody to have a good time.
Here's another example of a classic amusement ride, portable or park, that continues to be a timeless fun machine that never fails to entertain. I especially love the permanent upright versions of the Paratrooper.
Classic
My first ride was a small merry go round with motorcycles. I was about 5 and once one and going I hated it. I wanted to ride the scrambler the next year my dad and my brothers took me on that scrambler and I just loved it. Had to wait my more year. What always thrills me is to see the rides unpacked and set up and how they fold up. When I could go with friend or myself I went to watch the set up attend opening day and then when they tore the rides down .
My very first carnival ride was the toboggan. My brother and I enjoyed the ride. I am so glad I came across your channel. I have learned a lot from you
My first ride that I remember.
UK here that is a lovely machine. Really enjoy your vids.
Thanks 👍
I can still remember the first ride I went on. McKay Shows set up at the fairgrounds right across the street from my house in 1969. I was fascinated then (as I am now) with the set up process. My mom took me on the Tilt-a-Whirl and I absolutely H - A - T - E - D it! Of course now it is my favorite ride and I'l love to see a video on that one.
That is at the top of my list of rides I would like to record. I don't have access to one at the moment but hopefully some day.
Great video i have been on this attraction a few times back in the 1990's great ride a hit in the older days.Now we have a star trooper attraction and that goes fast its like the cliff hanger but faster and has 4 people tubs on it.
Love these videos, Pete. Thank you for making them. Please keep them coming. First carnival ride I rode was Eli Bridge ground mount Ferris wheel. Seems like back in those days carnivals found their own ways of racking their ground mount rides on whatever type trailer they had available.
this is a very interesting report. in germany the paratrooper is called : Twister. there are only a few left. it is a real classic.
Im not sure if it was my first carnival ride but I just couldn't get enough of the Scrambler ride at the Jacksonville carnival when I was six or seven. I probably rode it at least 20 times in a row. I just loved the lateral acceleration it provided. We didn't go to carnivals much as Disney and Busch Gardens were only a few hours away. Furthermore my grandparents lived in Tampa. To this day I will still hop on any Scrambler ride I come across just for the nostalgia.
This old-school ride always reminds me of the movie The Fury..
hard to remember my first big carnival ride but I think it was a loop o plane. , seems every carnival I attended as a kid in the early 70s almost always had most or all of these bigger rides. ,Roundup ,Roll o plane, loop o plane, chance skydiver, Ferris Wheel, Rock o plane , tilt a whirl, scrambler, spider/octopus , yoyo, and others I cannot remember.
Cool, a lot of those rides are still on the road (at least in my area) Only thing we don't have is the skydiver
My first carnival ride that I wanted to try was the scrambler
Still watching....love the installment Pete..
Glad you're still here!
Never seen one like this. The Paratroopers I've seen before would load kind of like a Huss Enterprise and just not go all the way upside down very similar looking ride though.
yeah, this is a bit more Old-School than that.
So cool!
Awesome, Stephen.
Thanks for sharing awesome stuff amazing to see how this stuff is setup
The first ride l remember was memorable to say the least. It was a full size ferris wheel at a small fair in Ontario and l was almost 4 years old. I went on with my mum and sister and when it stopped at the top and was rocking l went into complete and utter meltdown as l thought l was going to fall out and plummet to my death. The operator brought us back to the bottom because l was so hysterical and the lady who took the tickets took me off and told my mum and sister she would watch me if they wanted to carry on with the ride. She sat me on the ticket box and put her cowboy hat on my head, gave me a cup of warm apple cider then explained how safe it was as we watched it go around and around. Sitting with her was the highlight of my trip to the fair and l still remember it fondly over a half century later.
Yes, that is not just a ride, you got an experience.
I'm from Ontario Canada
That's an awesome memory!
Thank You for Making these video, as a you kids Id spend hours just watching the carnivals rides being set up. can you do a set up video for the Trabant or the Music Express? those was my favorite carnival rides
Closest ride I have access to is a Chance Wipeout.
Hey you should try to get a video of the fireball loop ride
Norman Bartlett's "Flying Coaster"
I remember being a kid in the 70’s riding solo hanging out over the bar flying full throttle… should have died but didnt… 😂❤🙏
My first ride was The Gravitron
In my younger years, I spent a summer running with small carnival company because I was laid off from Wisdom Manufacturing. The company I was with had an old Paratrooper and I was stuck operating it. Thanks for the memory!
That Crazy Bus ride, is that a variant of Wisdom's Gee Whiz or is it made by a different company?
StarTrooper was my first second was Scat
Hey pete when are you going to fix the varies heel
Interesting video but i dont find carneval rides safe. Not here in Sweden anyway. I also live about 15 min bus ride to Liseberg in Gothenburg, Sweden. I love coasters.
Big Eli 12 car ferris wheel with a 4 cylinder Wisconsin engine
remember those fondly . also loved the gas powered loop o plane
These days, seeing a ride running with a gas engine is a real brush with nostalgia.
How much do these rides cost?
No 4K? 😢
It is on my end?
@@PeteRondeau it's there now. For some reason it wasn't showing the option on my device.
I just looked up the little dipper, only $15k! That's a veeery good price. If i had the space I'd take that thing and a little ferris wheel.
Nothing worse than a Paratrooper ride that is run at a SLOW SPEED ! I remember riding it when I was young and it swung out almost sideways ! Now they run them so slow they hardly swing out at all.
Yes just like the Scrambler rides, they used to go so fast they looked like a blur , insurance costs and too many lawsuits I guess , ruined , like the big deep swimming pools at motels , now they are mostly about 5 feet deep 😢
Gotta remember that this is also a very old paratrooper and is likely one of the oldest still in operation. I've seen many go crazy fast and even backwards
I grew up next to a regional amusement park that has many permanent rides and often leases out flat rides for variety. They had a paratrooper that the whole hydraulic lift would go up and down. The riders all got on and off on flat ground and didn't have to wait their turn to come down. I love videos like this. What really amazes me is how the designers are able to fit a complete ride on one trailer.
I think I've seen that on another video. I think it may be called a super paratrooper? I think slothy vlogs may have rode that. I may be wrong though.
MY FIRST RIDE WAS THE ROCK O PLANE AND THEN THE ROUND UP
Still amazes me how "simple" US rides are! In the UK this would have an entire deck and fence and loads of music and lights and an operators booth. The one that used to attend right outside my parents house was like this. Like a mini nightclub at night. Keep up the videos, its great to see how each side does things.
theres a different mind set ,USA they call then carnies carnival ,UK they,re called showmen the shows goes way back to circus show era freak shows then rides came along
Thanks for Watching!
With a lot of rides all those extra elements would have to be on their own trailer which would need its own truck and driver to transport, which costs more money. Relatedly, only the largest shows have multi-trailer rides such as a breakdance
@@NorthernPyro that is an early version of paratrooper ,the modern ride does have deck and the ride has the centre hydraulic arm raise after start up means all riders board on off at same time
P P P Pay now for the next ride! 😂
I love the Paratrooper! It's one of my favorites to watch, and I remember being fascinated by the engineering or it when I was a child in the 80's. Both my mom and dad's family had fair connections in business so I would find myself spending days doing nothing but watching the rides as a kid. I remember this ride in particular was teaching me about mechanics at 7 or 8 years old as I sat and watched how it worked and realized that it's so simple yet, it spins, rocks and goes up and down without anything but the drive motors, just because of clever design!
Awesome video thanks for posting. I can't remember my first ride.. but the zipper is my all time favorite ride, ben riding it since 1984........
The Zipper... The famous classic ride that will give you the twirling of your life. I'm 62 years old now & I'll still do it 😂❤
Pretty sure my first "big" ride I went on as a kid was the Break Dance. Still love watching it to this day!
Breakdance is a wild ride. Part of what I consider to be near the beginning of the modern era of rides.
Wow! That's a cool first ride. I've never ridden one. Didnt.
see them much near where I live
@@PeteRondeauI have a faller HO scale break dancer. Think it's the break dance no 1. It's packed up right now waiting for me to set all I have up as a diorama style layout when (if) I ever retire
My first fair ride... Back in 1966? Tilt A Whirl. Scared the poop out of me back In the day... I could ride the Tilt A Whirl all day Long. Love your channel ❤❤❤
Growing up, I loved to step up when most others backed down - - - until it came to some amusement park rides. If I didn't back down, I would always throw up. Really wish I could ride.
Ah!....I paused 2 seconds in to comment because I'm so excited to watch this! I really enjoy your set up videos and the classic paratrooper has always caught my eye ever since I was a kid! PS...if you ever get the chance for a rock o plane set up I'd like that! Hard to find now. I have a fully functioning Lego Rock o plane that operates via remote. It can be racked on a Lego truck. It's a custom kit designed by someone
When did height requirements start for rides? I remember being 6 years old (1981) riding a roller-coaster that by todays standards would not be aloud.
Many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many many hours of setups and tear Downs of this ride
In my part of the world we have Beauce Carnaval which was celebrating their 70th birthday. I was always fascinated on how they put up their rides. A couple years ago I took some time off of work and went to see them put up the rides ! It was a gorgeous blue bird weather in the morning but in the afternoon it started to pour ! And yet they where still putting up the rides in these piss poor conditions. These guys get all my respect ! The show must go on !
Beside Carnaval goes to my hometown every year 🙌🏼 when I was a kid my mom and I used to drive out and watch them set up the rides from the parking lot, and I always loved watching that
Love your channel. It takes back to memory lane everything. I always loved the Skywheel and the Skydiver. Among others. Today's rides not so much. Age does that to you. Keep up the great work
What is the difference between Paratroopers that are elevated and load one or two cars at a time and the ones that start ground level and rise up during the cycle of the ride and then back down (all cars load at once)?
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I used to call the paratrooper the umbrella ride 😂 and I used to love to ride this in my younger days 👍awesome video too
I used to call it that too. The umbrella ride ❤❤❤
Fun fact. The cliff hanger evolved from the paratrooper, because the creator said he could make one load laying down, raise up, and rack on a 28ft pup.
Make a video set the round-up, loop o plane and carrousel
This must be an older model, as most of the ones I see these days allow the hydraulic arm to go up and down, allowing for all tubs to be loaded/unloaded at the same time.
I remember Dorney Park having a version like the one in the video, which is upright at all times.
yes, much lower rider throughput on this one.
I was a carney for 5 years. I use to set up the Sea Dragon & the Zipper & more. Actually had a good time except when we had to slaugh down then set up at the next spot the next day
I remember going to Idlewild Park in Ligonier, Pennsylvania, and they had a park model where everyone was loaded on the ground, then the ride was lifted while rotating. My favorite was riding the Paratrooper with my grandfather at Hamel’s Amusement Park that was just outside Shreveport, Louisiana.
My first Carnival ride was a merry-go-round.
Awesome excellent commendation. For me it was the ufo known by other names like wipe out. (Not to be mistaken by the graviton ). Then hands down the FERRARI 500s (a go kart styled bumper car lost to the 80s/late 90s for OHWS😡)and of course the legendary sound of the Hurricane. I just love how they all just pack up on a truck and go. I have the Lego model of the sizzler/scrambler that packs onto its own truck a must have for all fans I always thought I I ran an amusement ride since I’m a DJ I would have the best toons banging for my riders and a character like Kramer from Seinfeld in the ticket box would ensure a fun crew. Lol. Keep up the outstanding work if you can find footage of them slapping the boards down with the Ferrari 500s (not just electric dogems) that would be cool I have some stills. Stay safe party on maybe one day you might peep. One of my vids the one where I build a model radio controlled circiuit OR ROOM tour indeed will see the Lego set in reffering too. Party on.
First rides I remember riding back in the 70s was the old octopus and Saturn six and the scrambler.
Nice video. The first big ride I did was a Giant Wheel (about 40m tall) though it wasn't that thrilling. The first sort of thrill ride I did was a Waveswinger in 2015, then I did a PWS Sizzler in 2018 and a Waltzer (UK version of the Tilt a Whirl) in 2019.
Thanks for doing this video, the Paratrooper is the best. I would love to see the classic Trabant if you ever have the opportunity.
I don't have access to one of those, closest would be a Chance Wipeout
Awesome video Pete - thanks. Still amazes me the manual labor required to assemble these things…what a workout! And to do it in the weather elements…tough way to make a living. One suggestion, if I may, would love to hear the time required for the setup for each ride…just curious.
I can’t remember my first childhood carnival ride. My parents would always balk at the pricing and say “we can just go to (name of any amusement park) and get more for our money.” Once I became a teenager though, and had money of my own, I’d go to Reithoffers at the Bloomsburg Fair (back when they played it) and rode everything to make up for it 😛
Nice video Pete. Back in the Early 90's I used to Shoot videos for carnival companies in Florida. Back then there were no cell phone cameras. Most of the companies i made videos for are no longer around. Renchino Amusements, Tolve Presentations, Great Southern Midways, United Shows , Funtastic midways, Amusements of buffalo and many others. I had a great time and met some fantastic show owners in the 5 years that I did this in my spare time. The carnival business is very unique and I Learned a lot. I even booked several of the shows to host carnivals for schools where i taught. You have to be careful, this wonderful business gets into your being . I still love talking to the carnival workers when I attend a fair. Keep up the great work .
Sorry I'm doubling up on my comments! My first "big ride" was the scrambler. The first big ride I really wanted to ride was the Rock o Plane. I was too scared but finally worked my nerves up only to ge told I was too small! Once I was big enough, I chickened out when getting on. The next year when the carnival came back through, I did it! I'd like to ride one again but they are hard to find around GA
I almost rode that little dipper coaster. Planned on it in late 2019 for 2020, then um y'all know what happened. Then they closed it, the place seemed kind of cool.
I've ridden one of these at Indiana Beach, and it sort of goes over the water.
GREAT video Pete and thanks for sharing! I always love to see this ride, though I never have ridden it. I wonder if this one goes backward in its cycle like I recall seeing at a carnival at my high school in San Jose, CA. (my hometown) back in 1975. The teen I was with rode it going both ways and almost threw up since it was going so fast.
Keith Turner's Paratrooper, North East England....about 1969
The primary adult carnival ride I ever rode other than kiddie rides was The Himalaya with my now late dad back in spring 1967 when I was 4 at our annual Buccaneer Days festivities in Corpus Christi sparkling city by the sea near our bay at Memorial Coloseum parking lot. I still have that picture that my now late mom took & cropped later to fit in a photo album.
first midway ride I remember was the Ski Jump. Beauce Carnaval, sometime in the mid 70's
Chippewa Lake in Ohio. Either the Bug or maybe when my dad took me on the “world’s fastest Ferris wheel “ I wanted to go again but my mother later told me that he was green. Also could have been the flying scooter at Euclid Beach.
Are you going to do a Tilt - a - whirl? In the UK, an extremely popular ride is the Waltzer, which is our equivalent. There are only a handful of Zippers in the UK.
First big carnival ride I ever rode was a Chance Turbo at Springlake Amusement Park in Oklahoma City.
Great video! Still love this ride. It’s one of my favourites over here in the UK, but there aren’t that many around these days, which is a shame as they use to be really popular. 😊
the first paratrooper that i ever saw or rode was in 1960 at our local county fair......it was ground mounted and it was my first date with a girl and she got sick on it.....i was 15 and she was 14....i am now 78
I Don’t know what my First Ride was pretty Soon My days Of goin on Rides will Be Over But it was Fun While It Lasted.
I think this was my first "big kid" carnival ride as well
Back in the 70s I took my son on the tilt-a-whirl in Myrtle Beach. Nobody was around so he let it run for 15 minutes. My turn to be green.
I didn't know that you had Paratroopers in the US. One of the few fairground rides I like, as I do not like the faster ones. In the UK, we have 2 sorts- one with the arm elevated all the time, like that one, and the other starts off with the arm horizontal, and then rises when the rotor has got up to speed. The latter sort are quicker to load and unload, although I don't like the centrifuge effect before the arm rises.
maybe a super silly question ... but, do all of the laborers travel with the carnival rides or is there a core group and they hire locally?
What a fun channel this was to stumble upon!
Thank you for doing this video. I would probably say this is very similiar yet a bit different for an Amusepark version where it raises up vs. the travel one where it stays stationary up?
My first ride was the Scramblerr and then the paratrooper ride; where I live in upstate New York there used to be a permanent Hoffmann play land and those two rides were my favorites and are still my favorites today.
My first big boy ride was the Octopus. It still holds a special place in my heart.
Electric motor drive? That's unusual. The motors are usually hydraucally run.
My first carnival ride was either the “Trabant” or the “Loop -o- Plane.”
I worked for over 20 year on the dutch fairs. On a ride called breakdance and i still miss it sometimes to travel with the fair
The first time I rode one of these it went forwards and backwards. I've never seen another that could do that.
I remember the kiddie rides as first carnival rides such as the ones that just go in a circle like boats and cars. But the first one that "scared the hell out of me" was the Spider.
The paratroopers I’ve seen had a vertical bar for the throttle control. It appears that this one doesn’t have a throttle like that.
How often do they clean, change bulbs and do that type of maintenance on these rides?
The kids umbrella rides I like to see how they go together I used to put the flying bulbs together
Other than kiddie rides, I think it was the Flying Bobs.
mine was the pirate boat... as kid... but then booom the zipper...
They had a paratrooper at Crystal Beach Park in Canada that raised up & down with each cycle
Hey Pete can we see a set up of the dragon wagon ride
I have recorded the Orient Express if that is similar enough for you. That video will be released later this summer.
Alright!!!!!
I love rides. Thank you for this. My question is how come we don't see the double ferris wheel at carnivals. I believe they call it sky wheel. That would be great to your collection. Sky wheel right next to the zipper
There are a couple of contributing issues. A few I can think it are, lack of labor and efficiency of operation. Rides like the sky wheel are multiple loads. So you need multiple drivers and multiple trucks to haul them, or you need to make multiple trips driving back empty to move them from one place to the next. They also are slow to load. Rides like the Himalaya or gravitron load the whole ride at once making for high throughput. Skywheel loads like a Ferris wheel one seat at a time and the operator has to pay attention to keep it somewhat balanced. Not to mention the skywheels are getting old and developing cracks
6:10 dont you think the rides look a little too close to each other 😮😮
I rode on that ride in union!! stayed at the koa there several times.
Why are Paratrooper style rides (fixed arm, not going down for load and going up during the ride cycle) still around in the US? My guess would be that hourly capacity is a lot better when all gondolas are loaded at the same time, and those have been available since the 1960ies (in Europe at least). Is the higher troughput not worth it for the bigger footprint and the presumably bigger transport volume?
It is a bigger footprint on the carnival grounds but I think the bigger issue is that they are available and still running so why pay more for something more elaborate. It’s a bit of a space filler. Nobody driving by the grounds is going to say “wow! They’ve got that paratrooper that lowers to the ground”. (Actually having it up in the air probably would make more of an impact to people driving by during the day).
You have to keep in mind, that the majority of American carnivals make their money at the ticket box. The throughput doesn’t really matter. At the end of the night it’s how many wristbands or credits were purchased at the ticket booth, not how many patrons rode an individual ride. People making a decision to buy tickets are going to look around the carnival grounds and see if there’s enough there to justify their purchase. Whether that paratrooper goes up or down isn’t gonna affect that decision very much.
That’s the carnival that’s right by my house
Oh wow Pete this brings back so many memories. We had a Paratrooper at the park I worked at but it was a park model. Same in every way just didn't have the trailer. We only took ours down at the end of the season to have the main shaft and bearings NDTed. LOL in fact setting up the Trooper is like one of the 3 videos on my channel.
I'll have to go check it out!