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RobertDyck

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Re: Large Ship Engineering Model

The London Eye is 120 metres diameter. Significantly bigger.

tahanson43206

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Re: Large Ship Engineering Model

For RobertDyck ... I discarded the London Eye because it is larger than 75 meters in diameter.

I found a Ferris wheel (or rather, Google found a Ferris wheel) that is 75 meters in diameter.

Let's work with a Ferris wheel that matches the size of Large Ship (Prime).

Let's find an image of the 75 meter Ferris wheel (if one exists).

Let's offer ** that ** image to the audience March 12th, so they can get a sense of the size of the habitat ring.

Let's NOT use the London Eye as a model, because it is nearly twice as large.

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For SpaceNut .... if you have time (and I realize your time is limited and valuable) ... please see if you can find an image of the 75 meter Ferris wheel.

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SpaceNut

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Registered: 2004-07-22

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Re: Large Ship Engineering Model

List of them by size in height from the ground to wheel top
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_wheel

There are three that are close in meter (feet)
Technostar Technocosmos     85 (279) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technocosmos
The original Ferris Wheel     80.4 (264) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Wheel_(1893)
Wiener Riesenrad     64.8 (212) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiener_Riesenrad

tahanson43206

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Re: Large Ship Engineering Model

For SpaceNut ... please keep looking (and thanks for the finds posted in #28)

The Ferris wheel that Google found was 75 meters in diameter.  That the size that would be idea.

64 is good, and 85 is good, but they are both off by 10 meters.  Large Ship (Prime) is 75 meters in diameter.\

I found this:
https://www.scmp.com/article/342939/pro … l-rejected

Proposal for giant Ferris wheel rejected
Richard Woo
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Published: 12:00am, 31 Mar, 2001

Updated: 12:00am, 31 Mar, 2001

Plans for a giant Ferris wheel on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront were rejected yesterday because the proposed structure would have exceeded the area's height restrictions.

Developer Wharf (Holdings) proposed to build a 75-metre-high wheel on a four-storey podium as an extension to Ocean Terminal, which would rise to a total height of 103 metres.

Plans showed the podium's ground floor housing a cruise ship immigration concourse with the second and third floors earmarked for shops. A lounge, bar and gift stores would have been located on the roof, which would have included a car park.

That would have been on the money, but (apparently) it will not be built.

Google found a Ferris wheel 75 meters in diameter in an Asian country, but the post where I reported it is on a previous page.

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SpaceNut

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Re: Large Ship Engineering Model

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singapore_Flyer
has an overall height of 165 metres (541 ft)

http://academickids.com/encyclopedia/in … rris_wheel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wa … _Ferris_Jr.

image search for the George_Washington_Gale_Ferris_Jr. ferris wheel