Giant Drop

[Mr.SIX]

OK I know this may seem like a stupid question but ill ask it anyways are there wheels on giant drop because I have never seen them or are they behind where you sit?

[FParker185]

no wheels, just brass plates sliding on a greased rail

[Mr.SIX]

Wow.How does it stay attached to the track then and how does it not move in towards the structure and scratch against the tower? And how does it lift up i know its a hook but the hook look really small and it has no indent in it so how does it not fall off?

[joker]

Ask the show; How It's Made..maybe they'll know.

[FParker185]

well the way the car is attached to the track is the same way a coaster stays on the track, just instead of wheels it's the metal pads. The car is lifted to the top by the catch car which does attach with a hook, there is a device at the top of the tower that retracts the hook and lets the car drop off.