Here's a fun look at a family that actually made a dark ride using wheelchairs as their base. You can find a great deal of information just by watching the video as the owners love showing off how they did what they did.
Here's another look at the ride built by a thirteen year old kid... with quite a bit of help from some adult fabricators. What I love about this one is the control panel that is full of remotes being used to send off the cars. The video hits about midway through as the first part is just the ride and a bunch of chatter. The nuts and bolts is here:
Here's a thread about a dark ride right here on the Halloween Forum: 2015 DIY Dark Ride
And lastly, here's a link to the video of a gent who has multiple videos of his dark ride using a tape of some sort instead of an actual upright support system: intocoasters You have to sort of dig around some of his other favorite pastimes to find them all, but it's worth seeing him retooling his work because I think that's pretty much what everyone building one of these things has to do.
They're all fun to watch, but I can't tell you which is the better choice for your build. I watch the videos knowing full well I'll never actually make a dark ride for our haunt.
Hope you find some ideas, though. Have fun.
Here's another look at the ride built by a thirteen year old kid... with quite a bit of help from some adult fabricators. What I love about this one is the control panel that is full of remotes being used to send off the cars. The video hits about midway through as the first part is just the ride and a bunch of chatter. The nuts and bolts is here:
Here's a thread about a dark ride right here on the Halloween Forum: 2015 DIY Dark Ride
And lastly, here's a link to the video of a gent who has multiple videos of his dark ride using a tape of some sort instead of an actual upright support system: intocoasters You have to sort of dig around some of his other favorite pastimes to find them all, but it's worth seeing him retooling his work because I think that's pretty much what everyone building one of these things has to do.
They're all fun to watch, but I can't tell you which is the better choice for your build. I watch the videos knowing full well I'll never actually make a dark ride for our haunt.
Hope you find some ideas, though. Have fun.
