Gyro drop apparatus and method of controlling the same

A gyro drop apparatus comprising:

• a tower standing on and extending from an installation surface;
• a gondola provided to ascend and descend along the tower and boarded by users;
• a driving supporter configured to drive the gondola to ascend;
• a brake configured to decelerate the gondola so that a fall speed of the gondola can be within a normal deceleration range upon a freefall of the gondola;
• an abrupt-fall detector configured to detect whether or not the gondola falls abruptly or unintentionally;
• an emergency safety unit provided below the gondola and switching over between a standby state to be ready for operation and an operating state to absorb shock of the gondola;
• and
• a controller configured to control the emergency safety unit to switch over from the standby state to the operating state upon the abrupt-fall detector detecting that the gondola falls abruptly or unintentionally,
• wherein the emergency safety unit comprises:
• a first shock-absorbing member disposed on the installation surface,
• a second shock-absorbing member provided on a bottom of the gondola facing the installation surface and located at an alternate position not to interfere with the first shock-absorbing member, the first shock-absorbing member and the second shock-absorbing member including airbags,
• a third shock-absorbing member installed on the installation surface, and
• a fourth shock-absorbing member provided on the bottom of the gondola and located at an alternate position not to interfere with the third shock-absorbing member, the third shock-absorbing member and the fourth shock-absorbing member including hydraulic dampers.