Track-based swing ride with long arm pendulum

An apparatus for providing a swinging ride experience, comprising:

• a track structure comprising an elevated track;
• a powered bogie rollably engaging the elevated track;
• a passenger vehicle with at least one seat for receiving and restraining a passenger;
• an elongated arm pivotally supported at a first end and coupled to at a second end to the passenger vehicle;
• a drive mechanism operable to rotate the elongated arm about a roll axis extending through the first end of the elongate arm in a CW direction and in a CCW direction;
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• a ride controller concurrently operating the powered bogie to move in a direction of travel on the elevated track and the drive mechanism to rotate the elongated arm in at least one of the CW and CCW directions, whereby the passenger vehicle has concurrent translational and roll motions.

A swing ride apparatus for use with an elevated ride track, comprising:

• a bogie adapted for rollably engaging the ride track, wherein the bogie includes a drive assembly operable to drive the bogie along the ride track;
• a pendulum arm pivotally coupled at a first end to the bogie via a pendulum support assembly, whereby the pendulum arm is suspended from the bogie and moves translationally with the bogie along the track;
• a passenger vehicle coupled to a second end of the pendulum arm opposite the first end of the pendulum arm;
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• a roll driver operable to rotate the pendulum arm about a roll axis extending through the first end of the pendulum arm.