Suspended amusement ride system

A amusement ride seating system, comprising:

• a. a passenger carrier support;
• b. a passenger carrier motion base movably in communication with and suspended underneath the passenger carrier support, the passenger carrier motion base comprising a controllable passenger carrier motion base mover in communication with the passenger carrier support and configured to controllably move the passenger carrier motion base about the passenger carrier support;
• c. a passenger carrier suspended underneath and supported by the passenger carrier motion base, the passenger carrier configured to accommodate passenger seating;
• d. a load carrying system, comprising:
• i. a load supporting frame comprising three connection points;
• and
• ii. three lifts configured to be controlled independently with respect to vertical positioning of one of the three connection points, the three lifts defining six separate triangles defining separate planes configured to brace against surge, sway and yaw with respect to the frame, each lift comprising:
• 1. a controllable motor;
• 2. a drum operative connected to the controllable motor and configured to accept a predetermined length of a corresponding cable about a portion of the drum;
• 3. a set of pulleys;
• and
• a. a cable routed over the set of pulleys and routed to a predetermined connection point of the three connection points, the cable comprising a first end attached to the drum and a second end cooperatively attached to the drum, the cable and the load supporting frame defining two separate triangles of the six separate triangles;
• e. a passenger carrier motion base controller operatively in communication with the controllable passenger carrier motion base mover;
• f. a motor controller operatively in communication with each controllable motor;
• and
• g. a programmable system controller operatively in communication with the passenger carrier motion base controller and the motor controller.

A method of providing travel of an amusement ride vehicle, comprising:

• a. providing a passenger carrier support;
• b. supporting a passenger carrier mover with the passenger carrier support, the passenger carrier mover movably in communication with the passenger carrier support and configured to controllably move about the passenger carrier support;
• c. supporting a controllable passenger carrier motion base with the passenger carrier mover;
• d. suspending a passenger carrier underneath the passenger carrier motion base, the passenger carrier supported by the passenger carrier motion base, the passenger carrier configured to accommodate passenger seating, the controllable passenger carrier motion base with the passenger carrier mover further configured to impart motion to the passenger carrier with a plurality of degrees of freedom;
• e. disposing a load carrying system intermediate the passenger carrier motion base and the passenger carrier, the load carrying system comprising:
• i. a load supporting frame connected to the passenger carrier, the load supporting frame comprising three connection points;
• and
• ii. three lifts configured to be controlled independently with respect to vertical positioning of one of the three connection points, the three lifts defining six separate triangles defining separate planes configured to brace against surge, sway and yaw with respect to the frame, each lift comprising:
• 1. a controllable motor;
• 2. a drum operative connected to the controllable motor and configured to accept a predetermined length of a corresponding cable about a portion of the drum;
• 3. a set of pulleys;
• and
• 4. a cable routed over the set of pulleys and routed to a predetermined connection point of the three connection points, the cable comprising a first end attached to the drum and a second end cooperatively attached to the drum, the cable and the load supporting frame defining two separate triangles of the six separate triangles;
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• iii. a lift support disposed intermediate the load supporting frame and the lifts, the lift support configured to support the lifts;
• f. for each of the lifts,
• i. connecting a first end of each cable to the drum;
• ii. routing the cable over an associated set of pulleys;
• iii. routing the cable to a predetermined connection point of the three connection points;
• and
• iv. connecting a second end of each cable to the drum;
• g. supporting the load carrying system by the lift support;
• h. connecting a passenger carrier to the load supporting, the passenger carrier configured to support a plurality of human passengers;
• i. operatively placing a programmable system controller in communication with a passenger carrier motion base controller, a motor controller, and a passenger carrier mover controller;
• j. operatively placing the passenger carrier mover controller in communication with the controllable passenger carrier mover;
• k. sending a predetermined set of passenger carrier mover control signals from the programmable system controller to the passenger carrier mover controller (474) to command the passenger carrier mover controller to send a predetermined set of passenger carrier mover control signals to the passenger carrier mover to affect movement of the passenger carrier mover about the passenger carrier support;
• l. operatively placing the passenger carrier motion base controller in communication with the controllable passenger carrier motion base;
• m. sending a predetermined set of motion base control signals from the programmable system controller to the passenger carrier motion base controller to command the passenger carrier motion base controller to send a predetermined set of motion base control signals to the controllable passenger carrier motion base to effect movement of the passenger carrier motion base;
• n. operatively placing the motor controller in communication with each controllable motor;
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• o. sending a predetermined set of motor control signals from the programmable system controller to the motor controller to send a predetermined set of motor control signals to each controllable motor to effect altering a relative length of a cable to achieve bracing against surge, sway and yaw with respect to the frame.