Tilt-A-Whirl

The ride consists of seven freely-spinning cars that hold three or four riders each, which are attached at fixed pivot points on a rotating platform.

Physicists Bret M. Huggard and Richard L. Kautz came up with a mathematical equation that approximates the motion of the Tilt-A-Whirl.

Sellner Manufacturing opened its factory in Faribault and the ride debuted at the Minnesota State Fair.

Modern rides are constructed of steel, aluminum and fiberglass, and are powered by seven small electric motors, and has seven cars.

The oldest operating Tilt-A-Whirl is a 1927 model, traveling with Tom Evans United Shows in the US Midwest.

It was moved again in 2014 underneath the figure 8 portion of Wild Thing with the installation of the Route 66 area.