Reverse bungee
Modern type of fairground ride / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with bungee jumping.
The reverse bungee (also known as catapult bungee, slingshot, or ejection seat) is a modern type of fairground ride.
The ride consists of two telescopic gantry towers mounted on a platform, feeding two elastic ropes down to a two-person passenger car constructed from an open sphere of tubular steel. The passenger car is secured to the platform with an electro-magnetic latch as the elastic ropes are stretched. When the electromagnet is turned off, the passenger car is catapulted vertically with a g-force of 3–5, reaching an altitude of between 50 metres (164 ft) and 80 metres (262 ft).[citation needed]