Rappbode Dam Ultra Shot

The tower’s main attraction is the ‘Ultrashot’, which is unique in the world in this form. The ride is located inside the Solitaire. From there, participants (alone or in pairs) can be catapulted repeatedly from the bottom all the way to the top and beyond the tower. The highlight for participants (and spectators) is the moment when they fly out of the shaft opening towards the sky, only to disappear back into the tower in ‘free fall’. What makes it spectacular is that, during the descent, the participants experience a state similar to weightlessness.
The technical equipment of the ‘Ultrashot’ includes two synchronously driven carriages (boogies) that glide along structural supports. To regulate the loads, they are fitted with a specially developed damping system. The participants themselves are equipped with a full-body harness including a back plate. On the right and left of the harness are webbing slings, which form the connecting links to the bogies.
In close cooperation with the operator, hochkant was responsible for the entire project development and coordination. The entire PPE (personal protective equipment) was also specially developed by hochkant for this purpose from the very beginning.

Rappbodetalsperre (Saxony-Anhalt)
www.harzdrenalin.de