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Because the arm is always on an angle, weights are placed on the top of the arm (opposite to the seats) to balance the weight of the front of the ride to the back. The third part are the rows of seats themselves. This is where riders sit for the ride. When the ride is in operation, the rows of seats are "thrown" around and "throw" riders on every possible angle the ride can operate on.
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Shockwave is made up of four main pieces. The first one are the supports. They move the riders seats high into the air to prevent the ride from hitting the ground and causing injury to riders. The second part is the arm. It is what is connected to the supports and holds the rows where riders sit in.
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arm stops and begins to spin again this time towards the other direction. When the ride cycle has been completed, the arm stops rotating and the seats are returned to the ground ("loading position").
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295:"Canada's Wonderland Shockwave POV"
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186:137 cm (4 ft 6 in)
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104:Opening date
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458:Thunder Run
420:Flight Deck
415:Dragon Fyre
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58:Coordinates
784:Categories
755:Winterfest
622:(rethemed)
610:Jet Scream
561:WindSeeker
508:Lumberjack
492:Flat rides
245:References
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463:Time Warp
435:Leviathan
395:AlpenFury
322:Shockwave
320:Official
227:Structure
208:Shockwave
200:available
198:Fast Lane
99:Operating
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718:ZoomZone
645:Sections
626:SkyRider
512:Psyclone
454:Taxi Jam
410:Behemoth
214:ride at
212:Top Scan
175:Duration
151:Capacity
135:Top Scan
107:May 2001
720:(2001-)
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690:(1981–)
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615:Orbiter
526:Skyhawk
517:Riptide
425:The Fly
405:The Bat
301:June 7,
276:June 7,
220:Mondial
142:G-force
125:Mondial
468:Vortex
218:. The
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