Carousel style in amusement parks
Finnish team aiming to break the record for the largest ice fun ride
The team's efforts are led by inventor Yanni Cappilito.
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A Finnish team spent several days working on removing snow and cutting a huge circle of ice with a chainsaw with a diameter of more than 300 meters, with the aim of trying to make it revolve over a frozen lake in the manner of a horse whirlpool in amusement parks, seeking to break the world record for the largest "fun ice ride" .
The team's effort on the vast Labaiaarvi Lake in western Finland is being led by the inventor, Yanni Kapilhto, who confirmed in a video that went viral on the internet in 2017 that he was behind the concept.
The principle is to clean the track of the huge ice circle from snow and cut it, then link it to a boat engine to ensure that it rotates on itself.
And the same idea has since been applied elsewhere, with larger ice circles, prompting the Guinness Book of Records to create a category of its own.
The Finnish inventor told «Agence France Presse» that it is «very crazy», given that his team first worked to remove snow, which was 40 cm thick in a circle exceeding 900 meters in diameter.
Although Cappelletto scored the record four times, it is currently held by an American from Minnesota, whose diameter of the ice circle is 228 meters.
For the record to be valid, the circuit must complete at least one full turn, which is what its designers hope to achieve, but the main difficulty is to form a perfect circle so that the rotation does not encounter any obstacles.
"The vortex will not rotate if it is not completely circular," said Toure Frederic Carlson, one of the team members.
Inside the Great Labayarfe circuit, the team cut a smaller circuit, which is powered by an electric motorboat, while the large vortex requires a petrol engine.
• For the achievement to be certified, at least one full cycle must be completed by the department.
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