Amusement ride vehicle with pneumatically actuated cabin and motion base

Abstract From the Canadian patent

A pneumatic motion platform is disclosed adapted to allow an open center to , handle shear stress without the need for a central support. In an embodiment. The platform comprises a deck; a base; a plurality of inflatable actuators each actuator attached to the deck at a predetermined location intermediate the base and the deck, the plurality of inflatable actuators adapted for use as an active motive force with respect to the deck in a plurality of planes; a plurality of compliant stabilizers disposed intermediate the deck and the base, at least one portion of each stabilizer disposed proximate a predetermined one of the plurality of inflatable actuators; a fluid controller in fluid …