maybe people dont feel safe on them, b/c of its age. but I would feel more safe on that then a older zipper, and I think we have 2 of them at our fair. I dont know what a modernized SkyWheel would look like, but it wouldnt be the same if they changed the look. Oh well maybe if more carnivals carry them, it would start a trend.
oh , they could however replace the two frames that hold the ride, and convert them steel beams, like the larger ferris wheels, change the seats to more of a modernized (KMG Fireball) type seat with shoulder harness's, and have the seats freely move on there own axes also controlled by air hydralics, so it can do the whole Top Spin thing when the main boom is rotating..talk about freaky , and bulk up the joints that hold in the seats, those things always looked flimsy. reduce the sway, one thing I noticed on the strates skywheel, and maybe it would then be modernized. of course it wont happen.