Editing Ferris wheel (section)

=== Motorised capsules ===
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| colspan="2" style="border: 0; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.0em; padding: 0.5em;" | {{center|The [[Singapore Flyer]] has 28 [[Cylinder (geometry)|cylindrical]] air-conditioned passenger capsules, each able to carry 28 people<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.singaporeflyer.com/en/faqs/faqs-on-private-capsules.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080430162118/http://www.singaporeflyer.com/en/faqs/faqs-on-private-capsules.html|url-status=dead|title=Singapore Flyer|archive-date=April 30, 2008|website=www.singaporeflyer.com}}</ref>}}
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| colspan="2" style="border: 0; font-size: 88%; line-height: 1.0em; padding: 0.5em;" | {{center|The [[London Eye]]'s 32 [[Oval|ovoidal]] air-conditioned passenger capsules each weigh {{Convert|10|t|ST}} and can carry 25 people<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-londoneye_rc_pmsep23,0,5156873.story |title=London's Eye in the sky not just a Ferris wheel |website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |access-date=May 27, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126162539/http://www.chicagotribune.com/travel/chi-londoneye_rc_pmsep23,0,5156873.story |archive-date=November 26, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>}}
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Wheels with passenger cars mounted external to the rim and independently rotated by electric motors, as opposed to wheels with cars suspended from the rim and kept upright by gravity, are uncommon. Typically they are called 'Observation wheels' but there is no standardised terminology.

Only a few Ferris wheels with motorised capsules have been built.
* The {{Convert|128|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Bay Glory]] is China's first giant observation wheel with motorised capsules.
* The {{Convert|250|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Ain Dubai]], world's current tallest observation wheel.
* The {{Convert|167.6|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[High Roller (Ferris wheel)|High Roller]], world's tallest from 2014 to 2021, has externally mounted motorised capsules of a [[Transparency and translucency|transparent]] [[spherical]] design,<ref name="denverpost16112011">{{cite web|url=http://www.denverpost.com/business/ci_19345081|title=Colorado's Leitner-Poma to build cabins for huge observation wheel in Las Vegas|date=November 15, 2011|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-hotels/a-vital-linq-for-las-vegas-20841/|title=A vital Linq for Las Vegas|access-date=October 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305053848/https://blog.vegas.com/las-vegas-hotels/a-vital-linq-for-las-vegas-20841/|archive-date=March 5, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> and is described as both a Ferris wheel and an observation wheel by the media.<ref name="msn17092011" /><ref name="denverpost16112011" /><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/travel/destinations/2011-08-17-las-vegas-london-eye_n.htm|title=Las Vegas plans to top London Eye with massive Ferris wheel |website=www.usatoday.com|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/Worlds_biggest_observation_wheel_to_lift_Grand_Junctions_economy_134090334.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304031351/http://www.nbc11news.com/localnews/headlines/Worlds_biggest_observation_wheel_to_lift_Grand_Junctions_economy_134090334.html|url-status=dead|title=New Vegas attraction helps Grand Junction's economy|archive-date=March 4, 2016}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|165|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[Singapore Flyer]] has [[Cylinder (geometry)|cylindrical]] externally mounted motorised capsules and is described as an observation wheel by its operators,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxUkf2z1_4RGLWjXmFV8rxsD40QQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702164430/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gxUkf2z1_4RGLWjXmFV8rxsD40QQ|url-status=dead|title=We don't use the F-word|archive-date=July 2, 2013}}</ref> but was also credited as "world's largest Ferris wheel"  by the [[mass media|media]] when it opened in 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSSIN32231520070830|title=Singapore to open world's largest Ferris wheel|access-date=October 4, 2018|work=Reuters|date=August 30, 2007}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|135|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[London Eye]], typically described as a "giant Ferris wheel" by the media,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://content.time.com/time/travel/cityguide/article/0,31489,1846986_1846948_1846868,00.html|title=London: 10 Things to Do — 3. The London Eye |magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]] |access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/mar/09/london-eye-millennium-design|title=Wheel deal: the London Eye turns 10 - Jonathan Glancey|first=Jonathan|last=Glancey|date=March 9, 2010|website=The Guardian|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> has [[Oval|ovoidal]] externally mounted motorised capsules and is the "world's tallest cantilevered observation wheel"<ref name="londoneye102">{{cite web |url=http://londoneye.com/SiteImages/Assets/8/102.pdf |title=Is it a Ferris wheel? |access-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090304062139/http://londoneye.com/SiteImages/Assets/8/102.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> according to its operator.

[[File:Southern Star Complete.jpg|thumb|Southern Star (now [[Melbourne Star]]), tallest in the [[Southern Hemisphere]], in 2008]]
* The {{Convert|120|m|ft|0|abbr=on}} [[Melbourne Star]] (previously the Southern Star) in [[Australia]] has [[Oval|ovoidal]] externally mounted motorised capsules and is described by its operators as "the only observation wheel in the southern hemisphere",<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.thesouthernstar.com.au/ |title=Welcome to the Southern Star |access-date=July 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171016005711/http://www.thesouthernstar.com.au/ |archive-date=October 16, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref> but also as a Ferris wheel by the media.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,19300554-2862,00.html|title=Work to spin Ferris wheel|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.roller-coaster.com.au/ride.php?rid=53|title=Southern Star Observation Wheel - Roller-Coaster.com.au - Australian theme parks|website=www.roller-coaster.com.au|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/global-observer/melbournes-big-wheel-of-misfortune/3479|title=Melbourne's big wheel of misfortune - ZDNet|first=Lieu Thi|last=Pham|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>
* The {{Convert|139|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[Nanjing]] [[Overseas_Chinese_Town_Limited|OCT]] Funland Ferris Wheel is China's second giant observation wheel with motorised capsules which has passed national inspections in early 2023 and is about to open to the public.<ref name=欢乐滨江 />

Official conceptual renderings<ref>{{cite web|url=http://newyorkwheel.com/|title=The New York Wheel|website=newyorkwheel.com|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref> of the proposed {{Convert|190.5|m|ft|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} [[New York Wheel]] also show a wheel equipped with externally mounted motorised capsules.<ref name=nycedcproject>{{cite web|url=http://www.nycedc.com/project/st-george-waterfront|title=St. George Waterfront|access-date=October 4, 2018}}</ref>