What is the minimum angle for a water slide?
What is the minimum angle for a water slide? The target angle for fun and safety is between 30-45 degrees. According to the CPSC Playground Safety Handbook and ASTM F1487-11, an embankment slide should be designed to an average angle of 30 degrees and it must not exceed 50 degrees at any point.
How tall is the tallest water slide?
As for the world's tallest waterslide, it sits a continent away in Barra Do Pirai, Brazil, near Rio de Janeiro at the Aldeia das Aguas Park Resort. Named Kilimanjaro, after the world's largest free-standing mountain, the waterslide is 164 feet tall, according to the Water Slide Database.
What is the steepest angle for a water slide?
The simple rules are that the overall angle from top to bottom must not exceed 40 degrees. 35 degrees is more normal, 40 is a little steep. A drop slide can be as steep as 60 degrees at the top, but will need a much longer run out at the bottom to make the overall average angle stay within the 40 degree guideline.
What are steep water slides called?
A water slide is a large slide that has water running down it and slides into a landing pool, or “catch” pool. O. A free-fall drop slide (also called a speed slide) is a steep slide that appears to drop straight down. Speeds can reach about 30 miles per hour or more.