Pirate boat ride motor

[Terryoleary]

Hi all

im curious if anyone can provide some pointer or possibilities around how to create a motor for a pirate ship ride like this one here https://youtu.be/DvDOSZL8AEo

so it alternates between a forward and reverse motion. Love to build something in my own theme park, any advice or places to investigate are greatly received 

[Saberwing40k]

Wow, for being such a long and well shot video, the builder manages to include shockingly little actual information. 

But, I had my suspicions, and the video confirmed it, the transmission is indeed a design that uses a motor that rotates one direction only, and has a gearbox that is setup to change between directions, automatically. I'd have to actually make something to show this, I'm not sure how best to explain in words.

Edited August 6, 2020 by Saberwing40k