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I watched two videos from Youtube.com and I never see the chairs swing by the strong wind before. I am surprised the grips are strong to hold the haul ropes. I wonder the grips hold strong all the times or accident to get off? Any history?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6-5ks3JLl-g

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ouE-ywvGup8&...ted&search=
This post has been edited by Kelly: 16 October 2012 - 11:20 AM

Skiing#1, on Sep 7 2007, 01:51 PM, said:

I did post this link in another topic!


As for the 2nd video that's some crazy shit.

Kicking Horse, Oops, I am sorry...I didn't know you posted first ones. What name of the topic you put it?
This post has been edited by Skiing#1: 07 September 2007 - 12:03 PM

It takes a great deal of force to peel a grip off, allowing for situations as filmed here... I agree with Jeff, that is definitely crazy.

I'd worry more about the cable twisting than the grip.

Now it kind of makes me wonder what a LE grip would be like in that wind. Would it hold on, or would it come off. Those appear to be Agamatic AG-104 grips, which are pretty reliable single position grips.

skierdude9450, on Sep 13 2007, 10:43 PM, said:

What is LE grip?

I think he's referring to the Lift Engineering grip (Yan), although I could be wrong

He is, and I understand that aside from the Whistler incident (which was not wind-related), those grips did function well.

Do you have pictures of LE grips and Agamatic AG-104 grips? Can you post these pictures? I would like to see them. Thank you.

There are some pictures somewhere on the forums. If I find some, I can post links here.

Yan Type 11

Skiing#1, on Sep 15 2007, 07:34 AM, said:

The AG-104 is the grip that's on Peruvian Express. You posted a few pictures of that.

Posted february 2008


http://youtube.com/watch?v=ZtcFa2lB1lc

Any idea what is a name of the ski resort?
This post has been edited by Skiing#1: 26 March 2008 - 05:43 AM

The several chairs are swining. Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MYmniEupIQ...feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-5ks3JLl-g...feature=related

I noticed the bubble chairs tend to swing than the chairs without bubbles. Are any chairs without bubbles swining yet?
This post has been edited by Skiing#1: 07 October 2008 - 06:53 AM

Skiing#1, on Mar 26 2008, 02:41 PM, said:

This shows the Sochers-Ciampioni chairlift at Selva Gardena Italy, a part of the famous Sellaronda.

Skiing#1, on Oct 7 2008, 01:38 AM, said:

Obviously, yes. Enclosed carriers such as bubbled chairs, gondola cabins, tramway cars, etc. will indeed have a tendency to be affected by wind. They are not very aerodynamic and have a lot of surface area for the wind to push on. However, regular chairs will still swing if it is windy, but I don't think it would really ever reach the intensity of those in the videos, but I could be mistaken. Unfortunately, I have not seen a video of this.

Skiing#1, on Oct 7 2008, 12:38 AM, said:

That looks very creepy. It's just like there's a ghost swinging the chairs.

Its a good job thats not a yan lift

Bubble chair swing again. Kanzelwand.

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=EPcyauEr-2o