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[KZ]

You dont really notice it on eagle at mammoth but if you look up you can see the bushings working and the dampeners doing a good job. That lift is so smooth and comfortable its amazing.

[highspeedquad]

The Indy and Eskimo at Breck and WP, respectively, are also very smooth, but they have no dampeners. (To my knowledge) What kind of lift is the Eagle at Mammoth. Could you also provide some pics?

[edmontonguy]

It's a Doppelmayr UNI-G sixpack. There are photos in the Mammoth gallery of it. Because its of european design the towerheads are the european style.

[highspeedquad]

Great, I'll be sure to check it. I'll bring back some pics so other users can come here.

[floridaskier]

It was designed to be upgraded to a future two-stage gondola, if I remember right

Pics on the front page:
http://www.skilifts.org/images/resort_imag...eagle/eagle.htm

[highspeedquad]

Thanks, I couldn't find any other DoppCtec Uni-g terminals with better pics, because I wanted to find a better pic.

[highspeedquad]

Wait a sec, where are the dampeners, are they in the fixture holding the chair and the arm together? I don't see any.

[Duck]

Just wondering, what's a two-stage gondola?

(The terminal on that Eagle one sure looks odd... not very attractive. A lot different than the other Doppelmayr detachable lifts I've riden.)

-Iain

[SkiBachelor]

A two stage gondola has a mid station for loading and unloading purposes.

[floridaskier]

It was the first version of the UNI-G, I like the newer ones a lot better too

[highspeedquad]

They did do a good job if that was their first UNI-G. BTW, would the Peak 8 Superconnect be considered two stage?

[floridaskier]

I guess anything with a full midstation (not a half station, only a regular one) would be considered a two-stage lift

[SkiBachelor]

I think if a lift has two or more drives and haul ropes, it's considered a stage. For instance the Mammoth gondola has two seperate drives and on bad weather days, Mammoth only runs the lower section.

[Duck]

So Uni-G is the terminal in that photo? What is this kind of terminal called?:



-Iain

[SkiBachelor]

UNI something.

I'll contact Caryn at Doppelmayr CTEC and ask.

[Duck]

No I mean like, isn't that the "Normal" modern Doppelmayr terminal? I'm so lost. :(

So confusing! How did you guys learn all these terms? Like Omega and Uni-G and etc...? Is there some resource somewhere that has photos of all the terminal-types from the manufacturers and their respective models?

(I can totally understand how this is an insanely annoying question - becuase it's no different in my other hobby, roller coasters and rides. I can look at any flatride or coaster and tell you the manufacturer based on any feature - trains, track types, style of weldments, seats, shoulder bars, etc... wheras someone coming off the street wouldn't notice a difference at all. But I want to learn. :))

-Iain

This post has been edited by Duck: 11 February 2005 - 05:28 PM

[SkiBachelor]

I learned most of the terminal names from the Doppelmayr World Books, SAM Magazine, lift manufacturers website and lift mechanics. I had no clue on the name of some terminals until John started to tell us them.

[highspeedquad]

That could be a UNI or a UNI-M, I'm not sure. So the Superconnect could be a two stage depening on who you ask. It has a full midstation, but only has one haul rope and (to my knowledge) one drive.

[floridaskier]

Yep, the top terminal with the double stack on it is the drive, and the bottom is tensioning. That only leaves acceleration/deceleration rails for the midstation, and deflection sheaves

[highspeedquad]

I thought that both the top and bottom station tensioned in L-P high speed chairlifts.