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[liftmech]

Nice.
Back on topic now...

[Zage]

Here are some mor pics on guides I found.

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[highspeedquad]

They do start considerably earlier in Europe, and there are many more of those guides.

[Zage]

here we go :P

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since Leitner Lifts is Italian, and Italian lifts use a lot of guides, well it just makes sence.

This post has been edited by Zage: 14 March 2005 - 03:32 PM

[highspeedquad]

Holy !!! The guide on the third picture is long!!! They also have guides on FGs. That's new to me.

[liftmech]

Hey Zage- avoid making generalisations like that, unless they are true.

Riblet guidage:

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[highspeedquad]

Oh, I forgot about the guides on Riblets. I've only seen guides for FGs on Riblets, around the bullwheel.

[Zage]

Yea, how could I miss Riblet guides

[highspeedquad]

I think that they are just a bit more inconspicuous, and most of the Riblets I've ridden on don't have bullwheel loading or unloading. But you still notice the guides, whether they are at the bottom bullwheel, unloading area, or top bullwheel, they are still there, you just don't register them as much.

This post has been edited by highspeedquad: 15 March 2005 - 03:06 PM

[Zage]

Here is a monster.

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[Duck]

Zage, where is that?! The colours/font/styling on those cabins is phenomenal!

-Iain

[Zage]

Don't now were it is, probable somewear in Italy

This post has been edited by Zage: 18 March 2005 - 01:24 PM

[Duck]

Well, where'd you get the photos? :)

(Why probably in Italy?)

-Iain

[highspeedquad]

This makes the wind in Colorado seem mild if they often need to use those huge guides. They start at the tower! I don't really want to know their wind situation.

[floridaskier]

That's gotta scratch up the hanger arm pretty bad going at detachable line speed

[liftmech]

Probably not- I'd guess that the guides are lined with UHMW plastic so that the guides wear and not the hanger arms.

[highspeedquad]

I too would assume that there would be something there to protect the hanger and/or the guide rail. Otherwise the hanger arms could get scratched up bad, in high winds.

[liftmech]

Riblet tower guides were steel only, but all terminal guidage was lined with UHMW. I'm glad the halos were bare; it would be quite difficult to re-line them.

[Lift Dinosaur]

Zage, on Mar 9 2005, 06:31 PM, said:

Here we can talk about all kinds of guides on lifts. A lot of lifts in Europe are filled with guides, especially those in Italy. On the other hand, a lot of lifts in North-America do not have them. Guides like bullwheel rigns on fixed grips, entry guides on fix and detacable lifts ect.....
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You will notice that in the first three photos, the installations are Gondolas. European code not only states that the cable must be horizontal for at least 30 meters ( max+ stopping distance in case of an incorrect coupling, but in the cases of gondolas the grip and carrier must also be supported. What you see is the support rail on the departure side in each photo. In the fourth photo, I think you are seeing an extended trumpet / guide rail / capture rail (whatever your terminology).

[floridaskier]

Here's a good Riblet one, C lift a Breck. It goes all the way to the next tower