Ideas for Lift Designs
#1
Posted 05 April 2015 - 08:00 PM
I'll go first:
I hear a lot about wind problems on chairlifts, so what if somebody built a bicable lift. Think of it like a Funitel, with one parallel haul rope on either side of the chair.
#2
Posted 05 April 2015 - 08:49 PM
trj820, on 05 April 2015 - 08:00 PM, said:
I'll go first:
I hear a lot about wind problems on chairlifts, so what if somebody built a bicable lift. Think of it like a Funitel, with one parallel haul rope on either side of the chair.
Good idea, with just one drawback: Cost. It would require twice as much haul rope and considerably larger towers. Other than that, however, sounds like a terrific idea. The lift would be able to run in higher winds than a typical mono-cable chairlift. My two cents.
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#4
Posted 06 April 2015 - 09:49 AM
#5
Posted 06 April 2015 - 11:32 AM
ceo, on 06 April 2015 - 09:46 AM, said:
Yeah. It would have to be a detachable, and would mainly be used for above the tree line access. Think a replacement for the t-bar at Breck.
#6
Posted 06 April 2015 - 06:23 PM
Conrad, on 06 April 2015 - 09:49 AM, said:
The 1,070 metre long Howqua Poma lift at Mt Buller in Australia (1964 - 1983) operated at 6.5 metres a second. (unsure what that is in American units, but that is 25% faster than the fastest detachable quad).
The result was chaos and occasional carnage. After a couple of seasons they cut it back to 4 metres a second which was still fairly fast. However they occasionally cranked it up to full speed for use by mountain staff. It remains the fastest lift to ever operate in the southern hemisphere.
#7
Posted 06 April 2015 - 07:37 PM
Conrad, on 06 April 2015 - 09:49 AM, said:
There used to be one at Santa Fe, originally it went at 1200 feet per minute until we figured out that 50 cycles per second European stuff versus our 60 cycles. It was tough to load at 1200, not too bad at a thousand. There were some interesting loadings though, it was alot of fun
#8
Posted 06 April 2015 - 11:17 PM
#9
Posted 07 April 2015 - 01:03 PM
#10
Posted 07 April 2015 - 02:09 PM
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#12
Posted 07 April 2015 - 04:41 PM
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#14
Posted 08 April 2015 - 06:33 PM
Peter Pitcher, on 06 April 2015 - 07:37 PM, said:
I remember riding that lift in the late 80s early 90s when it made a brief resurgence along with the #5 Poma both when't pretty fast, to bad they finally removed them.
#15
Posted 09 April 2015 - 08:40 AM
trj820, on 06 April 2015 - 11:32 AM, said:
Bi-cable fixed grip.
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#17
Posted 17 April 2015 - 07:37 PM
trj820, on 05 April 2015 - 08:00 PM, said:
I hear a lot about wind problems on chairlifts, so what if somebody built a bicable lift. Think of it like a Funitel, with one parallel haul rope on either side of the chair.
https://www.youtube....h?v=ZGdyrwqPTXY
Found this on Youtube: Pulse Funitel.
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Posted 26 April 2015 - 06:35 PM
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