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I'm really scratching my head on this one. What's the story with this guy?
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"Witty" Lift?!
Started by Duck, Mar 28 2005 08:41 AM
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Posted 28 March 2005 - 09:13 AM
thats at Solden. I'm pretty sure that it was Dopplemayr's prototype funitel. Hence "mother of all funitels".
One problem, the QMC @ June was already operational. In my eyes, the QMC would be the mother of all funitels. However the QMC has four haulropes, whereas the Dopps all have a single rope. So, in the eyes of Dopplemayr, it might be a totally different type of lift.
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One problem, the QMC @ June was already operational. In my eyes, the QMC would be the mother of all funitels. However the QMC has four haulropes, whereas the Dopps all have a single rope. So, in the eyes of Dopplemayr, it might be a totally different type of lift.
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Posted 28 March 2005 - 11:15 AM
The Solden lift was Doppelmayrs first funitel. It used lots of bullwheels for rope deflection instead of sheaves. This tends to cause the rope to get flattened and compressed, hence shorter life. I saw a video of it running once, quite the engineering project. Getting the rope to run exactly the same speed off both bullwheels is a bit of a challenge, Thats why they went with a single rope, not two.
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Posted 28 March 2005 - 11:55 AM
Wonder why they went ears-in instead of ears-out, or where this term "Witty" comes from! Such an interesting history. The advantages of going 2-rope are probably not as evident with them spaced so close together.
Thanks for your infos, guys!
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Thanks for your infos, guys!
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 05:02 AM
I think in this case the meaning was lost in translation. Witty usually means 'funny in an intelligent way', and I think the translator was going for 'unusual' in this instance.
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Posted 29 March 2005 - 05:04 AM
Haha, okay, gotcha. :) Makes sense now.
The more I look at the photos on lift-world.info, I realise that yeah, that category was for oddball lifts.
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The more I look at the photos on lift-world.info, I realise that yeah, that category was for oddball lifts.
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Posted 01 April 2005 - 07:10 PM
no, the mother of all lifts is this
http://www.seilbahnt.../2347/datas.php
does anyone have any info on this lift, where it is, how long it is, how fast, whats does it serve?
http://www.seilbahnt.../2347/datas.php
does anyone have any info on this lift, where it is, how long it is, how fast, whats does it serve?
Everything is just loop-de-loops and flibertyjibbit
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 06:03 AM
I think all the information you're looking for is on the url you provided. :) I didn't have much success in locating a website for the resort, but they've got to have something out there...
(On an unrelated note, Flughafen Dresden looks gorgeous. I love utilitarian/inexpensive architecture that looks good and solid, or does a lot with few resources.)
-Iain
(On an unrelated note, Flughafen Dresden looks gorgeous. I love utilitarian/inexpensive architecture that looks good and solid, or does a lot with few resources.)
-Iain
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 03:32 PM
Can someone explain what is on top of this gondola???
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Posted 02 April 2005 - 03:54 PM
I suppose you are referring to the yellow bullwheel fixed on top of the first (last) tower in front of the gondola terminal?
This bullwheel is part of an evacuation ropeway that allows passengers to be evacuated from the gondola cars along the lift alignment instead of being being lowered to the ground as is the more conventional evacuation method. This is probably becuase there are portions of the liftline that may be undesirable to lower passengers down to - perhaps a glacial abyss or rock massive or some such topographical feature that makes lowering passengers to the ground impossible.
This bullwheel is part of an evacuation ropeway that allows passengers to be evacuated from the gondola cars along the lift alignment instead of being being lowered to the ground as is the more conventional evacuation method. This is probably becuase there are portions of the liftline that may be undesirable to lower passengers down to - perhaps a glacial abyss or rock massive or some such topographical feature that makes lowering passengers to the ground impossible.
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Posted 03 April 2005 - 01:30 PM
Does that angled cabin behind the one support there with that huge chunk of laticework spewing out the side have anything to do with that, as well?!
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Posted 06 August 2005 - 01:08 AM
Hello!
I mean with witty -> originally
I will change it soon :-)
In this section can you find special ropeways.
They are unique or unusual.
I mean with witty -> originally
I will change it soon :-)
In this section can you find special ropeways.
They are unique or unusual.
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