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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Iain Hendry wrote:
> I should have been working on my robot tonight, but I got SO excited when I
> found out about a new kind of Funitel, called a Funifor. There's only one
> in the world, 2 more coming in 2006. So I built one.
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> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/duckjock/Funifor/DSC00737.jpg
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> ( http://photobucket.com/albums/v224/duckjock/Funifor/ for the rest of they
> luxirious picturezz)
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> The neat part about it is that by the geometry of the haul rope pully
> system, the gondola moves at half the speed of the haul rope. So you
> automatically get a 2:1 mechanical advantage.
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> Iain
Wow, way too cool! That totally rocks! I must build one for Bricton, thanks for
a great idea to pinch. Spotlighted!
Janey "Red Brick"
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| (...) thanks for (...) Haha, thanks for the coments Janey! There are a lot of really cool and unusual ropeways out there to get ideas from: (URL) you do end up building one, be sure to take photos! Iain (22 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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| I should have been working on my robot tonight, but I got SO excited when I found out about a new kind of Funitel, called a Funifor. There's only one in the world, 2 more coming in 2006. So I built one. (2 URLs) for the rest of they luxirious (...) (22 years ago, 14-Jan-05, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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