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"Ross Crawford" <rosscraw@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
> Nice! And only uses 50% more rope!
I think it uses almost the same amount of rope as a normal push/pull jigback
ropeway.
I forgot to explain that the main advantage of Funitel is extreme lateral
stability. I think they can operate in 100+ km/h winds.
> BTW what is this pic?
> http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v224/duckjock/Funifor/DSC00720.jpg
That's where the hold-down ropes go in the terminal. The load ropes, that
the wheels on the gondola run on, terminate at the top of the terminal
structure, and then from that same point another rope wound 4 times goes
around that long beam set. The idea is that the distance from the point at
which the ropes are attached to the top of my desk (the fulcrum) is tiny,
wheras the beams are long. So the force at the bottom, pushing back against
the wall, is very small! I've been using that setup to build ropeways ever
since I was a kid. Mom didn't like me using duct tape all over her
bookshelf.
Iain
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