Re: Brake method needed for hillside lift

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Gemini, that may be the best answer.  It appears to be like a
centrifugal brake almost.  I could get a go-cart transmission setup
with the brake partially engaged.  When the speed gets up to the clutch
engage speed it would have brakes applied, assuming the brake pad
didn't slow it down enough for the clutch to disengage causing a
drop-grab-drop-grab effect.

Gemini wrote:
> How about a clutch off of a go-cart or such. A gear on the cable spools and
> a short chain to the gear that is already on the go-cart clutch assembly.
> The normally "driven" portion of the clutch would be mounted stationary.
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> > Robert L Bass wrote:
> >> This might be a bit complicated, but a centrifugal brake should do the
> >> job.  Ideally, the brake engages if the drum starts spinning.
> >> As the brake slows the drum, it eases up a bit, allowing a safe descent.
> >> ISTR they use something like this on the tram at a ski
> >> lodge in NH.
> >>
> >> Thinking it up was easy.  Engineering it is outside my skill set.  :^)
> >>
> > Yes, a centrifugal brake or something similar to it is what we need.
> > Finding an easy way to do it is what I'm struggling with.  Thanks!
> >