Re: Need speed switch for DIY funicular/hillside elevator

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

I think you should look at a motorized winch with a single cable to
raise/lower the tram. I'm sure the manufacturers have seen similar
applications and have addressed the safety aspects. In any event, it should
be much easier to slow and stop the rotating drum of the winch than it will
be to design and maintain any of the Goldbergian suggestions you've gotten
here.

     http://www.torkwinch.com/index-2.html


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