Re: Need speed switch for DIY funicular/hillside elevator

["Robert L Bass" <robertbass1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>I think you should look at a motorized winch with a single cable to
> raise/lower the tram.

That's not a solution.  If the cable breaks the tram will still come down fast.

 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.

Demeaning the efforts of others doesn't make your suggestion more useful.

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Regards,
Robert L Bass

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