Zipline (building instructions available)

[djm]

At a recent display, one of the members of my LUG had a Friends display that contained a zipline. Since I like MOCs which contain an element of movement, naturally I asked, "Does it go" (i.e. meaning do they go up and down the zipline), to which the answer was "No". So I offered to come up with something that would remedy that. This is what I came up with:

The building instructions for it are available for free download on rebrickable.com.

Although the instructions indicate a 32L axle as the "line", it also works with a suitable long rigid 3mm hose, with a Bar Holder with Handle on each end with a 1.5mm round brass rod (such as these) inserted in the hose to provide suitable stiffness to the hose. I picked up the brass rod from my local mitre10 (a hardware store).

Edited June 15 by djm
Link correction.

[Aurorasaurus]

I like it a lot! It would be cool to see it integrated into a build, perhaps two linked treehouses? I suppose it wouldn't be technic then, but.. eh...

Also- its nice to see someone else from auckland building with technic!

[JopieK]

@djm very nicely done! Simple but works like a charm. I like the suggestion of @Aurorasaurus for two linked treehouses very much!

[Paul B Technic]

That is a very cool solution. 

[djm]

  On 6/15/2025 at 1:32 PM, Aurorasaurus said:

I like it a lot! It would be cool to see it integrated into a build, perhaps two linked treehouses? I suppose it wouldn't be technic then, but.. eh...

Also- its nice to see someone else from auckland building with technic!

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I'm also interested to see how it gets integrated into their display. We have a public display in July at Riverhead, so they may have had a chance to incorporate it into their display for that. If so, I'll post a picture.

[MikeTheBuilder]

Very cool!

I'd love to make a cable car one day - it could operate like this