detachable Ropeway - 15 motors - Mindstorms

[Elias Iten]

Hi together

After 6 years of „LEGO-free-time“, I built a detachable Ropeway system based on Doppelmayr/Garaventa – 3S-Mountain-Rides.

In the stations, the gondolas get off the rope and are slowed down to 12% of their speed. So passengers can easily get in and out of the gondolas.

There are 15 motors, 9 sensors, 2 Mindstorms RCX and about 5000 parts used in this project.

Here’s a video from Bricking-Bavaria-Exhibition 2012 in Munich:

The RCX maintain a steady distance of 28 seconds between the gondolas and lightsensors detect when the pulling-rope falls out of a deflection pulley and automatically stop the whole ropeway.

One station has a pneumatic deflection pulley to strech the rope. The tension is regulated by an automated pneumatic compressor and a rotation sensor.

In YouTube you‘ll find my videos searching: „Elias Iten“

Pictures can be seen here:

If you want to see my MOC live, come to www.legofanwelt.de in Cologne, Germany on November 22.-25 2012 or LEGO-World Copenhagen, Denmark in February 2013

If you have more detailed questions, feel free to ask here  and subscribe to my YouTube-Channel to stay up to date.

Greetings from Switzerland

Elias Iten

[aeh5040]

Now this is a model! Absolutely amazing!

[KEvron]

remarkable! seems to work flawlessly, and closely follows the full-scale design. look at all those kids gathered around! they're the real critics, and they know the goods when the see it.

KEvron

Edited April 22, 2012 by KEvron

[timslegos]

Works beautifully. It must have taken ages to figure out the mechanisms!

tim

[Burf2000]

That is pretty sh*t hot! I love the fact it uses old Technic panels. I have tons of them and never use them

[Jim]

I love "non vehicle" MOCs, but this one really stands out. It is awesome!! (one might consider this to be vehicle though, but I think you catch my drift)

I might even come to Cologne to see it in real life

Edited May 9, 2012 by Gekke Ted