Hi everybody. My current project is the construction of a fully functional 3s ropeway. Since a few days the main functions are working so I want to present you the actual point of work.
At first some numbers and facts:
- length: about 5 meters, in the end maybe 5,30 meters
- number of gondolas: 4
- total length of rope: 22 meters
- distance betwen the stations: 2,90 meters
- number of masts: 1
- heigth of the mast: 78 cm
- untill now approximately 10.000 bricks are used, in the end it will be around 27.000, I think
- power supply by 3 RCX robots and 3 transformers
- 16 motors are used (12x m-motor, 4x 9V-motor)
- building time untill now: 14 1/2 months
There are 3 big components/ bulidings: the valley station, the mountain station and the mast.
The valley station has been built after the Gaislachkoglbahn in Sölden, Austria:
http://www.myheimat....47,2444094.html
It consists of about 3500 bricks.
The valley-station is more compact and technically less complex than the mountain-station. It is based on 2 48x48 baseplates. It is powered by 4 m-motors and 2 9V-motors using 2 transformers and 1 RCX.
Its technology illustrates the processes in normal operation:
When the gondola enters the station the the gondola releases the pulling rope and gets slowed down by driving wheels. Then the gondola doors open automatically. The gondola drivs around the curve of the station, then the doors close, the gondola gets accelerated and the pulling rope is coupled into the trolley again.
Here is a video of the valley-station working:
The mountain-station is build mostly identical, but it has some additional features. The tension of the pulling rope is controlled here, by simply using a wight. Also the gondola storage takes place in this station. This process is full-auto, controlled by 2 RCX and driven by 4 m-motors.
You can see it working in this video:
Here is the mast, it is constructed after the mast of the 3s Kitzbühel:
I have also deigned the whole Kitzbühel station-building in LDD and I´m looking foreward to build it in real in 1-2 years.
The original one:
and a rendering and some screenshots of my model:
The station has a length of 2,70 meters and consists of about 20.000 bricks, including the ropeway system itself.
One picture of the ropeway system of the mountain-station (the picture was made in may, so it isn´t the most current one...)
During the last weeks I did many testdrives untill I was able to adjust the system that controlls the distance between the gondolas. Since a few days this system works pretty well and so the ropeway works perfect with all 4 gondolas. Here is the newest video:
I hope you like my ropeway.
This is just a short overview. If you want to see more pictures and videos, check out my youtube-channel https://www.youtube....3dTrMEnnlwQGbpw
Also you an find pictures since the first day of construction here: http://www.doktor-br...lbahn/?pageNo=1
That´s it for the first, feel free to comment ;)