Oh dang when the one girl sat on the edge of the cart I thought this was going to turn really bad with mangled legs on the uprights. As a safety engineer - who absolutely loves your design BTW - there are way too many pinch points. Does it have an redundant safety brake? Have you done an FMEA? Great idea - ness. is the mother of invention...be safe.
Its a 3 phase variable speed motor. There's a controller that varies the speed with pulses, allowing it to ramp up or ramp down like an elevator start/stop.
Hard to see, but our lake dock is down at the bottom of the hill. Its essentially 9 floors down (90 feet). The cart goes down 150 feet to the bottom. If you were to climb the hill once, you'd understand the need :)
Actually, the speed is adjustable. It ramps up and down at the finish. It currently climbs the hill in 70 seconds. The speed shown here was 120 seconds.
Oh dang when the one girl sat on the edge of the cart I thought this was going to turn really bad with mangled legs on the uprights. As a safety engineer - who absolutely loves your design BTW - there are way too many pinch points. Does it have an redundant safety brake? Have you done an FMEA? Great idea - ness. is the mother of invention...be safe.
biodot88 1 month ago
Very cool build! Reminds me of inclinators in Pittsburgh PA!
japharl 4 months ago
what is the motor called
KellanE05 3 years ago
Its a 3 phase variable speed motor. There's a controller that varies the speed with pulses, allowing it to ramp up or ramp down like an elevator start/stop.
jeffjohnvol 3 years ago
Looks good, must have been fun creating it. What was the reason behind building it?
MintSauce 5 years ago
Hard to see, but our lake dock is down at the bottom of the hill. Its essentially 9 floors down (90 feet). The cart goes down 150 feet to the bottom. If you were to climb the hill once, you'd understand the need :)
jeffjohnvol 4 years ago
That thing needs a turbo.
MintSauce 5 years ago
Actually, the speed is adjustable. It ramps up and down at the finish. It currently climbs the hill in 70 seconds. The speed shown here was 120 seconds.
jeffjohnvol 5 years ago