Elevator Surfing on Fastest Lift in Sydney.

[heylookacar]

Watching other videos: I don't get this, you're standing on an elevator. Watching this video: GODDAMN AWESOME!

[alexmaurer]

~1500-1600fpm cool !

[Meuh974]

Does it move that speed in inspection mode? I work on lifts for one year now, but where i live there are only 1m/s or 1.6m/s and inspection mode make them always move half of the speed.

[produKtNZ]

@Meuh974 No, this was not filmed by a mechanic, that is not Inspection Mode Speeds and that is Fullspeed, full braking and full levelling speeds

[Meuh974]

@produKtNZ Thanks, yeah i guess inspection mode that fast is just not possible for safe reasons.

[bbtvN]

ahh no no no,the fastest lift in the world is gravity lol

[olegbazar]

Super video!

[giggleblaggle]

This is really cool but what happens if you trip?

[everythingsucks1983]

@giggleblaggle You get crushed between a trimmer beam and the elevator car and die.

[predatortheme]

@everythingsucks1983 but your an elevator engineer? thats why you know how to behave carefully?

[yamahonkawazuki]

@everythingsucks1983 yup pretty much no bandaids here. just maybe enough time to say " well sh*t smooth move exlax"

[chrispy3210]

To convert m/s to km/h, just multiply by 3.6 (3600secs/hr divided by 1000m/km). So 8m/s is about 28km/hr. I'm a lift mechanic and it seems faster than that when you are moving vertical in a high rise shaft with all the shaft lights on.

[fabiuh991]

love shafts =P

[PetrSMG]

Going up is easy, but you know what's fun? Go down, and in the middle of the acceleration, jump up and see how far above the cabin you fly and how long it takes you to fall back (and how much it hurts)

[haileyrailey]

@PetrSMG ummm dumbass

[HellKnight93]

@PetrSMG It shouldnt hurt at all IF the cabin is still moving. The problems start when the cabin stops while you are still in freefall and accelerating. ;)

[PetrSMG]

@HellKnight93 Oh yeah, that's actually true - if the elevator is still accelerating, then you might jump up to a big height above it, but you will actually fall back down slowly - the problem only arises if it stops accelerating while you're in mid-air :) all i know is i wouldn't have the balls

[BrandonAnderson8000]

holy shit

[abusivepig]

rad

[ClarkeSYD]

This would look way more awesome if it were recorded in HD at 60fps. But damn that's amazing anyway! I live near that building. :)

[ScottieNiven]

I would LOVE to do this!!

[creidv]

@ScottieNiven $100 say you can't do it going into the top floor without grabbing something.

[fku8447]

By god that's fast. I want to jump on top of the Eureka tower's elevators. They go about 40 km/h so I want to see that! :D

[jorologo]

Do you have an Electricians Licence to do this. If not workcover will be down to site to investigate.

[cm79ca]

DAZ PRETTY QUICK MAN!

[SallyAcornFan777]

Now this elevator's car top would be so much fun to ride! Especially at this speed! :D

[rottenman2010]

I would have HEART attack...damn, there is something weird about elevator shafts that always freaked me out...

[Renard380]

as a child i used to watch those deep dark shaft, being both scared and impressed..

[mrmattandmrchay]

0:17 - 0:20

I hear that squeeking noise in most high speed Kone lifts. What is it?

Although I am not an engineer I know quite a bit about elevators as I have been interested in them since I was young. I know that it is not a brake as the brake on the machine is only applied one the machine has stopped.

[Drewness88]

I think it's the door's whistling. Because the lift travels so fast there is a fair amount of pressure and wind created in the shaft and when the lift's travel past the doors they whistle. Sometime's it makes the windows or doors in the offices rattle too.

I think that's what it is from memory anyway. I haven't been there for about 2 years now.

[jorologo]

That squealing noise you hear as the lift slows down to stop is the rubber plastic neoprene RG300 rollers on the rails that KONE put on their high lifts. They used to use softer rubber which was quieter but used to rip and strip off like BoB Jane rubber retreaded tires. These roller wheels last longer than the softer rubber buy are noiseier.

[mrmattandmrchay]

I see, thanks for the reply!

[trav0025]

rubber rollers on the guides

[hadenovis]

Cool. I wudn't of liked to have been the one putting those shaft screens in place!

[finsgrrl]

man that is some trippy stuff!!!! good work everythingsucks1983!!!!!

[everythingsucks1983]

Ummm, it starts slowing down about 8 floors before it stops and for floor leveling i dunno, i think it just stops off an encoder. I don't remember, it was a while ago, sorry.

[hadenovis]

Man thats crazy, the fastest i've worked on was only 2 m/s. Whats the slowing distance on that and what type of floor leveller does it use?