Hacking elevator

Watch me in two elevator cabins at one time.

Disclaimer/Spoiler: This wasn't the top floor. I just got off and got on again on the floor above.

Note: Most certainly there a few of these around the world. My city of Kosice, Slovakia in Central Europe has at least 3 or 4 operational. I guess this part of Europe has the highest paternoster density. Check out the list on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paternoster

Category:

Comedy

Tags:

• elevator
• illusionist
• tricks
• fun
• paternoster

[fastersk]

And one more thing. This is not the last floor of the building. Just ordinary (second) floor with ordinary (third) floor above.

[fastersk]

AeroScap:

Actually, you are not right. Let me tell you why.

This is not lift at Sheffield arts building. Of course, they work in a same way. Lift goes around over at the top (and at the bottom). But there is one more cabine (at the top or bottom) when you can see two cabines at last floor. So it wouldn't look like this. (You would see one empty cabin after I disappear and just after that I would appear again.)

[NEXPAR]

I agree that the guy was behaving dangerously. That does not make these machines dangerous. People need to take responsibility for their actions. That goes especially for we Americans who want to sue the manufacturers for over our own stupidity. I would say playing baseball is more dangerous than riding these.

[SpiderScripts]

That's rubbish, it's perfectly safe to travel beyond the top and bottom floors. The cabins just move sideways and come back down/up. Also, there are loads of paternosters still in use all over Europe.

[BethDognut]

You are playing dangerously..

[thepiper84]

You're going to drive the paternoster crazy you guys!!! Lol, i like that, fucking hillarious.

Where was this filmed?

[kapufa]

@InfernoPL88

however, we are just bullshiting theoretically :), since a section of the floor both in the cabin and in the slab is hinged and can fold up, so there is pracically no way to get sliced into two pieces, even if all the safety sensors fail...

[kapufa]

@InfernoPL88

it is balanced, but the machine is designed to be able to start up and operate smoothly under such conditions, when all the cabins travelling upwards are full-loaded, and all those travelling downwards are empty. If we calculate only 10 passengers, the lifting force must be at least 7500N, for the 10×75kg. And that is only tha minimal useful lifting force reqired. The real force can not be estimated this way, but it sure must be quite a few times greater than minimally required

[InfernoPL88]

@kapufa Please note that the cabins form a chain - cabins going down balance those going up, so the motor does not need so much power. In case of motor failure I bet you could even turn the motor shaft flywheel by hand, because the necessary "power" is provided by a high-ratio reduction gear. If the safety measures you mentioned were missing, it is IMO also possible that it would get blocked (shattering most of the bones but still leaving the body in one piece).

[kapufa]

@InfernoPL88

kidding? it has enough power to move dozens of heavy cabins, sure it has the power.

That's why all the edges are fitted with mechanical sensors, plus a section of the floor in front of the shaft can fold up.

[InfernoPL88]

I guess safety was the afterthought of that "trick". I'm just wondering if the motor has enough power to cut someone in half when he\she gets between the floor of the cabin and the top edge of the shaft entrance. You were kinda close to verify that empirically.

[MusicRiderX7]

Paternoster !

[TheLuisinho666]

Moderno este elevador!