tirian
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One day, a show on ABC will use them for a James Bond-style stunt in a special episode at Walt Disney World.
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Minthorne
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Is it confirmed they are letting alligators on the gondolas?
Creathir
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And we all know how humid and hot Pittsburgh is...
trainplane3
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Surprisingly, it can get pretty hot and humid out here. It's been a while but I thought the inclines didn't have any ventilation in them. But it's been a long time since I've ridden in one.
Lift Blog
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Interesting thought. It is also curious that this tower has three such short segments (maybe for the same reason.) Lift towers do sometimes make annoying noises and it would make sense that Disney would want do reduce the chances as much as possible in the middle of a resort.
Seems like every week we discover more ways these lifts will be different from any other.
ProfSavage
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After reading this thread, I am really excited about these gondolas. They're going to have everything!
-lightning strikes
-alligators
-hurricane winds
-suffocation
-dying riders
-Roman J. Israel, Esq.
-lightning strikes
-alligators
-hurricane winds
-suffocation
-dying riders
-Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Jambo Joe
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Do we know much about the cable car in the video - have there been technological improvement to dampen the affect of wind or is this a poor design example etc. I have to admit that video gives one pause. The gondola is swinging hard enough to bang against the cable.
lazyboy97o
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Pop Century and Disney’s Art of Animation.
@larryz is exactly right, while they may reduce noise the intent is to reduce column sway from wind.
WDWtraveler
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Photo update as of Saturday, May 26, 2018. The Hollywood Studios station.
Over at the Caribbean Beach Resort, the newly erected Skyliner towers appear to be the tallest on property. My guess is to minimize noise at the guest rooms just below.
The Skyliner towers were built very close to some of the guest rooms at the Caribbean Beach Resort.
While this concept art may have been posted before, here is a view approaching the Caribbean Beach Resort station near the new vehicle entrance to the resort.
Over at the Caribbean Beach Resort, the newly erected Skyliner towers appear to be the tallest on property. My guess is to minimize noise at the guest rooms just below.
The Skyliner towers were built very close to some of the guest rooms at the Caribbean Beach Resort.
While this concept art may have been posted before, here is a view approaching the Caribbean Beach Resort station near the new vehicle entrance to the resort.
GoofGoof
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Honestly, I mostly just posted that video as a joke. I’m no expert but I don’t think that’s supposed to happen. There must have been a really strong wind that day possibly from a storm that moved in fast and unexpectedly. I would assume the protocol would have been to shut it down in those winds. In the comments section someone said it was in Slovakia and no longer exists.
I wouldn’t worry about the WDW version moving like this. It will be shut down way before that happens. The cars will sway a little, but not carp your pants wild swinging like that
cosmicgirl
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And what exactly would the scientific explanation behind the little nubs be? The video shows bending, yes, but the lamp post doesn't have the nubs as far as I can tell.
GCTales
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Simplest expiration is that every structure has a wavelength frequency (say wnd speed at the top) at which it resonates (wiggles in a wave like motion). When the wind blows across the structure, the nubs have been placed to "stiffen" the structure and change that frequency or reduce the amount of wiggle.
cosmicgirl
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That I know but unless they are attachment points of stringers on the inside of the tower they don't add anything structurally speaking. Nor aerodynamically, actually.
GCTales
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They only need to be at structurally identified points, not connected across the entire a structure.
I can't think of an obvious example.
What they may be trying to do is stiffen specific points so that it changes the wind speed that causes it to resonate or allow it to resonate across a wider wind range, but "wiggle" a much smaller amount.
I can't think of an obvious example.
What they may be trying to do is stiffen specific points so that it changes the wind speed that causes it to resonate or allow it to resonate across a wider wind range, but "wiggle" a much smaller amount.
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flyerjab
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Bwahahaha!! That added dialogue made my morning!
Lensman
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What nubs are we talking about? Not the collars where the tower segments are attached to one another? And not the the little nubs that are the attachment points for ladders, platforms, and other ancillary structures that are going to be attached to the towers later?
Could they have to do with something designed to avoid vortex shedding?
Vortex shedding is apparently what caused the collapse of one of the towers at Cedar Point's former VertiGo ride.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VertiGo_(ride)#Incident
Caveat: I'm not a mechanical or civil engineer.
Vortex disrupters wouldn't be so symmetrical and in the same plane as the movement of the wind, I wouldn't think.
I would also doubt (just a hunch on my part) that they're there to disrupt resonant vibration. The poles are rather stout and relatively short to get a good resonant vibration going.
My theories:
The poles over the CBR rooms had to be a few feet higher and these are extensions.
Or, those collars disrupt ordinary sound vibrations (not full-poll resonant vibrations). This way, the people in those rooms don't feel a constant hum or vibration.
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