flynnibus
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Nicely done with the data - especially like this quoted picture with the line filled up like that. Kudos!
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Nicely done with the data - especially like this quoted picture with the line filled up like that. Kudos!
The only way you'll get 112 on a bus is if their kids or your using a articulated bus. The 40' busses packed no ECV's is 72
Isn't the wire coming off of the grip attachers / detachers a cable that manually opens and closes the door?
I don't see any extra brush that would pick up juice for a capacitor. Nor do I see an electrical wire. I just see that heavy black wire which, I believe, is the door cable.
Calling @Lift Blog !!
I don't see any extra brush that would pick up juice for a capacitor. Nor do I see an electrical wire. I just see that heavy black wire which, I believe, is the door cable.
Calling @Lift Blog !!
iowamomof4
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Okay. This was the first anyone had reported about it though. Are there other stashes of cabins on site that you are aware of that no one has told us about yet? Just curious.
Grimley1968
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I could be wrong but I thought the electrical wiring was inside the hanger. The visible cable coming off the grip is definitely for the door opener. In certain photos you can see that going alongside (but not into) the battery compartment to the top of the doors.
I could be wrong but I thought the electrical wiring was inside the hanger. The visible cable coming off the grip is definitely for the door opener. In certain photos you can see that going alongside (but not into) the battery compartment to the top of the doors.
The red arrow is a wire that is not part of the door mechanism. The blue arrow may be the electrical pickup.
Here is another angle. Red is the wire, blue is possibly the pickup and yellow is the door control cable. Note that the wire near the blue arrow is not touching the pickup, it is well above it.
Hmmm... so are they sending the electrical wire through the arm to the capacitor?
Yes, that appears to be what they are doing.
Well, at least, then, when the arm breaks, the electrical wire will keep us from falling!
cindy_k
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Lift Blog
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Yes but I think the box is a battery rather than a capacitor.
Lift Blog
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Great stats and pictures. Today's test may not show the densest possible cabin spacing. Seems to me these aren't quite as close together as they could be.
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Stat We'd Like to See
So, if anyone is watching the gondolas in motion. And they seem to be at full speed (and not the slow, check them out one at a time speed), here's the one stat you can record that will save a huge amount of calculations:
1. Count the number of gondolas that leave a station in one minute.
That's all we need for the all-important PPH (even though it may be less than what it will be when fully operational). Thanks!
So, if anyone is watching the gondolas in motion. And they seem to be at full speed (and not the slow, check them out one at a time speed), here's the one stat you can record that will save a huge amount of calculations:
1. Count the number of gondolas that leave a station in one minute.
That's all we need for the all-important PPH (even though it may be less than what it will be when fully operational). Thanks!
iowamomof4
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I imagine the testing of the CBR to Epcot line will be different with the Riviera station and the turn at Boardwalk to contend with.
I've also been surprised at how much we are able to see as I thought someone indicated most of the testing would be taking place at night. Are they doing additional testing at night or is it mostly happening during the day?
I've also been surprised at how much we are able to see as I thought someone indicated most of the testing would be taking place at night. Are they doing additional testing at night or is it mostly happening during the day?
Stat We'd Like to See
So, if anyone is watching the gondolas in motion. And they seem to be at full speed (and not the slow, check them out one at a time speed), here's the one stat you can record that will save a huge amount of calculations:
1. Count the number of gondolas that leave a station in one minute.
That's all we need for the all-important PPH (even though it may be less than what it will be when fully operational). Thanks!
I mean, BlogMickey has already given some pretty good numbers, including dispatch times: http://blogmickey.com/2019/02/photo...skyliner-gondola-system-at-walt-disney-world/
I was just about to head out to the "other sites..". Thanks for the heads up.
Disone
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That said, it has been done. The monorails went through the Grand Floridian station during its construction, scaffolding and all.
Disone
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See, now I look at them and I see the Omega V. The IV do not have the ventilation features of the V, like slots on the under side and Hopper windows. At least on dopplermyer's site the IV's do not have this feature. They are clearly visible on the skyliner cabin.
So, going by Blog Mickey's video, it seems they were running the cables at full speed: 17-20 mph. However, there were big gaps between the gondolas reducing throughput down to 850 PPH.
This is obviously not what will be happening when open.
This is obviously not what will be happening when open.