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Re: Best Lift Design for Logomotion?
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Originally Posted by Chris Hibner
Our elevator could get from bottom to top in less than a second, and we could do it with incredible precision. The problem was the forces generated by all that acceleration get pretty high. We now have it slowed down to about 50% of it's top speed, which is more than fast enough, but the power is there in reserve if it needs it.
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Bingo. We slow ours WAY down to make it useable.
These tubes are pretty light. It isn't hard to get them from floor to ceiling in less than a second, even without significant power (yay surgical tubing). The question is... can your driver use it?
-John
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