Why control the slinky's speed, when the best way to accomplish this is to have a speed regulator on the escalator itself. Slow it down or speed it up to make it in sync with the slinky's natural speed.
I would love to see someone do this btw..
Anyone have ready access to a escalator to do some trial and error testing??
I know there were a million of them in Atlanta.. lol
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Looks like it has been tried before, and it was a failure..
http://www.20six.co.uk/weblogCategory/uy0wqr7qpr2t
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The problem wasn't that the steps were too deep, rather too wide - the slinky would decend the step and land in the middle of the next, then 'slink' again to the edge of the step and stop.
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I guess the stair's individual tread run did play a factor into this experiment..
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So does anyone know where I can find a thin-stepped escalator?
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On another site I saw dealing with this kind of idea, it was suggested instead of an escalator type deal, you can use an elevated conveyor belt of some kind..
Elevate it enough for the slinky to actually perform, but not to fast to beat the belt's motion, and you could have what looks like a motionless object that is actually in motion all the time.
It would be like.. lol doing an MJ style Moonwalk on the belt..
Actually, speaking of walking a treadmill may work for that at an elevated angle..
Now I'm gonna have to buy/find a slinky and test this @ my dad's house on the treadmill there..
