My cableway models

[valgardena]

This is my first post; i show you some of my cableways models











Do you like it?

[Alpenkoenig]

Cool man, built by Lego. I was always dreaming that Lego would offer a box of bricks about cable cars (Serie"Technik in reality), but it never happens .
My own constructions suffered from instability or were destroyed by my cat.

Greetings to Italy
King of Alps

[EFG-Hawk]

Respect, this looks very well!

[valgardena]

I was always dreaming that Lego would offer a box of bricks about cable cars (Serie"Technik in reality), but it never happens .

Me too....
I've always dreamed an automatic detachable gondola .....i always tried to realize this with lego.......with no results

[Alpenkoenig]

automatic detachable gondola

My dream, too!

[Sebi]

Looks great!
I thought I was the only one who dreams of a detachable gondola build with LEGO! I often tried but due to the lack of special bricks it never worked...

[valgardena]

The big problem are the automatic grips that we cannot realize.....someone should make theese grips with iron or plastic and then the realization should be easier....

[Gast]

Great models! Can you please post a picture that shows how you drive the rope? I tried to build a model from Lego bricks but it is real hard to get enough friction between a rope and a Lego bullwheel

[LJL_Houben]

I once made a chairlift with lego. I took an big weel (4 nippels) removed the tire and put a rubber band in place of it. On top of the tire I put the largest toothwheel from the techniks program (In that time) I connected the chairs on the cable by a stirdy wire. I bend the wire in chape with at the bottom a round spot. Than I took the Lego chairs and put them in. I just krimped the wire to the cable. Build the rest of the chairlift and via the toothwheel I connected the wheel to a reduced motor. It functioned well. Except the chairs would havily rock as the go over the masts. Unfortunaly I never made pictures.

Greetings

Ludo

[valgardena]

Great models! Can you please post a picture that shows how you drive the rope? I tried to build a model from Lego bricks but it is real hard to get enough friction between a rope and a Lego bullwheel

Put an elastic between rope and the pulley
(image of bicable gondola)

If you have a cableway (normal cableway not gondola) make two turns of the cable on the traction pulley and put a counterweight on the valley station (like real cableways) with ballast cable

Traction pulleys

[SkiFreak]

I am building a automatic detachable gondola. Unfortunately I haven't got enough friction to get the rope working. But I've build a door-opening system and a rail to guide the gondola through the terminal.