Lego Cable Car

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Hi guys. So I am building a Lego 3s ropeway and it is not working. I have a slew of problems.
1. The station has absolutely ZERO structural integrity
2. The deflection pulley gets stuck in the clamp.
3.(future problem) I am worried about the station not weighing enough
HELP
I will post photos soon

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Here are the photos. Sorry for the terrible angles, I think I will do better angles soon

 

[valdebagnes]

Guys why are you viewing this but not replying?

Hi, why are you be so impatient and impolite to claim 23min after posting your questions without sending the neccessary pictures to get a chance to understand what you mean?

 

[Bjoerndetmold]

I can't see a deflection pulley on the pics.

If the station lacks integrity, add more connections between the parts.

You will mainly need integrity in the parts that tension the cable, so these are the deflection pulley and the bull wheel. Also, to tension the cable this might mainly be the reason why you would need more weight in the stations. I would suggest to solve this problem by using additional cables attached to the axis that holds the bull wheel on the one side and the deflection pulley on the other side, and to fix this cables to walls or a shelf on both sides. So all the tension needed would be between those fixed points at the walls and not burden on the stations.

Take a look at the deflection pulley in this video to understand what I mean.

https://youtu.be/IqiEPAxiZiE

You can build the station “around“ the pulley and the bull wheel, you don't need to use a fully flying construction as in the video, the goal is that the walls hold most part of the tension.

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

The deflection pulley is on the black j-part, on the second picture. Maybe I will post a vid explaining the problems?

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Guys why are you viewing this but not replying?

Hi, why are you be so impatient and impolite to claim 23min after posting your questions without sending the neccessary pictures to get a chance to understand what you mean?

I am not being impolite, just wondering why it had so many veiws and no replys. Sorry however, if that was considered rude.

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

I can't see a deflection pulley on the pics.

If the station lacks integrity, add more connections between the parts.

You will mainly need integrity in the parts that tension the cable, so these are the deflection pulley and the bull wheel. Also, to tension the cable this might mainly be the reason why you would need more weight in the stations. I would suggest to solve this problem by using additional cables attached to the axis that holds the bull wheel on the one side and the deflection pulley on the other side, and to fix this cables to walls or a shelf on both sides. So all the tension needed would be between those fixed points at the walls and not burden on the stations.

Take a look at the deflection pulley in this video to understand what I mean.

https://youtu.be/IqiEPAxiZiE

You can build the station “around“ the pulley and the bull wheel, you don't need to use a fully flying construction as in the video, the goal is that the walls hold most part of the tension.

The main problem is that when I put on the gondola, the track goes down about 1/4-1/2 inch. And I can't add diagonal beams from the posts, they will block the gondola.

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Sorry for the bad arrow, but that is the deflection pulley.

 

[VONROLLVR101]

Never worked with Legos. Only steel and Aluminum. Good start..

 

[VONROLLVR101]

AcK, wHy Is No OnE rEsPoNdInG aNyMoRe Im So SaD

You got to remember this is a site in Germany. Be patient. .I've been on this page for many years and being from the US, you don't get as many responses due to a language barrier

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

AcK, wHy Is No OnE rEsPoNdInG aNyMoRe Im So SaD

You got to remember this is a site in Germany. Be patient. .I've been on this page for many years and being from the US, you don't get as many responses due to a language barrier

True true... I am sorry for being so impatient. I just need help

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

AcK, wHy Is No OnE rEsPoNdInG aNyMoRe Im So SaD

You got to remember this is a site in Germany. Be patient. .I've been on this page for many years and being from the US, you don't get as many responses due to a language barrier

True true... I am sorry for being so impatient. I just need help

although doesn't it auto translate???

 

[Bjoerndetmold]

The main problem is that when I put on the gondola, the track goes down about 1/4-1/2 inch. And I can't add diagonal beams from the posts, they will block the gondola.

Show us a picture with the gondola attached, so wen can see what you mean.

You are getting few replies because this is mainly a site about skiing, ropeways and the alps, and not about models or lego. So perhaps there are probably quite a lot of people here who know much about ropeway. But only some of them also are fond of Lego... So people are interested and reading, but don't have better ideas.

And as already has been pointed out, you are writing in English, and this is a German language site.

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Maybe I will post a short video clip

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Hallo ihr alle. Von nun an werde ich Google Translate verwenden, damit ihr es leichter versteht

 

[Hiro]

Mehrere sinnlose Beiträge gelöscht.
Deleted some pointless posts
/Mod. Hiro

 

[I LiKe 3S GoNdOlAs]

Guys I have some bad news. So I have given up the cable car... But before I leave this forum for a long time(maybe I will come back if i try again) there are a few things that I want to say. First, to whoever told me to glue legos, great idea, but 1, i am a purist, and 2 I just dont want to glue things. Second, thank you guys so much. Goodbye and Peace