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The car motion is not independent and it's hard to use the capacity well. Consider the morning rush in a big office tower when everyone starts on the ground flo
by robotresearcher 9y ago
The car motion is not independent and it's hard to use the capacity well. Consider the morning rush in a big office tower when everyone starts on the ground floor. You can only use the bottom car to move these people.
You need a sideways dimension of movement to avoid this problem.
- mabbo 9y agoOh, definitely, I agree. You need at least 2 (probably 3 or 4 for extra redundancy) shafts. But you need them to be usually one-way shafts. So everyone going up gets in at the same door, and the empty cars can fly down the other side to be ready to take more people up.
- notatoad 9y ago>You need a sideways dimension of movement to avoid this problem. you mean like the elevator system being discussed here?
- robotresearcher 9y agoYes. I was replying to this comment: > But if one elevator shaft can have multiple independent cars, suddenly you've got a huge capacity multiplier without the space costs. > The horizontal motion part is cute, but I don't think it will matter nearly as much. My point is: 1. Stacked cars are not independent. 2. Horizontal motion matters a lot.