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Elevators have gotten really fast now, it probably made sense for 70+ story buildings where you might be on the elevator for more than 60 seconds back in the da
by creaghpatr 7y ago
Elevators have gotten really fast now, it probably made sense for 70+ story buildings where you might be on the elevator for more than 60 seconds back in the day but many modern elevators are going 10 floors/sec at their max speed.
- yellowapple 7y ago10 floors per second? Assuming 1 floor = 1 story = 3.3 meters, that's highway speeds. Really fast indeed.
- mattkrause 7y agoThey're not quite highway speed, but still pretty crazy: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-surprisingly-cutthroat-race-to-build-the-worlds-fastest-elevator/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/the-surpri... Peak speed: 18 m/s (40 mph)