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I am picturing it being similar to a ferris-wheel. You could add more carts (more hooks), allowing for more capacity. But I'm also imagining a more sophisticat
by kempbellt 7y ago
I am picturing it being similar to a ferris-wheel. You could add more carts (more hooks), allowing for more capacity.
But I'm also imagining a more sophisticated ferris-wheel, where you stick two together (side-by-side), allowing for even more capacity.
Picturing it like spokes on a bicycle wheel might also help.
I wonder if there would be much need for more than one.
- sandworm101 7y agoExcept you cant. The rotation of one tether changes witg each hook event. No two would ever be turning at the same rate. So you cannot bolt multiple into a wheel system. You could certainly improve one, make it heavier/longer/bigger, but it cannot have multiple strands.
- kempbellt 7y agohttps://youtu.be/dqwpQarrDwk?t=360 https://youtu.be/dqwpQarrDwk?t=360 Fair point, that would indeed be a problem. This part of the video alludes to what I'm getting at. Granted, they are using a moon as the weighted object, so rotation wouldn't be affected by hook events. I wonder how massive the weighted object would have to be to make rotation changes negligible, or at least manageable.
- sandworm101 7y agoEven with a moon, there would be considerable wobble. A strand lifing a ship would slow down relative to the moon. The moons rotation would eventually accellerate the strand back up to the moon's rotation rate, but there would be considerable back-and-forth motion. Pick up too heavy a load and the strand may start to wrap around the moon.