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Couldn't he just route the cable via a pulley (or series of pulleys) to navigate the curves? Admittedly would fall foul of requirement #2.
by cjrp 4y ago
Couldn't he just route the cable via a pulley (or series of pulleys) to navigate the curves? Admittedly would fall foul of requirement #2.
- lisper 4y ago> Couldn't he just route the cable via a pulley (or series of pulleys) to navigate the curves? Yes, that is possible. But... > Admittedly would fall foul of requirement #2. You got it. There are all kinds of other problems as well. The train will make a very sharp turn every time it hits a pulley. It's hard to attach something to a cable in such a way that it can reliably go over a pulley. Yada yada yada.