Is it simple? It looks quite complicated, but maybe that’s just me forgetting how to compute forces.
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verstra@programming.dev 4 weeks agoThese are so simple and yet so clever. When i noticed them the first time i started noticing them everywhere (on all rail infrastructure).
someacnt_@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 weeks ago
simple in that it’s just a clever series of wires and pulleys, not some sort of digital adjustment device, i suppose
verstra@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Also, you are looking at a few different wires at once here. Each separate wire is tensioned with a mechanism with a few moving parts.
RubberElectrons@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I as well. Seattle transit, NEC Amtrak and NJ transit live off of these. If these systems work for them, they’ll work for us all