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[vons]

F.I.S. double at Aspen and Thunder bowl triple at Highlands have a similar terminals too.

This post has been edited by vons: 29 May 2014 - 04:51 PM

[snoloco]

The Broadway Limited Quad (B) and 20th Century Limited Quad © at Hunter Mountain have the exact same terminal. They just have the newer bullwheel. B has 8 sheaves on each side for the hold down. C has 12.

[Nate214]

They are all newer than 89?

[SkiDaBird]

Honeycomb uses the CTEC equivalent, although a tower with compression sheaves is present as well due to how steep the line is.

[vons]

Nate214, on 29 May 2014 - 05:37 PM, said:

They are all newer than 89?

I believe so, taos is the first place I can think of with that terminal.

[Nate214]

vons, on 29 May 2014 - 07:19 PM, said:

I believe so, taos is the first place I can think of with that terminal.

It's cool that they drew the idea on a napkin first it's one of the many remembered moments in Taos

[Nate214]

It would have look like this or similar to it. This is a few years older though.  lowerterminal.jpg (67.92K)
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This post has been edited by Nate214: 29 May 2014 - 08:23 PM

[liftmech]

The old Midway Shuttle ('88) at Crystal (WA) had the same terminal as yours, Nate, but with a vertical tube rather than an angled. It was the tension terminal as well.

[liftmech]

snoloco, on 28 May 2014 - 12:23 PM, said:

The arrival side must be under greater tension. Some older fixed grips with bottom drive that I have ridden have more depression sheaves on the downgoing side at the drive terminal..... This lift is a bottom, drive bottom tension to my knowledge. I do not build lifts or work on them, but I think that the extra tension on the down line in a bottom drive installation may be enough to warrant extra sheaves on hold downs. I have not noticed this on any top drive lifts I have ridden.

There is a difference in load on a bottom drive/tension lifts, more than a bottom return. Think about a bicycle sprocket; the chain on the top is super tight when you're pedaling yet the chain leaving the bottom hangs loose. Also designers consider worst-case loads, so the loaded chairs leaving the terminal pull down more than the empty ones coming in.

[Nate214]

This one is a fixed return