Comment by cjrp
4 years 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.
4 years 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.
> 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.