The brute force approach to the impossible skilift problem: Poma lifts!

Building a ski lift that has both left and right turns is quite an engineering challenge. Poma lifts are an excellent example how to address this problem with marvellous minimalism. Nevertheless, they typically operate at higher speeds than traditional ski lifts.

This video fills an important gap from my first Mighty Machines video: The IMPOSSIBLE skilift that actually ...

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro
01:48 Poma lifts
03:19 The engineering of turns
05:07 A rough ride
05:50 The detaching mechanism
08:23 Other kinds of Poma lifts
08:42 Thank you

Skilift Pas de Boeuf: https://www.skiresort.fr/domaine-skia...

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