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  1. danwest

    How much power?

    13% is the most it ever is and most of it is considerably less than that.
  2. danwest

    How much power?

    The cable thing is a little problematic for a couple of reasons. The first is that I would need a way to get the entire thing down to the water ? not just up. The second it the straight line problem. There is a path to the water that is plenty wide, but it isn?t straight. With the new rules...
  3. danwest

    How much power?

    That's what I would like to do, but the Corp. has prohibited any further development of the shoreline. Unfortunately, they consider a tramway the same as a dock, even though you can hardly see a tramway
  4. danwest

    How much power?

    When the rear sets are floating, there would be less load on the whole thing, due to the boat/dock combination also floating. I’m HOPEING that when the rear most tires are floating, the front most ones will provide enough pull to get the rear ones to a point that they can get more traction.
  5. danwest

    How much power?

    Yes, the bottom of the incline is under water. 3-6 mph is fine. How do I determine traction and friction?
  6. danwest

    How much power?

    ...er...yeah. Axial force... that's what I meant. Now,how do you figure that again? (An educated guess would be OK, but err on the high side.)
  7. danwest

    How much power?

    First a confession. There was no "backyard engineer" to choose in the sign-up section so I lied. But hey, I'll be glad to help you with medical advice! Now the problem. I'm trying to design a vehicle that will move a total load of 3-4 tons up a 13% grade. It will be on soft...
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