Folkestone Leas Lift

[Dave]

I decided to build a copy of the Folkestone Leas Lift. I created the Lego carriages first then built the track and board after.

The current lift is undergoing major redevelopment with the lift hopefully being back in service next year

They travel up and down using an NXT controller block that I put in one carriage that controlled the speed, distance and timing. They are linked together via a piece of nylon bricklayers line that loops around wheels at the top, as the one with the controller in it is heavier than the other it pulls the lighter one up when it's going down and then the lighter one just goes down under it's own weight.

The one with the controller has another piece of line attached to it and is fixed at the top and it pulls it self up and down as the line wraps itself around a wheel on the base.

This is what it used to look like



This is my build

 
 


Here is a video of the model working