An experiment in conquering vertical distance
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The crane and calibration tower
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The target tower
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My ´virtually unlimited´ vertical distance... about 3 feet between crane and target
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"I´m the boss. If this doesn´t work, I´ll strike you down with this light sabre! OK probably not, but I´m still the boss!"
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"I´m the calibrator. My job is to be sure everyone knows just where the bucket starts out. It´s an easy job, since I only have to establish the starting position one time, and the boss doesn´t start the crane up unless I´ll succeed."
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"I´m the bucket manager. My job is to ride on this bucket as it travels across virtually unlimited vertical distance. Mostly I am here because somebody thought the picture would be more interesting."
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"I´m the crane driver. I do three things. I raise the bucket up and down, and I keep careful track of where the bucket is on the line, and I brag about the view from way up here."
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Closeup of the line spool.
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"I´m the crane rotation specialist. I cause the crane to spin from above the calibrator, to above the target."
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My friends razz me about relying on Super Glue to keep my models together. I never used it, but in this test run I did need some tape to keep the wire out of the darn way. In production I´ll either not need tape, or hide it better.
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Another view of Mr. Crane Rotation?
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"I´m the target confirmation manager. My job in this test is to signal back to the crane that indeed the bucket made it to the target."
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"OK we know where the bucket is, let´s do something with it!"
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Bucket Dude: "We´re right above the target, lower away!"<br>Boss: "Hey dufus, you´re in the way"<br>Rotation Dude: "heh heh you suck!"
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On the way to the target... man it sure is a long way down!
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"Better slow it down, we´re getting close!´
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"Easy now, right in the hole!"
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"Hey Mr. Target Confirmation Dude, tell Mr. Bucketlifter we´re at the bottom, so he can note the distance."
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Going back up now... no, really, it´s not just another picture of the bucket going down, this time it´s being pulled back up, trust me!
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Whew back at the top, I wonder if we can do it again?
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