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by mkemp
Mon Aug 27, 2012 6:24 pm
Forum: Walt Disney World Resort
Topic: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile
Replies: 87
Views: 53162

Re: What is so Difficult about a Turnstile

Okay, so from what I've gathered from this thread: -the corporation determined that persons redeeming unused parts of tickets purchased by others represented a loss of revenue, and -this loss of revenue was sufficient to institute biometric association of the ticket and the purchaser, with all the a...
by mkemp
Sun Mar 27, 2011 5:18 pm
Forum: Walt Disney World Resort
Topic: Monorail for city centers?
Replies: 81
Views: 38182

Monorail for city centers?

I was watching a WDW program on Nova last night and I thought (again) that Disney-type monorails might make excellent light-rail-ish people-moving mechanisms. Run the tracks down the center of the Interstates, that kind of thing (need to deal with overpasses, though)..

Thoughts?
by mkemp
Tue Jun 08, 2010 9:21 pm
Forum: The Sweatbox
Topic: Brakes work...
Replies: 12
Views: 4349

Re: Brakes work...

A taildragger's center of gravity is behind the wheels. When the brakes are applied the CG wants to keep going so keeping control is sometimes an exciting adventure.

I learned on tricycle-gear airplanes and would need 10 or 20 hours of instruction to qualify for a taildragger.