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I am currently working on an animation of a working elevator for liftport. but i require some information.

I know that for the lifter to work, it needs certain "systems".  which ones, i am not 100 percent certain of.  I've been scouring the internet, and the forums here, for all the information on the space elevator, and its numerous components.  Most of the stuff i have been reading about is in the development, and speculation stage.  However, if one was to build a lifter, what sort of design would be used, as to be most functional, most efficient, and most relative to the tasks it would need to perform. 


just to throw a few out there...... ;D

     -the track/tread systems  (wheels)
     -Power collection - solar or lasers
     -storage area open or closed
     -computer systems

If you have any detailed definitions, designs, sketches or images, please send them to my email if you can.
dan@cgshadow.com

if you want to check out the progress of the project thus far, visit my website www.cgshadow.com (http://www.cgshadow.com)

 :)

Several ideas are still being considered. Actual protypes are still very primitive, so there may be surprises when we start building and testing. I agree some of the speculation is completely unworkable, but I can't say which.
The fall back position is often wheels powered by electric motors which are powered by photovoltaic cells which are powered by laser beams from Earth's surface.
I would think closed storage, with provision to lash items to the outside. Present GPS is likely adequit, but we need detailed data on transients traveling on the ribbion that can give us clues of weak or damaged ribbon locations and severity.   Neil   

google space elevator one of the sites has like 205 pictures of proposed lifters/climbers   
http://science.howstuffworks.com/enlarge-image.htm?terms=space+elevators&page=0 (http://science.howstuffworks.com/enlarge-image.htm?terms=space+elevators&page=0)