I was born in early 1980's and was immediately interesting in elevators. In fact I was obsessed with them, and loved riding them and experiencing the different cabs, buttons, and overhead traction was always my favorite. When I was 4-5 years old I was convinced I would want to get into that trade, and it evolved into wanting to become a structural engineer with an emphasis on designing extremely resilient supertall and higher structures with an emphasis on being able to not just withstand huge earthquakes, but also remain functional. The technology is there now, along with the advancements in the building materials and methods. I am still extremely into elevators especially with the VERY tall buildings have the high-speed models running 1200fpm and up, but especially the newer Otis compass models that run up to 2000 feet per minute (and up) like the ones in the Intercontinental Hotel double decker models in Downtown Los Angeles that are linear with their takeoff and build up speed like crazy and are unbelievably smooth, and also in the US Bank Tower though those are not the smoothest and accelerate VERY rapidly. I am particularly interested in the elevators in the skyscrpaers and taller buildings especially 100 floors and up. But I also find myself loving to go into these older high-rise and skyscrapers that have the older elevators from the 30's, 40's, and 50's especially due to their design, and even the older ones can REALLY move!
JimLiElevators Good Point, but I'm trying to get as many backlog videos cleared out possible, because you know what happens in March. (Shhhhh! I'm keeping it private to everyone except viewers from that specific area, so please don't say anything about it here. ;) )
ElevatorsinRussia I have looked all over and failed, but Don't FEAR, I will see some mext month as the first ones at Tampa Airport are being put into service!
