ok, lets see how clever you are

[stek]

If it went at the same speed as the steps it would get left behind.

Surely in this day and age they can gear it to match?

[darmstadt]

That's just you, because you've got an EU standardised banana stuck up your jacksie.

But it's not bent?

[pjclarke]

How come when you look in a mirror, left and right are reversed, but up and down are not?

[mudskipper]

Surely in this day and age they can gear it to match?

Indeed, they should be able to, but it would still need to be going faster to stay in sync with the steps.

[d000hg]

Surely in this day and age they can gear it to match?

I read somewhere that they start off matching but the hand-belt stretches over time.

[stek]

I read somewhere that they start off matching but the hand-belt stretches over time.

Except that would make it slower wouldn't it?

[d000hg]

If the handrail is longer but has to make one full revolution in constant time, it would have to travel faster to achieve this.

[stek]

If the handrail is longer but has to make one full revolution in constant time, it would have to travel faster to achieve this.

Think we need an Escalator dev on this one!

[suityou01]

i am going to ask a series of questions. At the end, we will know who is in the clever half, and who is in the thicko half of the congregation.

question number 1.
How does a syphon work ? where does the force come from

It's often the case that the physical mechanics of this are overlooked. I often syphon the python, and next time I do I shall pay more attention and get back to you on this.

[speling bee]

Indeed, they should be able to, but it would still need to be going faster to stay in sync with the steps.

You could have a hidden loop of stairs to make the stair loop the same length as the hand rail loop.