# rotating skyscraper **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589 "2008-06-25T12:57:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/1 "2008-06-25T12:57:04Z")
[http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/index.html) ![http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/art.dubai.ap.jpg](http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/WORLD/meast/06/25/duibai.tower/art.dubai.ap.jpg) very cool idea, but i personally wouldnt feel comfortable being in it ---
**Author:** ![Paulo](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/paulo/32/7328_2.png) [@Paulo](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Paulo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/2 "2008-06-25T13:00:49Z")
Jesus, they have way too much money over there. ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:00pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/3 "2008-06-25T13:00:59Z")
saw this earlier, thats a whole lotta fail waiting to happen imo they have a hard enough time keeping buildings up that have supports at all 4 corners ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/4 "2008-06-25T13:02:44Z")
Wonder how it holds up to airliners smashing into it. Or how the elevators work with everything spinning ---
**Author:** ![Eazy716](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eazy716/32/7443_2.png) [@Eazy716](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Eazy716)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/5 "2008-06-25T13:03:45Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > Or how the elevators work with everything spinning lol, thats a great question. didnt even think about that ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/6 "2008-06-25T13:04:46Z")
> [@Eazy716](#): > > lol, thats a great question. didnt even think about that up the center obviously, then aligns w/ whatever floor it’s on… ---
**Author:** ![The\_Russian](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/the_russian/32/7414_2.png) [@The\_Russian](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/The_Russian)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/7 "2008-06-25T13:07:35Z")
^ seems like an engineering nightmare. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/8 "2008-06-25T13:11:02Z")
> [@The\_Russian](#): > > ^ seems like an engineering nightmare. it’s a fucking spinning building! i think that there are bigger problems then that!!! how about water and sewer hookups? ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/9 "2008-06-25T13:11:03Z")
I never fail to be amused with how people from western new york don’t have any faith in engineering. “did you see the picture, that will never work” I’ve never run into this anywhere else… it’s always more like “I bet that took a while to figure out” etc… ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/10 "2008-06-25T13:14:34Z")
> But some have expressed skepticism. Fisher has never built a skyscraper before. Good! ---
**Author:** ![Bacon](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bacon/32/7230_2.png) [@Bacon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/11 "2008-06-25T13:18:14Z")
Interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Fry](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/fry/32/7284_2.png) [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/12 "2008-06-25T13:21:07Z")
The first things I worry about are long term reliability, namely foundation stability from all that movement and life of what ever the hell kind of bearings would allow for building’s floors to move. Speaking of which, I wonder how the cien tower works? ---
**Author:** ![LAFENGAS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/lafengas/32/7573_2.png) [@LAFENGAS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LAFENGAS)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/13 "2008-06-25T13:21:55Z")
i’d think analyzing the all the wind loads on the infinite shape possiblites would be one of the harder engineering tasks. ---
**Author:** ![Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blue_eyed_devil/32/7292_2.png) [@Blue\_Eyed\_Devil](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Blue_Eyed_Devil)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/14 "2008-06-25T13:25:40Z")
I can’t read, does it actually spin or does it only rotate x degrees? Because that (spinning) would make things a lot more challenging. Do you have to be this tall to ride? ---
**Author:** ![walter](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/walter/32/7202_2.png) [@walter](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/walter)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/15 "2008-06-25T13:31:06Z")
:sigh: Its just a larger version of the 100 rotating eateries built atop skyscrapers in the 80s. Only the outter ring of the building would rotate. Utilities, elevators etc will be stationary. ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/16 "2008-06-25T13:32:52Z")
> [@walter](#): > > :sigh: > > Its just a larger version of the 100 rotating eateries built atop skyscrapers in the 80s. > > Only the outter ring of the building would rotate. Utilities, elevators etc will be stationary. i doubt the utilites are stationary, but maybe! ---
**Author:** ![Bovice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bovice/32/5084_2.png) [@Bovice](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bovice)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/17 "2008-06-26T00:05:40Z")
> [@walter](#): > > :sigh: > > Its just a larger version of the 100 rotating eateries built atop skyscrapers in the 80s. > > Only the outter ring of the building would rotate. Utilities, elevators etc will be stationary. x2…i was just watching something on tv about this…the outer part of the building moves…the inner “foundation” stays stationary ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/18 "2008-06-26T00:08:26Z")
lol people get paid tons and tons to figure this out, as per their job title, ENGINEER. they engineer shit. aka make it work. ---
**Author:** ![Bovice](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bovice/32/5084_2.png) [@Bovice](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Bovice)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:26am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/19 "2008-06-26T00:26:28Z")
^ lol…i mean fuck, i figured it out without even being an engineer…they could pay me tons of cash to do the same thing… “ok check it…we’re gonna make the outside of the building move, but…wait for it…keep the inside foundation stationary!!” BAM! wheres my cash!? ---
**Author:** ![cky89](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cky89/32/4945_2.png) [@cky89](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/cky89)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2008, 12:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589/20 "2008-06-26T00:30:06Z")
> [@Bovice](#): > > ^ lol…i mean fuck, i figured it out without even being an engineer…they could pay me tons of cash to do the same thing… “ok check it…we’re gonna make the outside of the building move, but…wait for it…keep the inside foundation stationary!!” BAM! wheres my cash!? 99.9999999999% of your posts make me LOL :awdrifter: [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rotating-skyscraper/50589.md?page=2)