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How long is a length of monorail straight track? Easy-- 32 studs. But how long is a length of CURVED monorail track? And (the kicker), how long is a length of monorail RAMP? <GEEK LEVEL="HIGH" CATEGORY="MATH"> CURVED TRACK: For the curved track, it (...) (14 years ago, 8-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This is what I did for my calculations for our layouts-- Short Track--2.5 inches reversing Switch track--5 inches Straight track--10 inches Curve track--15 inches (as measured with a measuring tape--can't remember if it was inside, center, or (...) (14 years ago, 8-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wait, you mean you wacky Canucks use inches now? Aren't you guys supposed to be on the metric system? (...) Looks like the outside-- by my calculations, the outside ought to measure about 14.93 inches. In my previous post, I should clarify I (...) (14 years ago, 8-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Alright, I just tried to measure using my scanner. I figured there would be very little optical distortion on the bed of the scanner, so it'll make a reasonably good straight-on image. Results: 32.7903 studs for the upper ramp 32.8166 studs (...) (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) OK wait, the number of teeth on the inside and outside of a curve are different? I never took a monorail power unit apart but I always figured the gearing was locked together from one side to the other. Does it have a friction clutch? (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yep! Easiest way to verify is just to look at the ends and compare them with the midpoint. The teeth are directly opposite each other on the ends, but are off by half-a-tooth in the middle, thanks to there being an odd number on the inside and (...) (14 years ago, 9-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) That was a dumb question, there's only a gear on one side of the power unit, not both. I was misremembering (14 years ago, 10-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: <snip> (...) It's that Canadian conversion, eh! :) Dave K (14 years ago, 12-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) And just as a follow-up, because I know you were all on the edges of your seats waiting for this: Half Curve Right (part #2891) - 110 (inner), 115 (outer) Half Curve Left (part #2892) - 113 (inner), 113 (outer) Switch Right (part #2889): when (...) (14 years ago, 26-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Wow! Thanks! I was going to dig out mine and count, but... y'know... my old eyes and such... not as good as they used to be.... Anyway, I do appreciate that you did this Dave K (14 years ago, 27-Oct-10, to lugnet.general)
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(...) This reminds me of "How Long Is the Coastline of Britain?" ;-) Dave... Saw your followups... Awesome work! Did you ever convert the final stud length measurements into inches or centimeters? I'm curious what accuracy is needed (in terms of (...) (11 years ago, 13-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I've just assumed that LEGO's accuracy with stud-to-metric measurements is neigh on perfect (or, too close for me to accurately measure discrepancies). So, I've just assumed an interstud spacing of 8mm per stud. (...) I guess it depends on (...) (11 years ago, 13-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) I know I'm speaking to two of the most 'detail oriented' people I've ever had the fun of working with... But you're thinking about this too much. If we all agree on- a straight equaling 10 inches a quarter straight equaling 2.5 inches a curve (...) (11 years ago, 15-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Talking about monorail for shows and such (since we were, indeed talking about that ;) ).... Ever since the big 12.5 x 12.5 layout we did back in 2009 (I think), I've tried to avoid putting switches into my show layouts. First, as we all know (...) (11 years ago, 15-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) ... I'm not sure I understand this concept. (...) Inaccuracy! It burnsss usssssss! (...) Yeah, it's not a huge amount-- 0.8 studs is only 2.5% of the distance of a straight, so it'd take about 40 ramps (or 20 "complete" ramps) to make up the (...) (11 years ago, 16-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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(...) Yeah, we've had that happen for both monorail and 9v rail-- never a pretty sight! (...) Yeah, we debated whether or not the "world's longest monorail" should mean that it's a single loop, or merely CONNECTED track that ought to count. So if we (...) (11 years ago, 16-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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In lugnet.general, David Eaton wrote: snip (...) I heard that as well! I've sketched out a design as to what I think could potentially work, using the 'guts' of an existing switch track, but, alas, since I don't own a 3d printer, I won't be (...) (11 years ago, 16-May-13, to lugnet.general)
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