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Moonbase and monorail
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Tue, 13 Aug 2002 15:56:46 GMT
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Hi,
I've been wondering if a monorail could be integrated within a moonbase
without interfering with the corridors. I've played around with Track
Designer and came up with a nice, modular geometry.
The basic idea is to mount a 90 degree curve on a 48x48 base plate, offset
from the edges by four studs. This leaves a 2 stud wide clearance between
the track and the corridor. Once two modules are connected by their
corridors, an 8 stud long piece of monorail track completes the connection.
I drew this layout: http://www.wegmuller.org/lego/moonbase/moonbase.gif to
show this geometry's possibilities. The red rectangles show were the
corridors connect the modules.
Track configurations include:
- 90 degree curve
- strait line (with or without station)
- switch point, curved or parallel out
- double, parallel tracks (for storage track or to create a big station
between to switch points)
- zig-zag, required in some cases to connect left hand curves to right hand
curves
Note that the ramps require two modules to fit (their 64 studs long).
One thing I'm not sure about is what height should the monorail track be
built at... Official Lego sets used 0, 10 bricks and 20 bricks. 10 bricks
would bring the track just a bit higher than the floor of a moonbase
corridor. This would let us re-use the track supports that came with the
original sets.
The track could also be built a couple of bricks lower than the corridor
floor so that the floor of the trains would be level with the corridors...
A third possibility would be to build the monorail at 20 bricks, so it would
clear most existing buildings. The trackwould be lowered to 10 bricks to go
though a station...
Is this something some of you would be interested in?
Greetings,
David Wegmuller
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Message has 5 Replies:
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| "David Wegmuller" <david@wegmuller.org> wrote in message news:H0sHMM.Eur@lugnet.com... (...) connection. Sounds great. This was just what we had in mind. I had *no* idea that there were 8 stud lengths of monorail track. I'm a real monorail newbie. I (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Moonbase and monorail
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| (...) Great start. I'm thinking that we should probably keep the track at the TLC standard of 0/10/20 bricks high. I would recommend that much of the track sit at 20 bricks to clear modules I would also like to propose that we design stations and (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Moonbase and monorail
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| (...) This is nice. You've obviously put a lot of thought into it. And a moonbase really needs a monorail :-) Wish I had one :-( When the moonbase standards were first published, it occured to me that a monorail might be set up directly on the seams (...) (22 years ago, 13-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Moonbase and monorail
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| (...) This shows a lot of very clever thinking. The downside I see is that it is quite consumptive of the 8 long track segments. HOWEVER, one can use the track reverser as a standin for 2 short track segments. Monorail stanchions came in 5 and 10 (...) (22 years ago, 18-Aug-02, to lugnet.space)
| | | Re: Moonbase and monorail
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| (...) I built a moonbase module skeleton and the 6990 monorail to check fit at ground level. The red battery light had to be removed and a blue light had to be removed from the top of the engine see (URL) With these modifications the monorail with (...) (22 years ago, 9-Sep-02, to lugnet.space)
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