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Does anyone know what the maximum speed the Airport monorail travels at
(using a reasonably fresh battery). I'd appreciate it if the speed can be
measured as studs per second (sps). I'd be interested to know if there is
any difference between the speed of the monorail with no passengers (ie only
the driver) and the speed when the monorail is full.
I'm only interested in speed along a flat surface.
Note:
- A straight track is 32 studs in length
- A curved track is 46 studs in length
- A short straight is 8 studs in length
Thanks
Sanjay
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Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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You should feel HONORED that you even have a monorail! Some poor folks like
me missed out on the whole monorail era.
Hmm - I probably already complained about this to you.
I've noticed that train engines definitely slow down over time. I bet the
monorail ones do the same.
Sanjay D'Souza <sds87@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:Fr6CIt.GLI@lugnet.com...
> Does anyone know what the maximum speed the Airport monorail travels at
> (using a reasonably fresh battery). I'd appreciate it if the speed can be
> measured as studs per second (sps). I'd be interested to know if there • is
> any difference between the speed of the monorail with no passengers (ie • only
> the driver) and the speed when the monorail is full.
>
> I'm only interested in speed along a flat surface.
>
> Note:
> - A straight track is 32 studs in length
> - A curved track is 46 studs in length
> - A short straight is 8 studs in length
>
> Thanks
>
> Sanjay
>
> --
> Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
>
>
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In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> [...]
> - A curved track is 46 studs in length
> [...]
I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the computation?
--Todd
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In lugnet.town, Brad Hamilton writes:
> You should feel HONORED that you even have a monorail! Some poor folks like
> me missed out on the whole monorail era.
>
> Hmm - I probably already complained about this to you.
>
> I've noticed that train engines definitely slow down over time. I bet the
> monorail ones do the same.
Monorail motors, however, use battery. My monorail motors have been running
strong since 1993 and 1996. As the battery is used up more, than power
weakens, but when you put in a new battery, its back to full speed. No idea on
the speed though.
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> > [...]
> > - A curved track is 46 studs in length
> > [...]
>
> I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the
computation?
I read somewhere that the curved was 36cm's long. With each stud being
about 7.8mm (7.8mm x 32 = 250cm (same size as a straight track)), therefore
46 studs = 36 cms.
Sanjay
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Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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Brad Hamilton wrote in message ...
> You should feel HONORED that you even have a monorail! Some poor folks • like
> me missed out on the whole monorail era.
>
> Hmm - I probably already complained about this to you.
>
> I've noticed that train engines definitely slow down over time. I bet the
> monorail ones do the same.
You probably can't see but I'm missing an arm and a leg. Reason? That's
what it cost me to purchase the complete range of Monorail sets over the
last couple of years. I missed out when the sets were first released
between 1987 and 1994 because I was either too young to afford the sets or
in a dark ages at the time.
I remember seeing the monorail sets in a 1991 catalogue when I began to
re-emerge from the dark ages in 1994 and thinking what a silly looking set
it was. The entire set was probably bigger than the Town I had packed away
in 1989.
I only thought about adding the 6399 to Millennium City when somebody
mentioned to me that they were looking for a plate from that set. As I
recall, I had no idea what set the person was talking about when they said
they wanted the grey plate from #6399. What's 6399 I said to myself as I
checked out the Pause database. Low and behold, as soon as I saw it, I had
to get my hands on one.
It's my favourite set by a long stretch.
Sanjay
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Millennium City @ http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~jsds
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In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> > In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> > > [...]
> > > - A curved track is 46 studs in length
> > > [...]
> >
> > I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the
> > computation?
>
> I read somewhere that the curved was 36cm's long. With each stud being
> about 7.8mm (7.8mm x 32 = 250cm (same size as a straight track)), therefore
> 46 studs = 36 cms.
Well, the curved monorail tracks aren't actually perfect circle segments,
because the stanchion holes in the middle don't fit into an irrational point
on the lattice, but they're not so far deformed from a perfect circle as to
give a value of 36cm for the axial length.
Try this: Using a 32x32 baseplate, measure the axial radius of a segment of
curved track. (It's exactly a whole number of studs.) Now multiply that by
2*pi to get the axial circumference of a circular rail circuit. Now divide
that by 4 to get the axial length of the curved track. What do you get?
(Also figure that the inner axial radius is about 1 stud less than the outer
axial radius -- because there are teeth on both sides of the rail. So the
monorail engine actually travels faster along curved track in one direction
than the other. :-)
--Todd
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In lugnet.town, Todd Lehman writes:
> [...] So the monorail engine actually travels faster along curved track in
> one direction than the other. :-)
Urrp, I misspoke. Not quite -- not the way the monorail engine reverses
direction. It depends which way you place the engine onto the track -- the
gold teeth on the motor on one side or the other of the rail.
--Todd
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On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 01:20:03 GMT, "Sanjay D'Souza" <sds87@hotmail.com>
wrote:
> I only thought about adding the 6399 to Millennium City when somebody
> mentioned to me that they were looking for a plate from that set. As I
> recall, I had no idea what set the person was talking about when they said
> they wanted the grey plate from #6399. What's 6399 I said to myself as I
> checked out the Pause database. Low and behold, as soon as I saw it, I had
> to get my hands on one.
>
> It's my favourite set by a long stretch.
>
> Sanjay
I...yes, I'm going to tell a story, I used to be into monorails ever
since I was a little kid. I got to ride on the one in Seatle when I
was eight. I thought it was awesome, so when the Futuron monorail
came out, I HAD to have it. It's still my favourite Space set. Then,
when the Airport monorail came it, I had to get it too.
Then...then...*starts to choke up* then the Unitron monorail came
out....AND I DIDN'T GET IT!! And, so, to this day, because TLG had to
release a monorail as I was entering my darkages, I was unable to be
monorail complete. *sigh*
Anyone willing to donate a Unitron monorail?
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I'd say forget the math and find the guy who did that elaborate pneumatics
test with Mindstorms. He'd probably tell you to create a car that housed the
RIS and hook the rotation sensor up to a wheel that rested on the track.
Then you could keep track of speed and distance, reverse the direction on a
whim, etc.
I wouldn't really do this because I would be afraid the thing would fall off
the track but under supervised conditions it would definitely work.
-Nick
Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> > Todd Lehman wrote in message ...
> > > In lugnet.town, Sanjay D'Souza writes:
> > > > [...]
> > > > - A curved track is 46 studs in length
> > > > [...]
> > >
> > > I get 43.98... What value are you using for as a radius in the
> > > computation?
> >
> > I read somewhere that the curved was 36cm's long. With each stud being
> > about 7.8mm (7.8mm x 32 = 250cm (same size as a straight track)), • therefore
> > 46 studs = 36 cms.
>
> Well, the curved monorail tracks aren't actually perfect circle segments,
> because the stanchion holes in the middle don't fit into an irrational • point
> on the lattice, but they're not so far deformed from a perfect circle as to
> give a value of 36cm for the axial length.
>
> Try this: Using a 32x32 baseplate, measure the axial radius of a segment • of
> curved track. (It's exactly a whole number of studs.) Now multiply that • by
> 2*pi to get the axial circumference of a circular rail circuit. Now divide
> that by 4 to get the axial length of the curved track. What do you get?
>
> (Also figure that the inner axial radius is about 1 stud less than the • outer
> axial radius -- because there are teeth on both sides of the rail. So the
> monorail engine actually travels faster along curved track in one direction
> than the other. :-)
>
> --Todd
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> You probably can't see but I'm missing an arm and a leg.
Body parts are a worthwhile trade for monorail parts!
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