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Re: A power rail idea
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lugnet.trains
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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 21:59:05 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Dave Curtis wrote:
> So the real question is how to deliver power to the motors in a way that is
> upward compatible with plastic R/C track. A thought that comes to mind is a
> "power tile". A power tile would be one stud wide, and have two conductors,
A not quite as eloquent but easier to realize-on-a-small-scale solution would be
using n-gauge track for power conduction up the middle of the all plastic
L-gauge track (yes, with even more of the unsightly drawbacks and eliminating
the polarity benefits).
Benn
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| (...) Actually, you'll see I more-or-less suggested that as a method for prototyping the functionality. Or as a last resort if we get desperate in the future. But you can get "polarity immunity" by offsetting the N (or H0, or whatever size works) (...) (17 years ago, 18-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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| OK, so 9V is dead. Not a happy thought. Still, the engineer in me can't help but think about ways to work within the new regime. After 40 years of off-and-on model rail and toy train activity, the first thought that comes to mind is that anyone who (...) (17 years ago, 14-Oct-07, to lugnet.trains)
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