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Re: Converting an Emerald Knight to run on 9 volt track
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 30 Nov 2009 16:29:55 GMT
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Peter Abrahamson wrote:
> In lugnet.trains, Ted Michon wrote:
> Now this is my first stab at this conversion with the trains. I am sure that
> many of the hardcore LEGO train builders have done something like this or
> handled it far more elegantly than I did. I do plan on trying to make a single
> boggy with steel wheels and electrical pick-ups, but this will require a bit of
> machining of the single axle train wheel assembly.
FWIW, on the page it's "Night", and "bogey". I will probably be
ordering my EN today, and am too considering options. I have quite a
mix of 9V and RC stuff (in fact, about 1/2 the Lego trains back to 1980)
Probably I will suck it up and buy the complement of parts from Lego
shop, rather than trying to make it run 9V - (10% off, free shipping
ending today, and 5% cashback if you go via Discover card site *) -
alas, the combo sets are no longer available anywhere except on
bricklink for crazy prices.
As others I think have mentioned, putting a 9V motor in the EM
tender doesn't look ideal, although I can't immediately find
any references apart from the one in this thread.
On a related note, I presume the 9V trains will run just fine over
flex track, assuming you electrically bridge the gap otherwise -
I've done 9V crossovers before using a single RC track, you just
need to practice the direction change when it goes over.
* Also Target have EN for $80 (plus tax + shipping) and 10% off with
code NVO5WOQL (ending today) and also the Discover 5% cashback.
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| (...) Crap, Iam an idiot, not paying attention my spelling AND, AND more importantly the correct name of the train! Thanks, I will fix the webpage (of course here(LUGNET) I am doomed to live with the mistake for internet eternity)mistakes ASAP. (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains)
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| (...) Ted Mainly due to the fact that the RPM will be different from each motor, meaning that one motor will be working much harder than the other, thus lessening the life of the overworked motor. Also the torque and friction is much higher in the (...) (14 years ago, 30-Nov-09, to lugnet.trains)
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