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Re: Exploring a new track radius
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lugnet.trains
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Mon, 20 Jan 2014 15:33:44 GMT
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In lugnet.trains, Ondrew Hartigan wrote:
[snip details about alternate radius curved tracks]
> Here's a link to some drawings of a potential larger radiuses from a 2002 thread
> <http://www.brickshelf.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?f=28054>
I'm sure this has been discussed, but would it be better to make individual
sleeper plates along with flexible rails that can be attached to the sleepers?
That way, people can make whatever radius curves they need - even
variable-radius curves. And only 1 small die would be needed.
I guess the down side would be the challenge of anchoring individual sleepers
securely at arbitrary angles and positions. With monolithic curved tracks,
that's less of an issue.
Steve
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 | | Re: Exploring a new track radius
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| (...) There are a few inherent issues with "flex track". Tying it into the current system, safety since metal rails can be sharp, Transporting the segments exc. Making just the ties was my initial idea too (apparently for other people as well) but (...) (10 years ago, 20-Jan-14, to lugnet.trains)
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| | Exploring a new track radius
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| Quite a few of us in the community have wanted a new track radius for a very very long time. When we were in the 9v era the argument against it given was the metal rails would be too expensive. Now that we are in the RC era and the track is plastic (...) (10 years ago, 19-Jan-14, to lugnet.trains)
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